The police were on high alert… The circumstances behind the appearance of the Yamaguchigumi VI head, Shinobu Tsukasa, and Seiji Takayama, in a “residential area in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, together.
Early in the morning of mid-December 2011. A corner of a residential area in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, was enveloped in a somber atmosphere.
By 7:30 a.m., a number of black luxury cars were coming and going, entering a building in the residential area. Lined up in a row on the premises were the executives of the Yamaguchigumi VI. In the vicinity, about 50 investigators dispatched from the police headquarters of the 10 prefectures in Japan are on guard.
In the tense atmosphere, a luxury car arrived at around 8:30. At that moment, the tension at the scene rose to an all-time high. The man who got out of the back seat was Shinobu Tsukasa, head of the Yamaguchigumi’s sixth Yamaguchi clan. He is wearing a black half-coat over a sweater with a unique picture on it. He is wearing a black half-coat over a sweater with a unique picture on it, and although it is hard to tell because he is wearing sunglasses, there is no smile on his face. He was greeted by the executives and entered the building.
What was taking place that day was the Yamaguchigumi VI’s bartering meeting. Since the Yamaguchigumi headquarters was restricted by the Violence Prevention Law, we have been holding the New Year’s party at the headquarters of the Kokuryoya family in Shizuoka since 2008 instead of the beginning of the New Year’s party. This time, too, all the direct members participated in the party,” said a police official who was in charge of security.
Upon the arrival of Mr. Tsukasa, the party began. Prior to that, the “Sai Sai Ceremony” was held in which the new direct supervisors who had been promoted received the sake cup directly from the head of the Tsukasa clan. After that, as usual, the Yamaguchigumi Code of Conduct was recited, followed by a greeting to the head of the Yamaguchigumi by Seiji Takayama (read by General Manager Morio on behalf of the head). The announcement of the guideline for the new year was also made, and the party ended without a hitch.
