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

About world's rail news, general news, my train pictures, and travel diary)

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Entries from 2012-01-01 to 1 year

Travel diary on Dec 31, 2012

I spent all the day going back Japan.Dusit Thani →Ayala Avenue →Taft Avenue →EDSA →Baclaran →Ninoy Aquino →Ninoy Aquino International Airport IMGP4582 posted by (C)gozami Split-flap display in the airport →Incheon International Airport →Ka…

Travel diary on Dec 30, 2012

I left the hotel and took LRT Line 3 to go to Magallanes. What made me surprised was that all the ticket counters were closed. I asked a baggage inspector why that happened. She explained to me that automatic turnstiles were out of order a…

Travel diary on Dec 29, 2012

Because there were McDonald's opening all the day and the coach we can lie, I had no difficulty in spending overnight. I departed the airport for Manila. During the flight, there were 3 kinds of in-flight meals. I chose Korean bibimbap. Th…

Travel diary on Dec 28, 2012

In the morning, I worked for part-time job. After that, I went home to prepare for traveling. I left home around 15:30. I took Kintetsu Line and Nankai Line to reach Kansai International Airport. From the airport, Korean Air flight took me…

In this year, today can be the last day I will write this diary

I'll be in the place where the Internet access is not available. So, I'm sorry for skipping diaries until the begining of 2013. I wish you all have a happy year.

Korean unification may cost South 7% of GDP Asia

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/korean-unification-may-cost-south-7-gdp-20121226 Because of huge economical gap between North Korea and South Korea, it is considered that unification of the two has become dif…

Yen down against dollar, euro on Abe comments

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/money/story/yen-down-against-dollar-euro-abe-comments-20121225 Because of the prime minister's decision, foreign currency I have in my storing box is raising its worth based on Japanese Y…

Photo gallery: China holds test run on world's longest high-speed rail

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/photo-gallery-china-holds-test-run-world%E2%80%99s-longest-high-speed-rail-20121224 The high speed rail line seems to terminate at Shenzhen North Station. By 2015, the line wil…

South Korea sheds some Christmas light on North

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/south-korea-sheds-some-christmas-light-north-20121223 It goes without saying that Christian is never accepted in North Korea. So, in the worst case, residents in those areas do…

I wonder what those who boast their babies think

Today, I met a man who did so, despite he met me for the first time. He expected that his child would be called cute. But, I wonder why he couldn't expect that someone doesn't always think that the baby is cute. This is often the case with…

Rapid estate development undergoes in Shiga, Japan

Today, I went to Kusatsu in that prefecture for studying production processes in a plant. Minami-Kusatsu station, neighboring station to the south of Kusatsu, is notable in estate development. When I was a junior high school student, I cou…

Accused rapists allowed to run in Indian elections: Study

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/indian-parties-let-rape-accused-run-office-study-20121221 In a case of Japan, some people say those who have never had sexual intercourse are said to have difficulty in job-hun…

Japan's US-bound exports overtake China shipments

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/money/story/japans-us-bound-exports-overtake-china-shipments-20121219 Ironically, when I was a junior high school student, a geography teacher said "When you grow up to be adults, the big…

I created the other account on Twitter

It is because My account was about to be exposed to a female, who is thought to dislike sexual topics or vulgar topics. At first, I protected my account. Next, I created a new account, which is open to everyone. But, after all, she didn't …

Philippines moves closer to controversial birth control law

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/philippines-moves-closer-controversial-birth-control-law-20121217 Catholic Church should see the fact not only in Philippine but also in the world. Absence of contraceptives…

Japan's Shinzo Abe: Comeback kid with conservative agenda

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/japans-shinzo-abe-comeback-kid-conservative-agenda-20121216 I'm not interested in whether LDP won or not. What makes Japanese politics confusing is threat of Japan Restoration …

Sannomiya is recognized as Kobe? Hankyu plans to change the name of the station

Hankyu Sannomiya station locates in downtown of Kobe. Hankyu began to think about changing the name. It's because the railway company thought it would be difficult for tourists out of Kansai to notice that the station is in downtown of Kob…

Election for Japanese Senate is going to begin at the day after tomorrow

Because a lot of political parties were founded before the election, voters have trouble with which party they should vote for. According to broadcasts, the number of political parties is larger ever since.But, almost all of the newly foun…

Hong Kong lawyers warn against Chinese role in courts

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/hong-kong-lawyers-warn-against-chinese-role-courts-20121213 Chinese Communist Party strengthens its effectiveness in Hong Kong to make all the countries recognize Hong Kong as …

Global anger as North Korea fires long-range rocket

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/global-anger-n-korea-fires-long-range-rocket-20121212 Some Japanese say that the rocket is just a satellite. So, we don't have to be worried about it. But, when we consider tha…

US set to upgrade ties with Syrian opposition

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/us-set-upgrade-ties-syrian-opposition-20121211This case is similar to that in Libya. If more and more countries recognize the opposition as a legitimate Syrian government, the…

19 stations in Nagasaki Prefecture have accepted SUGOCA card since December 1

SUGOCA, issued by JR Kyusyu, became acceptable at 19 stations between Nagasaki and Takematsu via Isahaya on December 1. On the day, though systematic error on software of ticketing machines during 4a.m. to 1p.m. caused a trouble passengers…

Parody of Korean POP prevails over the world

Since Gangnam style became popular, those who knew it in each country or city in the world began to imitate it. As far as I found, the following movies were produced. I selected the movies corresponding to the original movie in many points…

Japan's ANA plane overruns runway, no injuries reported

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/japans-ana-plane-overruns-runway-no-injuries-reported-20121209 Judging from the scene on the linked webpage, the airplane may have slidden on the runway, because of frozen surf…

A senior researcher described a member of my labratory as Rirakkuma

In Japan, Rirakkuma is the famous character which is a cute bear featuring idle. When we talked about how idle the member was, I spoke out "The member is as if he were Rirakkuma" The picture of Rirakkuma is shown on the following link. htt…

I remembered nostalgic things

A friend in engineering faculty said that we shall hold a Christmas party, and we discussed what we do in the party. What he suggested is that everyone brings each gift, every gift gathered at the party is arranged randomly, and participan…

Asia air pollution deaths to rise as air quality worsens: Environment group

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/asia-air-pollution-deaths-rise-environment-group-20121205 As it is written on the linked webpage, air pollution kills more than 800,000 people each year. On the other hand, rad…

Flight attendant quits over Facebook coffee threat

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/flight-attendant-quits-over-facebook-coffee-threat-20121204 The Thai stewardess must have thought that her friends wouldn't leak out what she posted on Facebook. (This reason c…

Nine dead in Japan tunnel collapse: Reports

Citation: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/nine-dead-japan-tunnel-collapse-reports-20121203 What is praised related to this accident is that Yokohama city began to examine safety of its own tunnels immediately after the…

A colleague was worried about his communication skill

He has the highest academic career at the workplace. So, I told him that he'll never need to be concerned about job-hunting. But, he said to me "I don't have an optimistic view on my job-hunting, because of my bad communication skill." One…