Category Archives: Obentō 02-152

05 LP 080 歩新, 820 NCEA Kanji Level 3, Obentō 02-152

Kanji 歩新

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03 JS 067 読聞, 720 NCEA Kanji Level 2, Obentō 02-098, Obentō 02-152

kanji 読聞

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You get the idea…?!
It’s a skill. We couldn’t do it.
There are people in any language who can read very fast.

01 FL 081 行電, 720 NCEA Kanji Level 2, Obentō 02-152

Kanji 行電

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01 FL 033 分車, 720 NCEA Kanji Level 2, Obentō 02-152

Kanji 分車

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109 Hiragana School, 109 Katakana Advertising, Obentō 02-152

Wheel chairs

12/05/2013 lamihome Leave a comment

Wheel-chairs are very much part of Japan’s social life. Traffic accidents, illness, older age are all contributing factors. The family as well as social organisations all make huge contributions to assist and to help recovery or adaptation if possible.

The facilities for adapting to the new circumstances are absolutely amazing in Japan, but also in many other countries around the world. Technology and a chance of mind-set have helped to make that transition.

These are fairly typical if somewhat traditional designs. Increasingly wheel-chairs are designed with a specific user in mind. Chairs are custom-made and adjusted, so that the person has the best possible outcomes.

Therefore designs are becoming more practical, better manoeuvering, better styled.

Wheel-chair people have higher demands for a more active life-style. They want to be about, to actively be engaged in society, they are often holding down full-time jobs.

Hence there is an industry around it: to facilitate better social and medical interaction.

Organisations now come to the party and offer their support; it is expected. Governments demand it as the current standard. Technology now allows and enables facilitation. At the push of a button platforms can be raised, doors can be opened, hoists can be readied, and so on.

Buses that “kneel”; entrance platforms that lower; batteries that enable moving for long periods of time. Japan has it all and is constantly working to advance that technology.

Meanwhile the community gets involved. Traffic-free days allow the community spirit to come alive.

More than any other factor sport has changed the face of the wheel-chair and the passenger. Once the design had been adjusted, the wheel-chair could become a means to a much richer end. Racing, competing, communicating, being involved and being alive!

パラリンピック

The Paralympics offered a crown of temporary glory. The wheel-chair became merely a different means to an end. Heroism and bravery became measured in a different, more personal way.

And if humans can live with adaptations, so can animals.

Children’s stories showed examples of achievement and acceptance.

電動車いす – でんどうくるまいす – mobility scooter

No one needs to feel excluded. It can all be done. Japan can do it.

(Photos from internet for educational purposes)

Art, Famous Buildings Places, Mirai 2-111, Obentō 02-152

National Arts Center　国立新美術館

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The National Arts Center
National New Museum of Fine Art　

国立新美術館

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