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01 .31Is it worth driving in Osaka?I loved driving when I lived in the US. Apart from walking or riding a bike, there’s no other way I would want to get around.In Japan, driving is another story altogether. When I lived in Okayama, the necessity of a car was clear and even in Okayama city, there is not the abundance of transportation that a foreigner like me associates with Japan. However, since moving to Osaka I often wonder if it is necessary to drive.You might be thinking ‘what’s the big deal?’ Osaka is a city in Japan like any other. Well, that might be true to some extent. From my perspective, Osaka amplifies all the difficulties of driving in Japan to the point where I would rather avoid it altogether. With kids and no parking on campus, the choice to use either is not always mine. Take my kids in the car, take my bike to campus. But anyway, a couple sentences back, I mentioned “the difficulties of driving in Japan”, and you want to know what those are, right?Navigation systems don’t understand the roads: There is a different philosophy to how the road system is designed here. Probably due to space limitations, there are often roads running parallel to each other or on top of each other and sometimes both at the same time. The navigation system cannot display this on the screen in detail. Even if I catch what the navi is trying to tell me, I have to apply that to what I am seeing on the road. When you factor in the mental processing time of reading unfamiliar road signs and kanji characters, it is easy to take a wrong turn.Turning around, narrow roads and one-way streets: I remember one time when I drove into a one-way street the wrong way. At that moment, my wife yelled at me, and I pulled into a tiny parking space on the corner of the intersection. Since it was a one-way street, I could not continue. Pedestrians were telling me to back up and move out of the way. I was saying to myself “I know you are telling me to back up, but there is literally nowhere to go” - too many cars, too many bicycles and too many pedestrians coming in all directions. Eventually, with great stress, I inched my way back and out of the street.This brings me to the aspect of driving in Osaka that gives me the most grief; so many people, bikes, and scooters on the road. On the road, someone will inevitably invade your path. It’s just the reality of such a densely packed area. After 20 years of previously driving in relative peace, the sudden change to crowded streets really adds a lot of stress.So, is driving worth the trouble? For me it’s a necessary headache, but if you are single or at least don’t have children, I would have to say don’t bother. Save your money and your sanity.Photo credit: Satoshi@pexels.comQuizQ1. Which word or phrase is the most similar in meaning to the authors use of ‘be another story’ in line 3?a) very differentb) something interesting to hearc) a sequelQ2. For this person, driving is necessary.a) Trueb) FalseQ3. In the second to last paragraph, the authors use of the word ‘grief’ is similar to:a) Sadnessb) Seriousnessc) Creates stressScroll down for the answersAnswersA1. aA2. aA3. cWilliam Fusco
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01 .24Climate: where to begin?I recently took part in a climate training program called Fresk. Fresk is an international network of facilitators who are delivering the message of climate change to people throughout the world. Recent data from the IPCC (international panel on climate change) shows the conclusions from the world's top scientists on the state of our planet. It tells us how the earth has changed in recent years and how the earth is predicted to change if humans continue living in the way that we do currently.Most people are aware that the earth is suffering and that our lifestyle continues to hurt the planet. But most people are also unaware of the details of how the earth lives as an organism - how it breathes, cleans the water, eats our trash, creates weather, etc. Most people feel overwhelmed by the messages about climate change and don't know what to do. The idea with Fresk is to educate people about the ways that the earth is dealing with human activity. It creates awareness in the hope of helping people realize that the way that we live is directly connected to the health of the planet.At first, Fresk introduces you to concepts such as deforestation, fossil fuels, greenhouse gases, etc., and asks group members to assemble pictures and cards in a diagram that shows the causes and effects of the planet's activities. After assembling the pieces of the earth's systems, participants speak together about all of the information in hope of understanding it better. Finally, everybody talks together about how they feel about what they have learned and possible solutions for how we can help the planet to become healthier. It is a wonderful workshop and I hope to share it with many people as I become more familiar with the Fresk.I went into teaching because I wanted to share my native language of English with people throughout the world so that they could have access to the planet's people and cultures. I learned that the most valuable learning is not what comes from textbooks in a classroom, but what comes from exploration of our beautiful world through travel and making connections.Along with becoming an English teacher, I focused on how to incorporate sustainability concepts into the English classroom. I feel that English opens our eyes to the world and once our eyes are open, we are able to see that the most important challenge for our time is to heal the planet. I was not sure how to