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Eric and I went to anouther matsuri in Numazu after a quick trip to the beach. We had to catch a train in a hour so we did not have alot of time. We strolled down the lane of stands and I got a beer while Eric ate some shaved ice. As we made our way back to the station Eric wanted to play a game to win some fish. Just like the carnvile guy said "Everybodys a WINNER!" Eventhough Eric has no concept of how to play the game .... he gets 2 fish every time. This is part of the real Japan. This also anouther more anoying part.....as I purchased my ticket to get on the train Eric was standing a few feet behind me when I heard him scream. I turned and looked then there he was standing pointing to his fish on the floor. He had dropped the bag some how and was now screeming and tears were streaming down his face as his fish flopped helplessly oh the station floor. And not a single person stopped to help him.... Sad. I walked over and calmly scooped the fish into the bag with the remaining amount of water. I purchased our ticket and finally we went to the rest room and added some water to the bag. Tragedy overted no thanks to the local population though. It is pretty trivial a boy crying over dropping his fish....but I was really irritated by how little everyone seemed to care.... Regardless the fish made it home safely after that and just keep swiming round and round in the take with the other matsuri fish! E./