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I took a video of this building when I was visiting in Osaka (apologies for the quality, the video is quite zoomed in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbJBwTHi
by mrtron 13y ago
I took a video of this building when I was visiting in Osaka (apologies for the quality, the video is quite zoomed in):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbJBwTHidGI&feature=c4-overview&list=UU5gByMec2Bi49LEfJVrZTyw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbJBwTHidGI&feature=c4-overvi...
I happened to spot this building in Osaka from the Floating Garden Building (http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/sightseeing_3147.html http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/sightseeing_3147.h...)
I had read the wikipedia article before, it was very exciting to see in person. Looking back it appears the wikipedia photo is taken from the same spot as my video.
Bonus: http://d.pr/i/Q7dn http://d.pr/i/Q7dn and http://d.pr/i/L9cV http://d.pr/i/L9cV give you some more perspective on the surrounding area.
- sillysaurus2 13y agoThe quality's good. Actually, your whole video list is interesting! Japan is a beautiful place... The "flat escalator section" made me laugh for some reason. Hadn't seen that before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1gZOrW5Ac&list=UU5gByMec2Bi49LEfJVrZTyw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1gZOrW5Ac&list=UU5gByMec2Bi...
- dnautics 13y agototally smoked by that old guy who was walking up the steps, too.
- mrtron 13y agoThank you! It was an incredible trip - Japan is so beautiful and unique. Glad you enjoyed the flat escalator! For some reason it caught my eye. The vertical parking garage was neat too (and only a few blocks away in Kanazawa)!
- saalweachter 13y agoThat is really interesting in the context of broken escalators. When the escalator breaks, you have the flat section to rest at, just like the real stairs. Most escalators make bad stairs, because they lack such sections, and frequently have unusual rise/run lengths.
- Tyrant505 13y agoOT, Love your train ride through japan, cool ending with your reflection showing when going through the tunnel!
- mrtron 13y agoThanks! I didn't expect the other videos to be getting so much love :) I am re-watching them myself! Bonus video I just made public: http://youtu.be/ah17HPs7oDI http://youtu.be/ah17HPs7oDI One of those odd moments when you are 30-something and still can get inspired by huge grass parks to do backflips. Edit: After you mentioned it, I also found a pic I used that same reflection effect for! http://d.pr/i/INTD http://d.pr/i/INTD
- dombili 13y agoYou have some great videos in that playlist, thanks for sharing. I do however hate you for not explaining how this works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UU5gByMec2Bi49LEfJVrZTyw&v=KFfg1l6uk-U&feature=player_detailpage https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UU5gByMec2Bi49LEfJVrZTyw&.... I feel like a complete idiot! :)
- vinkelhake 13y agoThe two rings are attached in one place and the whole thing is rotated. Think about it as putting a "<" shape on a base and rotating it.
- bitwize 13y agoI knew that's what it was, but then I tried to see the "two precessing hula hoops" and was like "cannot unsee..." Wasn't something like this used to restrain Zod, Ursa, and Non in Superman?
- sparky_z 13y agoIt looks to me like its a static sculpture on a rotating base.
- pcurve 13y agoWe practically took the same picture. :-) http://bit.ly/1g4sxv0 http://bit.ly/1g4sxv0 Video going up the Umeda Sky Building escalator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9G09GNGmG4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9G09GNGmG4 (Sorry about the orientation first 12 seconds) Just saw your channel. It feels like you and I did the same trip! lol. Koyasan coming down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSc8vRg1DZk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSc8vRg1DZk