best introduce the concepts of ecology and sustainability into my classes, however. Now, with my Climate Fresk training, I am very excited about this message that I can deliver to students on their quest for knowledge.In addition, I have worked with TED.com to deliver relevant, current topics to my students. I have recently discovered a new series by TED Ed called Earth School, which introduces students to the most important concepts of our precious planet in a six-week video series. How excited I am to now have these incredible resources available to share with students!I plan to talk about both TED and Climate Fresk in my BBP Communication Room. I have included the links below this blog. If you would like to know more about these ideas, please contact me anytime.https://climatefresk.org/https://blog.ed.ted.com/2020/04/21/earth-school-launched-to-keep-students-connected-to-nature/Photo Credits PixabayQuizQ1. What are the two new tools available to learn about climate change?Q2. What is the main idea or purpose of Fresk?Q3. What were the speaker's goals in becoming an English teacher?Scroll down for the answersA1. Climate Fresk, TED Ed Earth SchoolA2. To educate people and create awarenessA3. To teach students about the world and help them make connections + introduce concepts of sustainabilityAnthony Lavigne
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01 .10Taking Control of TimeWhen I was younger, I didn’t think too much about time. For me, the day-to-day activities were enough, and often I found them pretty boring. I get up, have breakfast, walk to the bus stop, go to school, and then endure high school. I was a quiet student who didn’t always fit in very well, and was ready to move on from the drama of high school.Not surprisingly, when I got to college I still had drama. This time the question wasn’t so much me living with a schedule decided for me in high school, but the drama of choosing my own time. That was a difficult moment for me. I hadn’t had any previous members of my family who graduated from college, and I didn’t just want to do exactly the same thing as the person to my left or right. I wanted to understand what I wanted to do.Because I wasn’t so sure at first, I slowly decided just to set achievable goals. First it was simply to get through the day, then get through the next day, then get through week, and just keep adding to that. Eventually that led to a semester, which was the biggest hurdle I faced. After that, I had a sense that I could do it, but I knew there was more to do.In many ways, how I try to control time hasn’t changed so much since then. While it may not be from the same crazy feeling I had to just survive back then, now I have a better idea of what I can handle and what my priorities are. Focusing my time on what I can manage helped me to not lose sight of why I was doing everything in the first place. The times I felt the least in control were when I doubted myself. Even in mistakes where I chose self-doubt, I had something to learn from.Everyone’s path is not going to lead them to the same place. It can be easy just to look at the people to your left or right, and then just go along with what they’re doing. However, maybe they’re making the same uncertain choices you are. Sometimes that’s a good thing: you can have an experience that draws you closer to another, sharing in success or failure, and understanding life together. Even still, at the end of the day, when you’re alone in bed, it’ll still just be you answering the question, “how am I doing today?”Years later, as someone who is married and with young children, that hasn’t changed. The choices I make, the way I act, how I talk to strangers or loved ones - they all boil down to how I feel about my time. Does it control me, or do I control it? The best time to decide is now.Photo Credit stazknop@pexels.comQuizQ1. How would you describe the writer's feelings about high school?Q2. What helped the writer in handling time in college?Q3. What does the writer think is the benefit of making choices with others?Scroll down ? for the answersA1. He was ready to graduate.A2. Setting achievable goals.A3. You can share experiences together and better understand life.Jesse Patterson
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12 .13A Year on Planet 9Wasei-eigo words may sound very similar to the English versions, but such words and expressions have quite different meanings to their English counterparts and can be the cause of some confusion! For example, ‘ソーラーシステム’ also refers to an electrical water heating system powered by sunlight, whereas ‘solar system’ refers to the eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.For those who are interested in English and astronomy, naming the eight planets of our solar system in English should be a simple challenge. (Hint: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles) Most of the planets can be seen in the night sky with the naked eye at some point throughout the year. Mars reflects sunlight off its red sands, while both Saturn and Jupiter shine brightly due to their great size, whereas Neptune and Uranus require a powerful telescope to be seen.Did you also know that there were officially nine planets for a brief period of scientific history, between 1930 to 2006? Pluto is the name of the previously ninth planet. However, it has a surface area of only 3.3% of Earth’s, which is roughly equal to Russia’s, and other similarly sized objects in Pluto’s part of the solar system were later discovered. These facts meant that Pluto was eventually reclassified to ‘dwarf planet’ status and the list went back down to eight.However, Pluto was not simply found