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Rudy Dale | profile | all galleries >> Meanderings around the globe >> Japan 2004 >> Ten Things Japan does > US tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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Ten Things Japan does > US

Spending nearly three weeks across Japan, one comes across all manner of innovative and interesting ways that Japan harnesses necessity as the mother of invention. Braill-like yellow strips on sidewalks and in subway stairs and platforms aid walking in public of the seeing-impaired. Limited space & energy resources? No problem! Toilets that combine heated seats with low flush and built-in bedettes. Combo washer-dryer machines that include quiet with low energy and low water use. Bicycles are used by salarymen & women, as well as young mothers to get to work or to the grocer. Waiters & waitresses use a remarkable hand held PDA expressly for taking and computing your restaurant order.
waiters assistance
waiters assistance
washer-dryer combo
washer-dryer combo
toilet-bedette combo
toilet-bedette combo
bilingual subway signs
bilingual subway signs
cars & carports
cars & carports
yellow braille walkway
yellow braille walkway
bikes
bikes
strap handles
strap handles
packaging
packaging
use space economically
use space economically
shinkansen
shinkansen