Departing London; little bit moist.
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My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
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@eefi Yes, definitely. It's only ~ £8 to start with.
Many people keep telling me the passes aren't good value, so I can only assume they're doing significantly fewer journeys
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@hugh Yes, that's very cool indeed! But in my case, the ticket machines didn't clean my IC Card after expiration. I had to ask Metro staff to clean it for me.
@twi Yeah, I'm interested to see how well the removal works.
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@twi Yeah, I'm interested to see how well the removal works.
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Some more telephones, because apparently this is a thing now.
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Some more telephones, because apparently this is a thing now.
@hugh pls take one from the pedestal for ol-tele
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Some more telephones, because apparently this is a thing now.
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Some more telephones, because apparently this is a thing now.
And a study in brand guidelines and iconography for the World Expo 70, held in Osaka that year - my favourite
Which other event needs iconography for a Monorail?
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And a study in brand guidelines and iconography for the World Expo 70, held in Osaka that year - my favourite
Which other event needs iconography for a Monorail?
Note that the UK pagoda (presence) was typically tasteful and muted; not trying too hard to be conspicuous but yet prominent enough to stand out from the crowd. /s
It appears the obsession with flags is deep rooted.
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And a study in brand guidelines and iconography for the World Expo 70, held in Osaka that year - my favourite
Which other event needs iconography for a Monorail?
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And a study in brand guidelines and iconography for the World Expo 70, held in Osaka that year - my favourite
Which other event needs iconography for a Monorail?
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@hugh Wow, hold my Nikkormat while I admire 70's semiotics
Thanks for posting all that Expo stuff!@elosha No worries! I have some more
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Note that the UK pagoda (presence) was typically tasteful and muted; not trying too hard to be conspicuous but yet prominent enough to stand out from the crowd. /s
It appears the obsession with flags is deep rooted.
Some more Expo 70 photos.
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Some more Expo 70 photos.
Brief interlude to declare that I've found the best bar in Osaka. It was absolutely rammed yesterday; people just kept coming!
Open very late, serves good (local) beer, fried chicken and gyoza. What's not to like?
Everyone coming through the door gets a personal welcome from the chef
GPS: 34.6735112, 135.4983739
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aZki1FDEbTVSFhPT6 -
Note that the UK pagoda (presence) was typically tasteful and muted; not trying too hard to be conspicuous but yet prominent enough to stand out from the crowd. /s
It appears the obsession with flags is deep rooted.
@hugh@social.crablab.uk it’s only a UK pavilion if it has a massive Union Jack in it, otherwise it’s just a sparkling collection of firms representing the UK or something like that
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Brief interlude to declare that I've found the best bar in Osaka. It was absolutely rammed yesterday; people just kept coming!
Open very late, serves good (local) beer, fried chicken and gyoza. What's not to like?
Everyone coming through the door gets a personal welcome from the chef
GPS: 34.6735112, 135.4983739
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aZki1FDEbTVSFhPT6Now for some hydroelectric infrastructure photos from the rather pretty Kuobe Gorge.
This is definitely extremely touristy, and there's a much more interesting infrastructure tour available once they fix the earthquake damage
Still, nice to see some green! There are multiple dams going up the gorge; each flowing into each other. The railway was built to support construction and is still used today to get material up the gorge.
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Brief interlude to declare that I've found the best bar in Osaka. It was absolutely rammed yesterday; people just kept coming!
Open very late, serves good (local) beer, fried chicken and gyoza. What's not to like?
Everyone coming through the door gets a personal welcome from the chef
GPS: 34.6735112, 135.4983739
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aZki1FDEbTVSFhPT6 -
Now for some hydroelectric infrastructure photos from the rather pretty Kuobe Gorge.
This is definitely extremely touristy, and there's a much more interesting infrastructure tour available once they fix the earthquake damage
Still, nice to see some green! There are multiple dams going up the gorge; each flowing into each other. The railway was built to support construction and is still used today to get material up the gorge.
A station is being rebuilt here in Nagoya.
So they are paying a person to stand in direct sun and blow a whistle, each time a train approaches. As you can see, the worksite is completely bounded by fencing.
It looks like a horrible job.
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A station is being rebuilt here in Nagoya.
So they are paying a person to stand in direct sun and blow a whistle, each time a train approaches. As you can see, the worksite is completely bounded by fencing.
It looks like a horrible job.
Some more telephones, to balance things out. One is on a Shinkansen!
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Some more telephones, to balance things out. One is on a Shinkansen!
@hugh@social.crablab.uk i'm starting to think you may like phones... /j
