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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
Do check out some of Tadao Ando's buildings while you're there.
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