今日、田端駅のホームで山手線を待っていたら、いつもの日本語のアナウンスのあとに英語で奇妙なアナウンスが聞こえてきた。なにぶん急なことだったので、記憶もやや曖昧だが、覚えているかぎりここに書き記しておきたい。
まもなく2番線に渋谷・品川方面行きが参ります。危ないですから黄色い点字ブロックまでお下がりください。Your attention please. The train bound for Shibuya and Shinagawa will soon arrive on track No. 2. For your safety, please stand behind the YELLOW line. Stand! Stand behind the YELLOW line! Yes fucking YELLOW line! You, white people call us YELLOW. You thought that you are more clever than us. You thought that you have right to dominate us. Why? Because you thought that you are white and we are YELLOW. Now we don’t let you do this! Here is our country. OUR JR-EAST. OUR YAMANOTE Line. Now you have to stand behind the YELLOW line. Because this is OUR LINE! Now you have to stay behind the YELLOW. Yes BEHIND US! Now you have to obey the YELLOWs. YELLOW is good, great, and No. 1! Now you bastards have to stand FUCKING behind the YELLLLOOOOOOW line! 田端、田端、ご乗車ありがとうございます。2番線ドアが閉まります。ご注意ください……