by looking at the night sky. Although it is visible by telescope, it is extremely dim due to its size and distance. After the discovery of Neptune in 1845, astronomers who were beginning to understand the formation of our solar system, had also found evidence of an object at 250 times the distance of the earth to the sun which was affecting the orbits of smaller nearby bodies. In the search for this mysterious object, Pluto was found, but we now know that it is not the cause of the orbital anomaly. In the same way that our moon is held by the larger Earth’s gravitational pull, this orbital anomaly has recently been calculated at about five times the mass of Earth’s. Could there actually be a large ninth planet? If so, where did it come from? Was it formed in our solar system or is it a rogue planet from another system captured by the gravitational pull of our sun? At such a distance, Planet Nine could take a minimum of an incredible 10,000 years to orbit the sun.Other theories posit that the anomaly may even be a black hole. Which would be more exciting to discover and confirm? There is still so little known about the outer edges of the solar system, but research like the hunt for Planet Nine goes on.Photo credit: PixabayQuizQ1. What are the three types of lesser sized objects in the solar system?Q2. What are the names of the eight major planets?Q3. What is an alternative idea to the existence of Planet Nine?Scroll down ↓ for the answersA1. Asteroids, meteors, and comets.A2. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, NeptuneA3. There is a black hole at the edge of our solar systemBen McDonough
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12 .06We All Have ChallengesIt can be easy to start feeling sorry for yourself. You have too much homework. You don’t have enough money. You can’t go out to enjoy time with friends because of the Covid situation. It’s natural to feel pessimistic sometimes and wish for a better or easier situation to be in.I guess I am no different than others in that respect. However, recently I came across three stories of hardships that made me realize challenges in our life come in degrees. There are situations more seriously desperate than the one I am presently experiencing.The first story I found in a YouTube video. It was a dramatic recreation of the shipwreck of a man sailing solo across the ocean. He lost his ship in a storm and escaped in a tiny inflatable raft. He had some tools, some floating stills to make fresh water, and some cans of food and water. His raft almost sank once after he accidentally ripped a hole in it. His raft was hit by a large shark. He could sometimes see ships in the distance, but none noticed him. He spent more than a month drifting alone with little or no food. He was desperate, exhausted and lonely. When he was ready to give up, he reached a small island and was found by fishermen.The second story was a book I read about the ‘underground railroad’. This was a name given to the escape routes for slaves during the 1800’s in the United States. The unbelievable hardships experienced by slaves and the dangerous attempts at escape showed the cruelty and inhumane treatment they experienced. Slaves who managed to escape and reach relative safety could often never again see their families who remained in captivity. The stories of struggles of the slaves and the support they received from people who helped them reach freedom were powerful.The last story I also saw on YouTube. It was an interview with a man in America who has survived two attacks by a grizzly bear in the same day. The man encountered a mother bear with two cubs in the forest. After the bear attacked once, it ran away. The man thought he then had a chance to hike back to his car. A short time later the bear returned and again attacked him, severely cutting his head and breaking his arm. After that the bear stopped attacking and left. He was seriously injured but managed to walk back to safety. He even drove himself to a local hospital.The hardships experienced by people in these stories and the ways they overcame them were very inspiring to me. We all have troubles in our daily lives, but we need to keep things in perspective. There can be chances to change our situation for the better.Photo credit: Janko Ferlic@pexels.comQuizQ1. How long did the man spend in the raft?a) 3 weeksb) 25 daysc) More than a monthQ2. What were the people using the underground railroad trying to escape?a) Slaveryb) Droughtc) FloodsQ3. How many times was the man attacked by the bear?a) Twiceb) Oncec) Five timesScroll down ↓ for the answersA1. cA2. aA3. aAnonymous
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11 .22Going on a Bug Hunt
Japan has a wide variety of insects. The hot humid summers and the less frequent use of agricultural insecticides means that insects thrive in Japan. Japanese culture and the Japanese education system encourage an interest in bugs and insects that many other countries do not support. In summer in Japan, you can easily walk into a DIY store or sometimes supermarkets to buy either goods for catching insects or live stag beetles of various types. One-hundred-yen stores bring their stock of nets, cages, insect food and accessories to the front of the store for a summer of insect-hunting. While you might be able to find some of the same goods in some Walmart stores or similar big-box stores, keeping insects as pets is much less common outside Japan. Most people buy bug spray in the summer rather than bug nets and bug food. If you want to buy live insects, you often have to go to specialty pet stores, where they sell live insects as food for snakes and reptiles.
