Two men arrested in Osaka City for the new viral video where they are eating shared container of red ginger using their own chopsticks at Yoshinoya in Osaka
04/05/2023
OSAKA – Two men were arrested for eating red ginger in a shared container using their own chopsticks at Yoshinoya, a major beef bowl chain. A video of them eating the red ginger went viral on social networking sites.
2 arrested for allegedly taking shared condiment with own chopsticks at Osaka restaurant (MBS)
The suspects, Ryu Shimazu, 35, and Toshihide Oka, 34, both residing in Nishinari-ku, Osaka City, were arrested on suspicion of obstruction of business.
According to the police, the incident happened last September 2022. It is believed that Oka took a video of Shimazu eating red ginger and posted the video on a social networking service in order to make other people laugh, and although he immediately deleted it, the video went viral.
The two suspects admitted the charges and said they wanted to make everyone laugh.
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