Those claping sticks are cring af. Can't they use their hands?
Yeah, no chants are allowed either. This is from 2021, but I imagine it's still being enforced.
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114931/japan-lift-10000-crowd-cap-for-events
Bruhh that's weird. The crowd just isn't it like this. It's just quiet quiet... oh someone won? "Robotic sounding claps"
Edit: personally rbhg crowd felt more real than this. Hope they remove the restriction
They're slowly removing some restrictions (I think I saw an NJPW/wrestling event lifting the chant restriction but it's not as widespread yet.)
The problem is just that the Japanese government is so slow when it comes to adapting with the global situation on COVID regulation, last year they were the only G7 country that fully closed their border from international visit.
The main proble might be cheering. But claping sticks too. If just few ppl had it I have no problem. It would make the crowd diverse but like this...