a blog by Ian Kennedy
Update (Aug. 2012): replaced link.
A charming site that plays back a collection of Japanese Station Melodies.
In Japan, special melodies play when trains pull into or pull out of train stations. These melodies are unique, depending on the station. This website is devoted to these sounds, giving samples of them. Please look through this website for more detailed explanations.
Click the link below for a sample. Brings back memories!
Do you think Japan is Cool?
“Japan is reinventing superpower—again. Instead of collapsing beneath its widely reported political and economic misfortunes, Japan’s global cultural influence has quietly grown. From pop music to consumer electronics, architecture to fashion, and animation to cuisine, Japan looks more like a cultural superpower today than it did in the 1980s, when it was an economic one. But can Japan build on its mastery of medium to project an equally powerful national message? “
– from Japan’s Gross National Cool