The bug hunting obsession has caught on with my children too. Every rainy season as the muggy humid conditions shift to sweltering heat, signalling the start of summer, my kids bring out the big encyclopaedia of insects. The pages with life-size pictures of stag beetles are well thumbed and adorned with sticky notes. They sit together and plan which ones they are going to catch. However, each year we end up buying beetles from a store or visiting the “Kabuto Mushi House” near Hiezan. They have yet to catch anything in real life, but this year might prove to be different.
By luck, as my son was closing the window a young stag beetle flew into the bug screen on the window. Becoming trapped between the window and the bug screen, the beetle was easily caught by my son. This sudden new information that they could catch beetles at the back of the house encouraged them even more. They needed more information and before I could say anything they had booked us all on a bug hunting training session at the local nature reserve. My wife who hates all types of insects agreed after much argument and persuasion, so we headed out one evening for a very dark nature reserve.
Walking slowly around the nature reserve led by the guide, we learned how to make banana traps to attract stag beetles. Old bananas are fermented and then inserted into a semi-permeable tube, such as pantyhose. The fermented bananas then very slowly ooze out of the tube, which is tied to a tree. Stag beetles love the smell of the banana pulp and fly to the tree. Landing on the tree, the beetles suck out the banana pulp. You can then easily catch them. The guide showed us several stag beetles that were feasting on their dinner of fermented bananas.
So, the bug hunting obsession is renewed again in our house. The kids are armed with new bug cages, nets, bug food, very old and smelly bananas, and a handful of old pantyhose taken from my wife’s sock drawer. My wife will soon find out why the kids are stuffing her pantyhose with smelly old bananas and hanging them outside the kitchen door. Hopefully, she won’t be too upset about the pantyhose, although I think she might be upset if they attract too many bugs.
Photo Credit: Cervus@pexels.com
Quiz
Q1. What is more common in Japan than other countries?
Eating bugs
Using spray to kill bugs
Keeping insects as pets
Q2. What is an "agricultural insecticide''?
A type of bug
A spray to attract insects
A chemical used by farmers to kill insects.
Q3. What do you need to trap stag beetles?
Fermented bananas and pantyhose
A net covered in honey
A cage
Scroll down ↓ for the answers
A1. c
A2. c
A3. a
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11 .15Color and Gender: Mother’s Struggle in Choosing Her Daughter’s Clothing
Do you have any colors you like to wear? I like black and white best, but I also wear red, green, and blue. Adults choose whatever color they like. What about children? You rarely see a kindergarten boy wearing a pink shirt or a little girl wearing a dinosaur printed T-shirt in your neighborhood.
That’s because there are gender norms in our society: we unknowingly follow the social values of women being womanly and men being manly. We are not asked or ordered, but we tend to follow the rules. These social norms limit one's actions and choices in life. It has been pointed out that women, in particular, are disadvantaged in their daily lives and in situations such as finding employment. I knew it was not a good idea to do anything that would instil such norms in children from an early age.
However, when I had a daughter of my own, I faced a problem when it came to choosing her clothes. In the kids wear section, there is a clear distinction between clothes for girls and for boys. The colors of girls' clothes are pink and pastel colors with flowers, strawberries, or ribbon motifs. For boys, the main colors are blue and green, and the patterns are mostly vehicles and dinosaurs. If you had to choose from the two, who would choose boys’ wear for girls?
