Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why did they decide to cooperate?

Seoul and Barcelona metro operators sign co-operation agreement
http://www.metro-report.com/news/metro/single-view/view/seoul-and-barcelona-metro-operators-sign-co-operation-agreement.html

What's the similarity between Seoul Metro and Barcelona?
Though all of the rails in Seoul Metro are 1435mm gauge, railways in Barcelona Metro ranges from 1000mm to 1674mm.
The total length of the system in Barcelona is 123.7 km, while that in Seoul is longer than 1000 km.
And, manufacturers of the rolling stocks do not coincide with each other.
Then, it's mysterious that these far two cities tried to cooperate.

Why was it named differently in English?

Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Singapore_Guangzhou_Knowledge_City_station

Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City station is on branching line of Guangzhou Metro Line 14, which opened on December 28, 2017.
Its Chinese name is "知识城站" meaning "Knowledge City".
So, it's different from English name. If you translate English name into Chinese name directly, it will be "中星广州知识城站".
It seems strange that the station name is different between English and Chinese.

By the way, main line of Guangzhou Metro Line 14 is under construction and there will be rapid trains on the line after inauguration. It's rare to see rapid trains in metro systems in Mainland China. There are rapid trains only on Shanghai Metro Line 16, 22 and 2.

Why that app is attractive?

Inflighto: The ultimate app for airplane passengers?
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/inflighto-airplane-tracking-app/index.html

The article says "The location identified by the app is more accurate than conventional screen on seat back."
But, I don't think it's the most interesting point. Who needs accuracy?
The biggest difference is communication between passengers and pilots. I've never seen scenery from cockpit. It would be enjoyable to see scenery ahead of the aircraft.

Why can't they sue?

edition.cnn.com

If a few companies in Singapore violate law because of unpaid salary, workers will be able to change job to get better job.
But, if so many companies there pay extremely low salary, workers won't have a choice to change job in Singapore.
It shows how horrible it is when most of the people ignore the regulation.
In Japan, the similar incident have happened. Yamaguchi Group, which used to be the biggest gangstars in Japan, was not fully monitoredby police, because the group was bigger than police. But, after separation of the group, police try to arrest them positively.

そうにゃんバースデーイベント(Sounyan Birthday Celebration)

Sounyan is the mascot of Soutetsu, the railway company in Kanagawa.
Birthday ceremony of it was held at training center in Ryokuen-toshi.

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Entrance


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Way to the toilet was also decorated with Sounyan. On the board, those who need special assistance like handicapped, breast-feeding, and changing diaper can ask staff to help.

There is an attraction in which we can draw paintings and make it 3 dimentional on the screen.
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What I drew is Odakyu 70000 series (GSE)

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It's the attraction, where we can all-around view pictures on front of the wall painted with Sounyan


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Sounyan

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Sounyan

At the end of the ceremony, facilitator took pictures of all the participants with Sounyan.

More trains on Osaka Municipal Subway Lines

Osaka Municipal Subway Timetable revision on March 24, 2018
http://www.kotsu.city.osaka.lg.jp/general/announce/w_new_info/w_new/list_h29_all/20180216_r1r4dia_henko.html

・Midousuji Line
Train frequency in the morning on weekdays : every 135 or 150 seconds→every 135 seconds
6 northbound trains in the evening will be extended : For Nakatsu → For Shin-Osaka
6 southbound trains in the evening will be added
1 southbound trains in the evening will be extended : For Tennoji → For Nakamozu

・Chuo Line
Train frequency for cosmosquare in the morning on weekdays : every 225 seconds → every 195 or 225 seconds
2 trains for cosmosquare will be added after the current last train : Nagata 23:43 → Cosmosquare 0:12
Nagata 0:04 → Cosmosquare 0:33
1 train after the last train bound for Gakken-Nara Tomigaoka will be added : Cosmosquare 23:32 → Gakken-Nara Tomigaoka 0:24
1 train after the last train bound for Nagata will be added : Cosmosquare 23:48 → Nagata 0:17

Why do they eat vegetable?

edition.cnn.com

What makes vegetarians or vegans prioritize to eat vegetable is not only nutritional problems but feeling sorry for animals.
Especially, some people in Europe rallied to protest against Japan's whale hunting. Their motivation was how pity it is to kill highly talented animals. As far as I know, no one criticizes by insisting it's not better to eat whale from nutritional viewpoints.
On the other hand, for people who've avoided eating meat just because of staying health, the news would be so sad. What they have endured became in vain.
Basically, it would be difficult for general people to understand what kind of food is good for health, because of lack of knowledge on ingrediants or chemical substance. Well, it would be important to study biology, chemistry, and physics may help understand that.