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A side note, now that I've recently moved to Japan, purely green lights, be them street lights or cross-walk signals, (and fruit/vegetables, oddly) are called "
by bruxis 9y ago
A side note, now that I've recently moved to Japan, purely green lights, be them street lights or cross-walk signals, (and fruit/vegetables, oddly) are called "あお" (ao, blue) and not "みどり" (midori, green).
It throws me off constantly...
- kalleboo 9y agoIsn't that exactly what the article is about?
- bruxis 9y agoIt passingly mentions that the now entirely-green lights are still frequently referred to as blue, but living in Tokyo, I very rarely see a light that I would describe as blue-toned, which seems to be the focus of the history in the article here.
- hkmurakami 9y agoWell the article mentions that the government passed legislation in 1976 to change all the "blue" lights to a tone that is the bluest shade of green.