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41. I am getting a sense that Japan/Tokyo take better care of differently abled people? Examples: tactile presentation of the train configuration, and lower handlebars. Also, each elevator has a second set of buttons for people in wheelchairs.pic.twitter.com/YiFXoZoPtt
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42. So I briefly used to play with model train(s) as a kid before discovering computers and it’s definitely not all coming back to me now, why do you ask?pic.twitter.com/c4FmgdsxfI
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43. My phone and my battery died in the middle of exploring which was unnerving, given I once managed to get lost after literally having seen my destination in front of me. (And I saw a bunch of things on the way I couldn’t take photos of. :·( )
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44. Tower Records! With a surprisingly robust movie soundtrack section, and – on another floor – the first album I ever fell in love with. (However, the sort order of soundtracks defeated me.)pic.twitter.com/MLZd3QMzk9
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45. Oh, so it’s gonna be like this.pic.twitter.com/2PozRkeDRr
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46. Is there a name for this kind of esthetic? Is western text stretched thin in here (which I see very often) just to make the low information density slightly less unbearable?pic.twitter.com/xqFwhS9B8u
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47. Speaking of information density… the program guide on my hotel TV.pic.twitter.com/dC4n4ndkRQ
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48. The architecture in modern part of Tokyo I’ve seen so far is really disappointing. Everything sort of looks like this, stacked without rhyme or reason. Am I calibrated differently, or is it just not something that’s cared about?pic.twitter.com/D5R9kxnDjy
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Replying to @mwichary
Interesting you should bring this up. Some argue that it's all down to corruption resulting in lax planning permission. Interesting article here, and check out the link to Dogs and Demons at the bottom:https://japangasm.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/concrete-corruption-and-japan/ …
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Ooooh, fascinating, thank you.
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Replying to @mwichary @LewisPackwood
I heard a lot about corruption in the construction industry from my host family. Not many details, but any time architecture or buildings came up my host dad (~70ish) would start muttering.
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