Old men, driving, directing traffic… Oh Golly!
The “Last Word” in a recent issue of Metropolis (article available at http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/653/lastword.asp)about the number of old men (ojisan in Japanese) that direct people around construction sites in Japan captured my attention. Its true that there are a lot of older people directing the public around (potentially) dangerous places where construction is taking place. However, [...]
Wind and Breaking Umbrellas
It’s a common site when it starts to rain strongly. On the side of the road are abandoned umbrellas torn apart by the force of the wind. Unfortunately, today, my umbrella was among the casualties, though fortunately it happened right as I arrived at work so I didn’t get too when. It started me thinking [...]
Late Train Madness
This morning due to the train hitting somebody at a railway crossing at a station farther away from downtown that my house is, service on my train line (the Keio main line) and even though (according to the NHK (national television network)) service had resumed I got to the train station and found no trains. [...]
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