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I have noticed that for some reason, simple melodies play a bigger part of Japanese daily interactive life, especially to do with transport and retail settings.
by supernova87a 6y ago
I have noticed that for some reason, simple melodies play a bigger part of Japanese daily interactive life, especially to do with transport and retail settings. Search for a story about how every JR station in Tokyo has its own special theme melody for when the train doors close?
Also, side story, I remember there was some road in Nevada or maybe near Sacramento (?) where GM (?) sponsored a melody road with the lines cut in the pavement. The song was the Lone Ranger (William Tell). However, maybe it was just me being a stickler, but I felt it was horribly out of tune when I heard the video. I think they got the spacing of the lines wrong.
- m4rtink 6y agoThe station jingles in Japan can have quite a deep meaning in Japan - for example the Shin Imamiya Station plays a part from Dvoraks 9th symphony - "From the New World". Coming from Czech Republic we recognized the melody immediately & knew what was going on - the station is very close to the famous Shin Sekai or "New World" district of Osaka. A really nice touch. :)
- karmelapple 6y agoYou got it, here’s the road and why it sounds so rough: https://youtu.be/Ef93WmlEho0 https://youtu.be/Ef93WmlEho0
- etrautmann 6y agoAlso, another front page story now has several commenters posting about Japanese rice cookers playing twinkle twinkle
- frxx 6y agoWikipedia claims there are over 30 melody roads in Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_road#Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_road#Japan Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_xvfZUqAtg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_xvfZUqAtg