おさんぽ水族館〜柴島浄水場・水道記念館(大阪)Water hall,Osaka Japan
「おさんぽ水族館」は、私が訪問先の水族館を紹介するシリーズ動画です。
今回は、柴島浄水場・水道記念館(大阪)。
(訪問日:2012/3/3)※2012/4/1から一時休館
大阪市の「柴島(くにしま)浄水場・水道記念館」は1914年(大正3年)から昭和61年まで大阪市の主力ポンプ場として活躍した、「旧第1配水ポンプ場」を保存活用したもので、赤煉瓦と御影石との調和が美しい景観 を創りだしている建物です。
琵琶湖・淀川の淡水魚などを展示しています。
柴島浄水場・水道記念館
Water service memorial hall , Kunishima Osaka Japan
scene in which Kunishima water purification plant and a water service memorial hall in Osaka are the things which played an active part as a prime pump place in Osaka from 1914 (Taisho 3) to Showa 61, and which carried out preservation practical use of the 1st distributing pump place of old things, and harmony with red brick and granite is beautiful It is a building which it is beginning to make.
- The freshwater fish of Lake Biwa and Yodogawa, etc. are exhibited.
From 2012/4/1 to momentary closure ...Mayor Hashimoto Osaka's forcing policy
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CNN: Japan: Emotional goodbyes at funeral
With too many dead for proper funerals, a family holds an impromptu funeral for their son. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
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SOUTH AFRICA: JAPAN GRANTS LOAN FOR NEW WATER PROJECT
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The Japanese government are doing their bit to bring water to deprived South Africans.
They've just granted the country a loan worth over 40 (m) million U-S dollars.
The loan pays nearly all of a 50 (m) million dollar project aimed at supplying water to some three and a half million South Africans living in rural or impoverished areas.
South Africa's Union Buildings in Pretoria set the scene for the signing ceremony of a generous gift from the Japanese government.
They are giving a loan of $41.6 (m) million towards a $50 million project aimed at supplying water to over three (m) million poor South Africans.
The project will involve the laying of pipelines and the building of reservoirs and water purification plants.
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I sincerely hope that this project will be fully utilized for the social welfare and economic development of the people in the KwaNdebele region. Moreover I hope that this project will become yet another milestone in the relationship between Japan and South Africa.
SUPERCAPTION: Yoshizo Konishi, Japanese Ambassador to South Africa
South Africa's Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, Kader Asmal described the loan's conditions as flexible and tailored to South African needs.
The project would favour emerging local contractors and promote labour-intensive methods.
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This is designed to ensure that 3.5 (m) million South Africans previously denied access to water will receive it and this is only the first phase of the war on thirst and need. The first phase one quarter of the invisible South Africans who did not have water 18 months ago at the end of this phase by 1997 when this phase ends, will have water.
SUPER CAPTION: Kader Asmal, South African Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry
The loan will benefit people who live in communities like these - for whom switching on a convenient tap has been a dream for decades.
They often have to walk long distances to fetch water which they bring home for both washing, cooking and drinking in plastic containers.
The South African government plans to supply water to 12 million people without adequate supplies within the next five years.
The Japanese loan will also help provide jobs for some of the unemployed workers in the region.
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We are going to use small local contractors so that we can push out policy of empowering the disadvantaged and of course they will be employing local labour as well.
SUPER CAPTION: Premier of the Mpumalanga province, Mathews Posa
Work will begin on the project in January.
Its goal is to provide water outlets within 200 metres of each person.
The loan will be repaid over 25 years.
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Cherry Blossom Bloom at Tokyo's Chidorigafuchi Moat! - LIVE JAPAN
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Finally, it’s cherry blossom season and Tokyo is enchanted by the beauty of the tiny flowers, making the trees look like cotton candy. There are numerous spots throughout the city where you can indulge in the iconic sakura for yourself, but there’s one that is especially magical: Chidorigafuchi!
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Two killed in Japan mass-stabbing attack
A knife-wielding man attacked a group of schoolgirls in Japan's Kawasaki city. Two people were killed -- a 12-year-old and a man believed to be the father of one of the children. The attacker's motive is still unknown.
