http://projects.metafilter.com/4671/How-to-Explore-Japan-By-Train-Without-Ever-Leaving-Home/ Comments on MetaFilter Projects post How to Explore Japan By Train Without Ever Leaving Home Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:42:58 -0800 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:42:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://projects.metafilter.com/4671/How-to-Explore-Japan-By-Train-Without-Ever-Leaving-Home I wrote a post about one my passions, an entire community of Japanese vloggers devoted to the genre of tenbo shaso (展望車窓), which roughly translates as "train observation car videos." post:projects.metafilter.com,2015:site.4671 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:09:57 -0800 Nevin http://projects.metafilter.com/4671/How-to-Explore-Japan-By-Train-Without-Ever-Leaving-Home#11305 <a href="https://youtu.be/miHP_El9Ce4">THAT SOUND!</a> That is the sound I've been trying to figure out, but can't describe well enough for anyone to know what I'm talking about. It's the bing... bong... very first thing in the video. I hear it everywhere in the stations, even far away from the platforms in the common areas with the shops. It's not the station-specific chime, the ATOS, or the door closing warning. What is it? comment:projects.metafilter.com,2015:site.4671-11305 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:42:58 -0800 ctmf