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05-Nov-2018 copyright Elizabeth Bickel

Public Phone Booth

Japan

Phone Booths still exist in Japan and are used to make pay phone calls.

Currently, pay phones are considered a ‘universal service‘ in Japan; a term meaning something that is easily available at an affordable price for all citizens. According to current regulations, city areas are required to have a public pay phone installed every 500 square meters, with non-city areas every kilometer. There are presently 110,000 pay phones dotted about Japan, with an extra 40,000 pay phones installed by companies, although according to statistics over the past 20 years their usage has dropped to just two percent of what it used to be.

However, some now also have additional modern features https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/17/national/phone-booths-japan-smartphone-charging-stations/

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LynnH30-Jul-2022 02:51
Hopefully all the phone booths with be re-purposed somehow. More capsule hotels perhaps. :) V
carol j. phipps29-Jul-2022 18:02
Interesting. Thanks for the information. V
Bryan Murahashi29-Jul-2022 16:20
A sophisticated looking phone booth. Hard to find one in the states.
Mieke WA Minkjan29-Jul-2022 14:03
interesting information, like your pov V
joseantonio29-Jul-2022 03:39
nice capture of this piece of old times.V.
Hank Vander Velde29-Jul-2022 00:20
A phone boothe with a colorful phone. Neat well captured image Liz.
Don Mottershead29-Jul-2022 00:02
Interesting. Nicely captured.