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Three dead, dozens injured in Japan mass stabbing
A knife-wielding man attacked a group of school children waiting at a bus stop in Japan's Kawasaki city today. Most of the victims, who were boarding their school bus when the attack occurred, were school girls aged between six and 12. The man -- whose identity and motive remain unknown -- later stabbed himself in the neck and died.
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Nanjing Massacre: 2nd National Memorial Day to pay tribute to the victims
Nanjing marks the 2nd National Memorial Day starting at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. The national flag is flying at half-mast, and people stood in silence for one minute to pay tribute to the victims.
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Strong Quake Near Osaka, Japan Kills 3
TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 210.
A 9-year-old girl was killed by a falling concrete wall at her school, and the two other fatalities were men in their 80s.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 214 people were treated for injuries at hospitals. Most of the injured were in Osaka - Japan's No. 2 city bustling with businesses. Osaka officials did not give details, but the injuries reported in Kyoto and three other neighboring prefectures were all minor.
The Osaka prefectural government's disaster management department confirmed the girl's death and the death of an older man. The third victim died in the nearby city of Ibaraki.
A falling concrete wall knocked down Rina Miyake as she walked by at her elementary school in Takatsuki. NHK public television aired footage showing the collapsed upper half of the high wall, which was cheerfully painted with trees, flowers and blue sky and surrounded the school swimming pool.
Takatsuki Mayor Takeshi Hamada apologized over her death because of the wall's collapse. The structure was old and made of concrete blocks - a known risk in earthquakes.
A man in his 80s died in the collapse of a concrete wall in Osaka city. An 84-year-old man in nearby Ibaraki died after a bookshelf fell on top of him at home, according to city officials. Many homes and buildings, including a major hospital, were temporarily without power, though electricity was restored at most places by midafternoon.
The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck shortly after 8 a.m. north of Osaka at a depth of about 13 kilometers (8 miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The strongest shaking was north of Osaka, but the quake rattled large parts of western Japan, including Kyoto, the agency said.
The quake knocked over walls, broke windows and set off scattered building fires. It toppled book shelves in homes and scattered goods on shop floors. It also cracked roads and broke water pipes, leaving homes without water.
The morning commute was disrupted, as dozens of domestic flights in and out of Osaka were grounded, while train and subway service in the Osaka area including the bullet train were suspended to check for damage. Passengers were seen exiting trains on the tracks between stations. Some subway services started to resume in the afternoon.
The earthquake reminded many in Japan of the magnitude 7.3 Hanshin-Kobe quake in 1995 that killed more than 6,000 in the region. Monday's quake also followed a series of smaller quakes near Tokyo in recent weeks.
A 30-year-old lawyer Jun Kawasaki said the quake reminded him of the Kobe quake 23 years ago, and started packing up immediately to run away.
It was not as bad as the Kobe quake, he told the Associated Press from Osaka. His girlfriend ducked down under the table. Elevators in his office building were out of operation. I used the stairs but I was out of breath by the time I arrived at my office on the 20th floor.
Doya Doya festival, Shitennoji Temple, Osaka 四天王寺 どやどや 大阪 by Kari Gröhn, karigrohncom
Doya Doya festival, Shitennoji Temple, Osaka 四天王寺 どやどや 大阪 by Kari Gröhn, karigrohncom
Doya Doya is a festival at Shitenno-ji Temple in which middle and high school boys in loin clothes and headbands struggle for possession of a cow god amulet on the last day of the Japanese Buddhist period of Shushoe. White and red teams try to collect charms that are dropped from the ceiling as the teachers are pouring strength water on them. The name “Doya-Doya” is said to come from the sound of the gathered crowd’s footsteps.
Shushoe (修正会) is a New Year’s memorial service in January dedicated to world peace and the well-being of the temple. In Tendoku ritual priests read symbolically the 600 fascicles of the Great Wisdom Sutra. The ritual on all three mornings involves shouting the title and volume number of the sutra, then quickly flipping through the sutra book itself.
Lecture of Dr. Takeshi Yoro | Japan and Fukui in the future
Here is the full version video of the lecture of Dr. Takeshi Yoro on the subject of Japan and Fukui in the future – Thinking from flourishing forests, animals and plants – , which was held on November 21st, 2016 as in commemoration of the fourth anniversary of Bhutan Museum in Fukui Prefecture.
