165. Here are some beautiful station indicators from a local commuter line. Showing the terminus to the left/to the right of a given station can be achieved with a pretty narrow sign.pic.twitter.com/HXATT781RG
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165. Here are some beautiful station indicators from a local commuter line. Showing the terminus to the left/to the right of a given station can be achieved with a pretty narrow sign.pic.twitter.com/HXATT781RG
166. It’s really fun to see when Japanese and English coexist, and Latin letters are forced to do things that makes them rather awkward. Look at “cars” here!pic.twitter.com/viGl4zpfzq
(I’m not an expert, but diagonal Japanese feels much more natural than Latin would!)pic.twitter.com/SjRJWgNFW5
(It’s actually really refreshing to see English as a second-level citizen for once! Here is an archive of a guestbook from a small museum. Japanese entries have been retyped, but English ones just copied and pasted.)pic.twitter.com/Eo6x0iACvv
167. “Horizontal” Japanese can be beautiful, also. Here’s a small collection of barriers with text.pic.twitter.com/fFBESohpjZ
168. Just as I wasn’t really sure what those said, I am not sure how I’m supposed to feel after seeing this.pic.twitter.com/E6Ak5MVT69
169. Seeing elevator buttons described in three different ways – none of them being English – just made me so happy.pic.twitter.com/XOYyol7GIO
(Although in another instance, I was confused why two different Japanese writing systems were used at the same time?)pic.twitter.com/P7YEodoA8I
As @cranky_traveler says. It's called Furigana, although is essentially hirigana. It's the reading of the kanji. Some kanji has more than one reading. Although in this instance it's more likely for kids learning.
Ah, I saw those! Small above kanji.
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