When I have to purchase my daughter’s necessities, I am always faced with a dilemma. My 65-year-old mother used to say that girls should wear pink and bought her granddaughter pink clothes. I talked to my mother about the issue, and then, she accepted my idea and tried to choose other colors too. Yet sometimes I don't know what the right thing to do is. My daughter was often mistaken for a boy. Each time it happened, I wondered if I should have dressed her in pink. However, I didn't want to end up in a situation like the one in JeongMee Yoon’s photographs. The artist took pictures of contrasting children's rooms: girls' rooms filled with pink, and boys’ rooms filled with blue. This is what I've been worrying about ever since she was born. Now I try to balance between my beliefs and common sense.
The other day, I had to prepare a pair of sandals for my daughter because she uses them at daycare. I’d been looking at several online stores and finally decided to get pink ones with white polka dots. I liked the functionality and the reasonable price. How do you think my daughter reacted to the sandals? For the first time, she got interested in her stuff and wanted to put them on by herself!
According to Hidemi Horikoshi's "Do Girls Really Like Pink?", many parents in Japan and abroad are troubled by the fact that their young girls have become obsessed with pink. I shudder at the thought that one day my daughter will be crazy about pink.
JeongMee Yoon’s website: http://www.jeongmeeyoon.com/aw_pinkblue.htm
堀越英美『女の子は本当にピンクが好きなのか』（河出文庫、2019）
Photo Credit: The Author
Quiz
Q1. According to the article, what pictures are usually on boys' clothes?
Robots and spaceships
Vehicles and dinosaurs
Trees and flowers
Q2. Did the author's mother respect the author's views on children's clothing?
Yes, she did
No, she didn’t
She didn’t give an opinion
Q3. What were the sandals the author bought for her daughter like?
Pink with white polka dots
Pink with green polka dots
Pink and white stripes
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A1. b
A2. a
A3. a
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11 .08An Urban Nature
I’m from a small city called Lichfield in the middle of the UK. It has a long history, but probably the most famous person from there is Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). He wrote a dictionary that the Oxford English Dictionary – and all following English dictionaries were and, are modelled on. I once had coffee in Dr Johnson’s house, but that’s a story for another time…
In Japan, I have lived in Osaka, Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures and a few years ago I moved to Kyoto. I do not live in the city centre, but I do not live in the countryside either – kind of on the edge. Of course, with this being Kyoto, there are many beautiful temples and places of interest, but I like nature.
The town I live in is quiet and there are many trees and mountains nearby. Also, there is a small stream near my house and that is the most interesting. There are river crabs and crayfish in it and occasionally there are frogs too. I sometimes see birds or weasels fishing in it, and I’ve even had a raccoon come up and sniff my shoe while by this stream.
Perhaps the best time by this stream is in June – that is when the fireflies come out. Although I’ve lived in Japan a long time and I lived in Mishima, Shizuoka (which has a firefly festival), I had never seen fireflies until moving to this area last year. In June, I can now sit outside my front door and watch them every night for a week. They are fascinating and move gracefully like I imagine Tinker-Bell would do.
This year I spent every night of the firefly season (sometimes until 3am) watching and photographing these wonderful creatures. Of the, probably, hundreds of photos I took, I may have got one or two that were kind of not too bad. However, I was happy with that and felt privileged to see them again this year.
They are beautiful predators – yes, they are hunters. And, they have lived for nearly a hundred million years, but worldwide populations of fireflies are declining and that is mostly because of us. We are destroying their environment. I see this in my stream, as people throw their bottles, cans or cigarette ends into this precious ecosystem.
This stream died before and the local residents cleaned it and made it a safe place for all these animals to live once again. There is hope that we can keep it safe and clean for all of the amazing animals. And if it can happen in one small place in Kyoto, it can spread to more places.
Photo Credit: The Author
Quiz
Q1. When was Johnson born?
1784
1794
1709
Q2. How many places do we know the writer has lived?
5
4
2
Q3. What is causing the decline in firefly populations
Us (humans)
Drought
An increase in predators
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A1. c
A2. a
A3. a
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11 .18Dealing with Stress
I don’t really like stress. Not that I can think of anyone who does, but it is often the case that I will be happy when I’m done feeling it. At times, stress can seem to push me to try harder and to do more, but it can also leave a mess along the way. I often find that experiencing stress can become less about what is stressing me out and more about how I respond to it.
A person does not need to be taught what stress is in order to know what it feels like. For every person it can be something different. What stresses one person can be nothing to another, and what is a small problem for one can be huge for somebody else. When I am dealing with stress, I find I first need to be open with someone who knows me well enough to understand how my stress is affecting me.
