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Osaka 大阪

Osaka Airport 2013

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Eco Tripping with Japan Rail

Kansai Airport Limousine Bus

(Stop/Place-where-to-get-on)

入口　入り口　いりぐち

iriguchi: the kanji in the sign is actually an abbreviation

Entrance

(the coffee shop – きっさてん kissaten – wants a Spanish flavour: station cafe)

きっぷうりば

kippu uriba

Ticket Sales Teller

literally: ticket-sell-place

This is what it would look like in kanji: 切符売り場

緑の窓口　みどりのまどぐち

midori no madoguchi

Green Teller Window

Place where you buy your First Class tickets

Osaka Airport: it’s that time of the year again.

American culture taking hold in Japan.

ハロウィーン

Halloween

コインロッカー　coin lockers

休止中 きゅうしちゅう kyūshichū
(litt: rest stop middle) temporarily closed

出口　でぐち　deguchi exit

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Osaka, Japan

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Here is some blatant, but stunningly beautiful, advertising for Osaka. The Link for these screen savers is at the bottom.

Osaka

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The old tram to Abiko, Osaka

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ワンマンカー

wanmankaa

One Man Car

There is only a driver on board, so you’ll need to buy your ticket from him.

On this stretch the Osaka Tramway is trying to preserve a bit of history – some quaintness.

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A simple hanami for everyday people, Osaka

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Clothing, Obentō 01-061, Obentō 02-009, Obentō 02-076, Osaka 大阪, Presents

The Koshino Legend

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Hiroko Koshino　ひろこ　こしの

Junko Koshino　じゅんこ　こしの

Michiko Koshino　みちこ　こしの

The family brand name is Koshino, which is written , but this shop and company have decided to “be different” and to use katakana and write it right to left – stand out from the crowd. If you’re famous, you can do almost anything!

コシノ　becomes　ノシコ

ノシコ

Here are the creations:

(You’d better have a nice cheque book!)

ノシコ

A TV promotion programme interviewing

guests to the exhibition opening:

“Huh? All the way from New Zealand?”

ノシコ

ノシコ
The Koshino Exhibition

ノシコ

Note that the signs above these shops are organised all three in a different way:
The tickets shop on the left is top to bottom, left to right.
The Koshino shop in the middle is right to left.
The shop on the right hand side is left to right: travel wave.

ノシコ

ノシコ
The Real Koshino

ノシコ

If you would like to explore some more:

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/AJ201109099792

http://junkokoshino.com/

http://www.elle.com/Runway/Ready-to-Wear/Fall-2010-RTW/HIROKO-KOSHINO/HIROKO-KOSHINO#mode=base;slide=0;

ノシコ

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Osaka 大阪おおさか Umeda Building

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Osaka 大阪おおさか Umeda Building

Thank you

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JR700 Even more wow!

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Comfort and convenience on wheels

Inside the carriage above the doors the display shows the next stations where the train will stop. It will be in Japanese, as well as in English. The display will run in time for passengers to get themselves ready should they need to leave the train. The announcer will also explain the stop in Japanese as well as in English.

The Nozomi Super Express to Himeji,
where you could visit Japan’s most beautiful castle.

The Super Express to Hakata (= Fukuoka)
Train will stop at stations: Shin-Osaka, Shin-Kobe,
(The word Shin here means Shin-kansen station)

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Maglev train

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リニアモーターカー

りにあもーたーかー

This is the prototype of the Maglev Train, or Linear Motor Car that is being developed to initially run between Tokyo and Osaka. The train has no wheels, but works on the principle of magnetic levitation. It can achieve incredible speeds. However, one of the problems the designers have to overcome is the fact that between Tokyo and Osaka there are many hills, mountains and cities – Mt Fuji for one and that is a volcano. The cost is phenominal, but obviously worth it. It should be noted that China has now got a slower version of this Maglev train. Nevertheless, Japan is still the front runner for this type of super-speed transportation.