Travel Diary on June 9, 2018

I got up early in the morning not to eat breakfast, but to take pictures of the trains.

I walked to Lao Dao Kou Bridge.

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California Beef Noodle

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Mao Ze Dong

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Lao Dao Kou

China Railway DF5 series (Renovated)

China Railway CRH380BG series

China Railway DF5series(1002～1700) series

China Railway SS9 series(renovated)

China Railway QJ7101

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Eastern Kindergarten in English

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Lao Dao Kou Bridge

I went back to the hotel.

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Huanggutun incident happened around here

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The sign says "Victory Avenue"

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Buildings near my hotel

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Taiwan is excluded from the map

I arrived at the hotel, and ate breakfast.

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Today's breakfast

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Corridor in my hotel

I left the hotel to go to Shenyang Bei station.
Taiyuanjie→Shenyang Metro Line 1→Qingnian Dajie→Shenyang Metro Line 2→Shenyang Bei

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It resembles "Charging Bull" in New York

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The screen shows Windows

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In front of Shenyang North Station

I bought a ticket to go to Dalian Bei.
I went back to Aoti Zhongxin Station to see trams by Shenyang Metro Line 2.

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Olympic Center Station(Tram)

Shenyang Tram(Blue)

Shenyang Tram(White)

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Shenyang Tram Route Map

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Flower and Tram

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Olympic Center Station(Subway)

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Platform

I had plenty of time before departure of the train bound for Dalian Bei.
So, I went to Gugong by the following route.
Shenyang Bei→Shenyang Metro Line 2→Qingnian Dajie→Shenyang Metro Line 1→Zhongjie

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Shenyang Gugong

But, I noticed that I didn't have enough time to see around Gugong.
So, I decided to head for Shenyang Bei via Taiyuanjie to pick up my baggage.
Zhongjie→Shenyang Metro Line 1→Taiyuanjie→Shenyang Metro Line 1→Qingnian Dajie→Shenyang Metro Line 2→Shenyang Bei

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Underground City of Shenyang

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Food Court of the underground city

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YU LIU means "Under preparation"

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Metro Signage

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Taiyuanjie Station

I arrived at Shenyang Bei station again.

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Today's lunch underground of Shenyang Bei station

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Waiting at Shenyang Bei Station

The train took me to Dalian Bei with about 2 hours.

Dalian Bei Station

Dalian Bei→Dalian Metro Line 1→Xinggong Street

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I ate deep fried chicken near here

Xinggong Street→Dalian Metro Line 1→Xian Road→Dalian Metro Line 2→Honggang Road

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Honggang Road Station

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Entrance

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Around Honggang Road Station

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1 Belt 1 Road

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Today's hotel

I ate dinner at a restaurant near the hotel. What astounded me was that the owner of the restaurant has been to Japan to work.

Travel Diary on June 8, 2018

Last night, I took expressbus from Ebina to Osaka.
After arriving at "Umeda Motorpool in front of Plaza Hotel", I walked to Umeda Station.
And then, I went to Kansai International Airport via Namba, where I ate breakfast and took bath.

I went to boarding gate of my aircraft.

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China Southern Airline

I flied to Dalian International Airport.

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Airport Station

By Dalian Metro Line 2, I went to Xian Road.

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Around Xian Road Station

I found tram

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I walked along the tramway

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Xian Road Station Entrance

By Dalian Metro Line 1 and Line 12, I went to Caidaling to take picture of trains on Dalian Metro Line 12.

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Caidaling Station

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In front of the station

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Mountainous topography

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Station Building

Dalian Metro Line 12

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LV SHUN?(Maybe "LU SHUN" is correct)

I went back to downtown of Dalian.
By Dalian Metro Line 12 ,1 ,and 2, I reached Youhao Square Station.

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Between Youhao Square and Dalian Station

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Dalian Station(China Railway)

Dalian Tram, Route 201

Dalian Tram, Route 201 (Different color)

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Bus Stop in front of Dalian Station

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Landscape from Dalian Station

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Dalian Station(Dalian Metro Line 3)

I went to neighboring station, Xianglujiao Station, by Dalian Metro Line 3.
And went back to Dalian station.

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Xianglujiao Station

Dalian Metro DLoco FG series on Line 3

Advertised train

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Station Building

I tried to visit Shenyang by High Speed Train. But, the last train has already departed.
I managed to take rapid train "K7351次" to Shenyang.

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Jinzhou Station, intermediate station.

I arrived at Shenyang at 23:47, and walked to today's hotel.

Sorry for skipping diary

Because I was travelling from midnight of June 7 to morning on June 11, I couldn't afford to write here something.
I'd like to write travel diary within a month. Please wait.

Why is it equal?

Google employee confronts execs over diversity: Many of us feel 'unsafe'
http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/06/technology/alphabet-shareholder-meeting/index.html

IT companies which have headquarters in California are supposed to hire many Asian people. So, I've thought it's rare case in those companies to see ethnical discrimination.
But, it doesn't seem to be true.
As the article says, harassment seems to have happened in Google. It's one of the problems we have to deal with.
On the other hand, I'm skeptical about the restriction that at least one woman must be included in exectives or something like that.

For example, if there is no woman in a company who fulfills requirement to be exectives, we have no choice but to get her promoted under such regulation. It's a kind of counter-discrimination.
What we need is not giving them positions but giving them opportunities to grow as majority does.

Why do they use cars in mega cities?

Single 150 sq foot Hong Kong parking space sells for $760,000
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-parking-space-intl/index.html

It's often the case with densed cities that vehicle is the most rip-off transportation mode. Hong Kong would be the most extreme example.
It would be difficult to find out parking lots in urbanized area.

On the other hand, in Japan, it's not so difficult as Hong Kong to find parking lots in downtown.
But, tax and insurance on each car are so expensive that it usually costs 400USD to maintain one car.
So, less and less young people own cars.

Why is the gauge of e-BART is different from BART?

BART launches diesel services to Antioch
http://www.metro-report.com/news/news-by-region/americas/single-view/view/bart-launches-diesel-services-to-antioch.html

This is actually a branching line of BART networks.
It seems to be appropriate that the line is not electrified to minimize cost on the rail line with less passengers compared with the other BART lines.
But, it's not acceptable that gauge is different from the other BART lines.
If the population along e-BART is increased to be competitive with the other BART lines, there must be through service from e-BART to conventional BART lines.

Why is it acceptable?

edition.cnn.com

I've heard that some doctors in Japan turn on music during surgery to calm down their emotion.
But, I've never heard those who sing or dance during that. It will endanger patients.
On the other hand, it can be allowed in psycological doctors, because they won't hurt patients physically, even if doctors dance or sing while seeing them.

How free workers are by nations is interesting.
For example, in Japan's black companies, drinking coffee or juice while working is banned, because drinking those kinds of drinks is supposed to be idle.
Like this, Japan's unreasonably strict rules in companies are the last things we can understand.