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Chinese Tourists Washes Feet in Popular Water Fountain
Photos showing a number of tourists in Sanya, Hainan province who removed their shoes and stretched their feet into a fountain to have a foot bath have been circulating online, drawing the ire of netizens,
What is FLOATING AIRPORT? What does FLOATING AIRPORT mean? FLOATING AIRPORT meaning & explanation
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What is FLOATING AIRPORT? What does FLOATING AIRPORT mean? FLOATING AIRPORT meaning - FLOATING AIRPORT definition - FLOATING AIRPORT explanation.
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A floating airport is an airport built and situated on a very large floating structure (VLFS) located many miles out at sea utilizing a flotation type of device or devices such as pneumatic stabilized platform (PSP) technology.
As the population increases and land becomes more expensive and scarce, very large floating structures (VLFS) such as floating airports could help solve land use, pollution and aircraft noise issues.
In theory, issues and problems of land-based airports could be minimized by locating airports several miles off the coast. Takeoffs and landings would be over water, not over populated areas, thereby eliminating noise pollution and reducing risks of aircraft crashes to the land-locked population.
Since little of the ocean's surface is currently being used for human activity, growth and alterations in configuration would be relatively easy to achieve with minimal impact to the environment or to local residents who would utilize the airport. Water taxis or other high speed surface vessels would be a part of an offshore mass transit system that could connect the floating airport to coastal communities and minimize traffic issues.
A floating structure, such as a floating airport, is theorised to have less impact on the environment than the land-based alternative. It would not require much, if any, dredging or moving of mountains or clearing of green space and the floating structure provides a reef-like environment conducive to marine life. In theory, wave energy could be harnessed, using the structure to convert waves into energy to help sustain the energy needs of the airport.
In 2000, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport sponsored the construction of Mega-Float, a 1000-metre floating runway in Tokyo Bay. After conducting several real aircraft landings, the Ministry concluded that floating runways' hydro-elastic response would not affect aircraft operations, including precision instrument approaches in a protected waterway such as a large bay. The structure has been dismantled and is no longer in use.
The pneumatic stabilized platform (PSP) was proposed as a means for constructing a new floating airport for San Diego in the Pacific Ocean, at least three miles off the tip of Point Loma. However, this proposed design was rejected in October, 2003 due to very high cost, the difficulty in accessing such an airport, the difficulty in transporting jet fuel, electricity, water, and gas to the structure, failure to address security concerns such as a bomb blast, inadequate room for high-speed exits and taxiways, and environmental concerns.
Achmad Yani International Airport, the first floating airport in the world started construction on 17 June 2014, and is estimated to be completed in 2016. However, only the passenger terminal and apron is floating.
Japan's ports to be privatised
Management of Japan's ports is to be opened up to the private sector, following a decision from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Japan has 997 ports, however only a few are managed by the private sector, reports Japan's news service, Nikkei.
Japanese Graveyard - Exploring Japan
Japanese Graveyard
Wiki - A typical Japanese grave is usually a family grave (墓 haka) consisting of a stone monument, with a place for flowers, incense, and water in front of the monument and a chamber or crypt underneath for the ashes.
The date of the erection of the grave and the name of the person who purchased it may be engraved on the side of the monument. The names of the deceased are often but not always engraved on the front of the monument. When a married person dies before his or her spouse, the name of the spouse may also be engraved on the stone, with the letters painted red. After the death and the burial of the spouse the red ink is removed from the stone. This is usually done for financial reasons, as it is cheaper to engrave two names at the same time than to engrave the second name when the second spouse dies. It can also be seen as a sign that they are waiting to follow their spouse into the grave. However, this practice is less frequent nowadays. The names of the deceased may also be engraved on the left side, or on a separate stone in front of the grave. Often, the name is also written on a sotoba, a separate wooden board on a stand behind or next to the grave. These sotoba may be erected shortly after death, and new ones may be added at certain memorial services.
Some graves may also have a box for business cards, where friends and relatives visiting the grave can drop their business card, informing the caretakers of the grave of the respects the visitors have paid to the deceased.
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Fishing town Isozaki Miyagi Gun Japan
Town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, was saved by the 2011 March Tsunami.
Still the town was damaged by swelling sea water, that poured over the defence walls.
