A large beer mug was used to protest against construction plan for an athletic facilities project in Tsukuba.
Tsukuba city citizens will have a referendum on the construction plan of the large athletic park which costs 30 billion yen (US$250 million).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered plans for the new national stadium of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games to be ditched amid public anger over its US$2 billion price tag last week.
