Please stop capturing cicada and other larvae for edible purposes. A signboard of this wording was set up at the Aoki Town Park Comprehensive Playground in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, and it was talked about on Twitter. According to the city, it was set up in June following complaints of catching a large number of semi larvae from multiple citizens.
Signboards are installed along the jogging tracks around the baseball stadium and track and field stadiums. In addition to Japanese, it is also displayed in English and Chinese. A man who lives near the playground and visits everyday for walking (75) said, "I see that children are caught cicada by play but I have never seen or heard of food. Who is eating I was curious about it. "
According to the Municipal Park Division, since we received information saying "There is a person catching a large amount of semi larvae at Aoki Town Park" by telephone or e-mail from late May, we set up a signboard. However, he says he does not intend to restrict children's insect collection etc. Since there was information such as "PET bottle filled as much", added the word "edible". In order to call many people visiting the park, it is said to have made three languages.
"After the installation of the signboard, similar complaints ceased to exist," the person in charge. It is said that they plan to remove signboards when the cicadas cry. (Shoji Tangji)