Beautiful cherry blossoms spots outside of Japan
March is here, which means soon it’ll be the cherry blossoms season! Everyone knows Japan as the ultimate place to find these pretty five-petaled pink flowers, but if Japan is too expensive for your cherry blossoms chase dream, worry not because the flower also blooms in several other countries.
1. South Korea
Jinhae
Jinhae may not ring a bell for some, but the naval port city is the best place to go in South Korea for your cherry blossoms chase. Jinhae Cherry Blossoms Festivals attracts over 2 million tourists every year. The best place to spot the beautiful flowers is Gyeonghwa Station, which used to be a functioning railway station before the service was discontinued in 2006. Yeojwacheon Stream, a lovely stream lined with cherry trees, is another spot to admire the flowers.
Seoul
Every year during the cherry blossoms season, Yeouido Park is flocked by couples who wish for a romantic date under the flowers. With over 1800 cherry blossoms trees, there’s no better place to get your blossom fix especially if you’re not leaving Seoul. The park is located right next to Han River, so you can take a walk, ride bicycles or have a picnic while gazing at the cherry blossoms. After dark, the flowers lit up and there will be live music performances and art exhibitions.
Jeju Island
Jeju Island is the first place to see cherry blossoms every year due to its location in the far south of the country. The island itself is synonymous with idyllic beaches, scenic routes and volcanic landscapes, making the place even more ethereal. Experience the blossoms at the Jeju Cherry Blossoms Festival where you can catch the sight of the majestic King Cherry trees in bloom. Otherwise head to Jeju Sports Complex or downtown Seogwipo.
2. Beijing
Yuyuantan Park
Find the largest cherry trees collection in Beijing in Yuyuantan Park, one of the most famous locations to catch the flowers in China. This park is where the Yuyuantan Cherry Blossoms Festival, the largest festival of its kind in the northern China, takes place. The cherry trees were actually given by Japan in 1973 as a diplomatic gift. An admission fee of 10 yuan per person will be charged to enter the park. During the cherry blossoms season, many stalls selling an array of cherry blossoms flavoured snacks will be available.
Beijing Botanical Garden
As soon as Beijing starts to warm up, the peach blossoms at Beijing Botanical Garden bloom and fill up the place with pink hues. With the largest peach blossom garden in the whole of Northern China, the botanical gardens have over 70 varieties of peach trees with their own unique characters. Don’t forget to locate the historic Cao Xueqin Memorial and Liang Qichao Tomb in the park.
3. Taiwan
Yangmingshan National Park
Yangmingshan is one of Taiwan’s finest national parks and undoubtedly the best place to admire cherry blossoms in the country. In 2017’s cherry blossoms season alone, this national park garnered over a million tourists from all around the world. The flowers in Yangmingshan bloom as early as February, which makes it perfect for those who wish to skip winter faster. The park also is home to natural hot spring, a sulphur lake and Taiwan’s largest volcano.
Alishan Forest Recreation Area
A 2.5 hour trip from Taichung City is Alishan Forest Recreation Area, home to high mountains and lush greenery intertwined with pink cherry blossoms. Alishan is located 2,500 metres above sea levels, so its cool climate makes the place perfect to spend the day outdoors. Different species of cherry trees, namely Taiwanese Sakura, Yoshino Cherries and Double-Layer Sakura, bloom at different times from January till April. Admission to the park is regulated to only 160,000 visitors per day to avoid overcrowding, so hurry down to get the best view.
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Ceremony Marks 12th Anniversary of Western Japan Fatal Train Crash
Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref., April 25 (Jiji Press)--A memorial service was held on Tuesday to mark the 12th anniversary of the 2005 Fukuchiyama Line train crash in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, that killed more than 100 people and injured over 500 others.
A total of 918 people, including bereaved families and survivors of the accident, attended the ceremony, sponsored by West Japan Railway Co. , known as JR West.
The participants observed a moment of silence at 9:18 a.m. (12:18 a.m. GMT), the exact time of the accident on April 25, 2005, that killed 106 passengers and the driver of the seven-car train and injured 562 people.
The accident has taken away precious things that cannot be replaced, such as future dreams and family conversations, JR West President Tatsuo Kijima said at the ceremony. We feel heartbreaking grief.
We deeply regret the company's failure to fulfill its responsibility for protecting the lives of its passengers. We vow to prevent the accident from being forgotten and improve safety with a resolve to never repeat such a crash, he said.