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Nishinomiya's 1.3 meters tall "Manbow Tunnel"
- lqet 3y agoImpressively low. When I was a student (in Tübingen, Germany), I regularly had to use a similar tunnel under an old freight train depot, but this one had a luxurious height of 1.9 meters: https://www.tuepedia.de/images/b/be/Eisenbahntunnel.jpg https://www.tuepedia.de/images/b/be/Eisenbahntunnel.jpg It was regularly flooded, however.
- aidenn0 3y ago1.9m is way taller; I'd feel claustrophobic but wouldn't have to stoop, and I'm not short.
- aidenn0 3y agoSomewhat OT, but why is it that (I'm assuming native from the accent) English narrators in Japanese produced shows seem to always have a certain recognizable ebullient tone to their narration? [edit] It's not just the effusiveness, but also there seems to be a high-rising terminal.
- chmod775 3y agoIt sounds almost exactly like that female AI "tik tok voice" that's often found narrating some crappy short video. This voice too may very well be AI. Nowadays it's really hard to tell.
- autoexec 3y agoI assumed it was a computer voice. Does anyone have an example of an on-camera human speaking that way? I think it'd be very off-putting to hear someone speak to me like that in person.
- aidenn0 3y agoI've definitely heard intonation like this from before computer voices were of this quality. I don't know if I've seen an on-camera human speaking this way because it's often narrators or English dubs of Japanese content.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoI hate that voice so much. So many videos that are just a vapid TTS reading some ChatGPT-esque summary with some stock footage but you only find out that's what it is after the unskippable advert.
- drak0n1c 3y agoIt's an in-demand cultural speaking affect for those in the service industry or doing public narration - whether it's in Japanese or English. Think of it like Chick-Fil-A's policy of saying "my pleasure". Also, as a native English speaker you will notice your natural tone and accent change after years of living in Japan - though not necessarily in this exact style.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoIMO it's a mix of tempo, lack of a proper pronunciation training (and it's harder for them) and a pinch of keigo.
- aidenn0 3y agoTo save others from having to look up, "keigo" is roughly translatable as "formal (as in etiquette) language"
- wrp 3y agoThat style of narration is what I'm accustomed to hearing in children's programming in the USA. I've often found Japanese English-language productions rather irritating because the script and narration style seem targeted at 5-year-olds.
- interlaken24643 3y agoThis reminds me of a tunnel outside of the Interlaken Ost train station in Switzerland. It was roughly 5 ft tall and there were many people using it as a shortcut to the train station. If you pan through here on a Google Maps streetview you can see people making their way to the railway station: https://maps.app.goo.gl/CzA5FVmWMbryCQFe9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/CzA5FVmWMbryCQFe9
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- kurthr 3y agoThere are mixed pedestrian/vehicle underpasses for the Yamanote train tracks in Tokyo as well, though a bit taller (1.5m). My understanding is that when the tracks were originally put in they were near the edge of the bay so there were still boats. However, as Tokyo expanded and the land filled in the boat tunnels were filled as well and became pedestrian and vehicle underpasses. https://thetokyofiles.com/2013/06/30/sengakuji_underpass/ https://thetokyofiles.com/2013/06/30/sengakuji_underpass/
- flobosg 3y agoJunji Ito’s The Enigma of Amigara Fault comes to mind.
- twic 3y agoIn London the closest we've got is probably Coppermill Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlSd0LW0XdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlSd0LW0XdU Most people duck while cycling through, but i find it better to slide forward off the saddle and hang off to one side, because you can keep looking forward more easily.
- billybuckwheat 3y agoWatching that brought back a few memories. I walked (well, quickly scuttled) through that tunnel the last time I was in Japan. For me, a mild claustrophobe, it was a somewhat scary but at the same time somewhat exhilarating experience.
- TacticalCoder 3y agoI saw some (in a Youtube vid) so narrow, in whatever mountain, that people doing MTB rides had to... unscrew the handlebar to make it loose enough so that the handlebards could then be turned 90 degrees. Otherwise the bike simply wouldn't fit (and there was no other way than that tunnel). I forgot where that was. EDIT: found it, it's in Switzerland. These people are insane: https://youtu.be/vZgiWYY9euM https://youtu.be/vZgiWYY9euM (just look at the intro and you'll see both why they're completely insane and the narrow tunnel)
- _nalply 3y agoProbably Valais. It's a deep, dry valley with rain shadow. What they were biking along is an irrigation canal. At the top of the mountains the glacier gives meltwater even during dry spells. Thanks to these irrigation canals villages have enough water for their crop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Switzerland#Irrigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Switzerland#Irr...
- civilitty 3y ago> These people are insane: https://youtu.be/vZgiWYY9euM https://youtu.be/vZgiWYY9euM (just look at the intro and you'll see both why they're completely insane and the narrow tunnel) That is definitely a cry for help/involuntary psychiatric hold.
- rokkitmensch 3y agoPretty condescending attitude! Folks ride insane trails all the time: https://youtu.be/CNgOmcYCOPw?si=ohazg3Cl9poKLDNj https://youtu.be/CNgOmcYCOPw?si=ohazg3Cl9poKLDNj No kink shaming, please.
- oldbbsnickname 3y agoThis is how being 2m tall feels all of the time. :]
- trws 3y agoIt’s true.