Cherry blossom viewing; AKA Daddy, what did you do in the war?

In this exclusive secret video, that Our Man shot secretly, at great personal risk, we can see the SHOCKING disregard for protocol by the Abiko Home Guard. Don't they know there's a war on?  Oh, actually there isn't. Though you might be forgiven for thinking otherwise, what with the wall-to-wall coverage of the North Korean Ding Dong rocket. If you spent your life in front of the TV, you'd think the massed ranks of the Nork Synchronised Swimming Invasion force were just round the corner, as documented here. Fortunately, the TV has an off button. Something the good folk of Abiko have always known: