Masaya's days: May 2012

22 May 2012

One big tower's opening day

One big tower's opening day

Today is the opening day of one big tower which named "Tokyo Sky Tree". It's located in Tokyo.
Also it's the talest stand-alone tower with 634 metres high.
Most of TV programees of today were fulfilled with this story, I thought. Well, I thought that they should think their own programees much better one.

There's two skydeck in the tower, one of them is at 350 metres high. Another one is at 450 metres high
To go to skydeck at 450 metres high, visitors needs to pay extra money and need to ride different elevator to go there.

I didn't know that but according to the news, today was windy and rainy day in Tokyo. Then visitors couldn't see views from skydeck clearly.
Also there was big problem, the wind was too strong to continue operation of elevators. The elevators skydeck at 350 metres high between and skydeck at 450 metres high stopped the operation at 14.30.
Due to that trouble about 200 people who were at skydeck at 450 metres high stuk there for a while. The operator of Tokyo Sky Tree also decided to stop the operation of that elevators at 19.30.

I felt that it seems like many Japanese people like this tower, but I think "It's just a tower". This tower's main purposes are to broadcast radio.

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06 May 2012

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In Japan, 5th May is national holiday "こどもの日(Kodomono-hi: Children's day)". On that day, the nuclear power plant in Tomari, Hokkaido stopped the operation for routine inspection. There are 50 nuclear reactors in Japan, and one in Tomari Nuclear Power Plant was the last on-line nuclear power-plant.

Now Japan is in without nuclear power. It's the first time since 1970 when reactors in Tokai Nuclear Power Plant and Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant went to routine inspection.

And for now, there's no specific schedule that go on-line in any other nuclear reactors in Japan.

Well, no policy, no gain. It seems like that Japanese government could not find any good reason to put some of nuclear reactors go on-line yet.

Finally, cherry bloomed!!

By the way, cherry trees bloomed in this week! I've been waited more than a month!

Well, it's beautiful. But rainy drops most of petals... My boss told me that cherry trees in Sapporo is short life. Cherry trees bloom in rainy season, then we cannot enjoy the blossom so long...