That wasn’t always the case. In college, it was more difficult for me to adjust. I didn’t know too many people and college was very new for me since it wasn’t very common in my family. I was more concerned with just getting through the first semester, and, perhaps, the rest of my time at the university would follow.
Obviously, it eventually did work out, but not because I kept to myself the whole time. I had friends along the way and people I talked to who helped give a different perspective on things. I am not in contact with them so much now, but their perspective then helped me to see beyond the initial stress.
While that was years back, being able to look around me and get other perspectives is still important. It doesn’t have to be a huge number of people, but hopefully it is more than just one. Why? Because we’re all human, and sometimes the ones we lean on may need to lean on us from time to time.
Stress is something we all share and have in common. It isn’t the only thing we’ll ever feel in life, but I’m grateful to not have to be alone when I feel it. Remember to keep your head up and look around you.
Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio@Pexels.com
Quiz
Q1. What is the first thing the author does when dealing with stress?
Be open with someone that knows them
Hides away from everyone
Writes down problems in a journal
Q2. When was it more difficult for the author to adjust to stress? Why?
At home because sometimes problems are difficult to share with family
When alone because there was nobody to talk to
In college because going to college wasn't common in their family
Q3. What is important about having friends when dealing with stress?
They offer a different perspective on how to deal with the issue
They help you forget about your problems
They agree with everything you say
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A1. a
A2. c
A3. a
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09 .27Kyoto Tower
What is 131 meters tall, changes color, and has steam coming out from under it? If you answered Kyoto Tower, then you can stop reading because you probably know more about it than I do. If not, keep reading because Kyoto Tower is one of the most iconic buildings in Japan, and you should know more about it.
By most accounts, the story of Kyoto Tower begins with the relocation of Kyoto’s Central Post Office in 1961. With this move, a large tract of land facing Kyoto Station’s Northern Central Exit became available for redevelopment. Such large parcels are rare in old cities like Kyoto, something that was not lost on businesspeople, politicians, and civic leaders of the day, so everyone agreed that the space should be used for the public good. A company was formed, a prominent architect hired, and the work of creating a suitable structure was begun.
Originally, the structure was not intended to be a tower, but rather a modern nine-story building with a modest observation facility on its roof. After all, Kyoto city had laws that limited the height of all buildings to 31 meters—the height of a nine-story structure. It seemed impossible that something taller than that could be built.
However, the 1960s had just begun; Japan’s growth rate was above 10 percent, Tokyo would be hosting the Olympics, and a new bullet train would be connecting Japan’s previous capital with its current one. The times were ripe for people to think big, and at that point in history, thinking big often meant building a tower. Osaka had Tsutenkaku (1943), Tokyo had Tokyo Tower (1957), and even Yokohama had Marine Tower (1961).
In English there is an expression, “where there is a will, there is a way”, which means that if someone wants something badly enough, he or she will find a way to get it. This certainly seems true for the people who wanted to build a tower. To overcome the obstacle of a 31-meter height limit, a loophole was found. Since even the tallest buildings were allowed to have structures like elevator shafts and water tanks on their roofs, why couldn’t a 100-meter tower be considered “a rooftop structure”? Experts were consulted, the possibility of building a rooftop tower was confirmed, and the rest is history. The 131-meter structure—which contains a hotel, restaurants, steamy public bath, and 100-meter tower—was opened to the public on December 28, 1964. Today, Kyoto Tower continues to be used for the common good. In addition to housing the facilities mentioned above, its colorfully illuminated silhouette acts as a guide to those seeking Kyoto Station after a hard day's work or a night on the town.
Photo Credit: Eva Elijas@pexels.com
Blog Quiz
1. Before Kyoto Tower was built, what was on that land?
a. The Central Post Office
b. The Century Hotel
c. Yodobashi Camera
2. Before Kyoto Tower was built, the tallest buildings in Kyoto city were around __ .
a. 31 meters
b. 100 meters
c. 131 meters
3. What is the source of the steam coming out from under Kyoto Tower?
a. A police station (Koban)
b. A public bath
c. The subway
Scroll down ↓ for the answers to the quiz.
Quiz Answers
A1. A
A2. A
A3. B
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