All because of the 'Y' Plate

So there we were, leaving the 'Moon" bar around midnight last night with another couple. We turn onto a one way street and we see a cop hiding in the shadows. They immediatley begin to follow us. We follow along this one way street for about five minutes and then I make another turn onto a two way street, as soon as they get on the street, lights go on and they are pulling us over. Mind you, we have done nothing in the way of breaking any traffic laws...   

Allow me to give you some insight as to how, other than looking at who is driving, the way we Americans stand out. On our plates there is a 'Y' before the numbers and on the local plates there is a Kanji symbol, dead giveaway especially at night.  I pull over the car and the Japanese policeman is very nice asking me "Yes, you were drinking?  to which I answer"No", then he looks over at Brad and can tell he has been drinking, so he says, you have been drinking yes, Brad replies....'us three have been drinking, yes' trying not to snicker under his breath.  So the policeman gets out his breathalizer and I blow into it of course not coming up with a thing. As polite as he was, it was just funny how convienient it was they were to pull us over for not doing anything wrong other than of course having a 'Y' plate!

Happy New Year to you all!