Category Archives: Road

Slopes in Tokyo

Posted on 2010/04/03 by Masa

Within the circle of Yamanote line in Tokyo, there are very many slopes. Slope in Japanese is Saka (坂) or Sakamichi (坂道). Followings are pictures around Akasaka area. Left is unknown (noname) slope. But it looks like to have some … Continue reading →

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Coin Operated Parking Lot

Posted on 2008/10/21 by Masa

Near the station, or some of the downtown area, chronic shortage of parking lots is the big problem. To resolve it, coin operated parking lots are one of the options. There are two types of its mechanism. The first one … Continue reading →

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Bareer-free Environment

Posted on 2008/10/10 by Masa

In Japan, the word “barrier free” is widely used to represent the meaning of the word “accessibility”. Please be noted that the word “universal design” has more wider meaning to support different races, cultures, languages, ages or sex. To support … Continue reading →

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Vending Machine – in many streets in Japan

Posted on 2007/12/13 by Masa

Maybe this will be one of the biggest surprises for foreigners.Compared to any other countries, there are too many vending machines all over Japan. Most of the vending machines in streets or service area of expressway sells canned or bottled … Continue reading →

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