Sewer swimming for Osaka

[Taro Toporific]

Osaka takes plunge with canal pool
The Japan Times | 2013/05/22
...getting roaring drunk and jumping, or falling, into Dotonbori Canal after either a Hanshin Tigers victory or a wild night out in neighboring Shinsaibashi will be less risky, healthwise...plans are moving forward to build an 800-meter-long swimming pool in the heart of the canal...Scheduled to open in summer 2015, the pool will be, its supporters claim, the world’s largest outdoor swimming pool...more...

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[Taro Toporific]

before they declare the Dotonbori a SuperFund site.

I'd sooner swim in the Dotonbori than have to live in the greater Tokyo area.

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Osaka ought to go upscale with their Dotonbori sewer swimming plans and change the iconic Glico Runner on the canal with this new sign.

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by Black Rhombie

[Taro Toporific]

Osaka takes plunge with canal pool
The Japan Times | 2013/05/22
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"Plan to turn Dotonbori into 800m public pool next year now scaled down to only 80m pool:" http://t.co/C7JKt9XIZN (Japanese)
@MulboyneOctober 7, 2014

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[matsuki]

construction costs are projected to run about ¥3 billion

Special large pool concrete? 4K video cams in the women's locker room? WTF?

[Taro Toporific]

Osaka ought to go upscale with their Dotonbori sewer swimming plans and change the iconic Glico Runner on the canal...]

Glico unveils new lame runner billboard
Kyodo News International October 23, 2014 (GlobalPost)
...Instead of neon bulbs, the sixth Glico runner billboard since 1935 employs around 140,000 boring energy-efficient LEDs...continues...

[matsuki]

I call it the "Toyota effect"

More modern.....but so vanilla and bland, it lost any character it previously had.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Wait, what happened to the Glico girl that was on there a couple weeks ago?

[Taro Toporific]

Wait, what happened to the Glico girl that was on there a couple weeks ago?

Since the sign is just an LED screen, the Glico girl is displayed about every 10 minutes and then rotated to other promotional images.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Wait, what happened to the Glico girl that was on there a couple weeks ago?

Since the sign is just an LED screen, the Glico girl is displayed about every 10 minutes and then rotated to other promotional images.

Ah ok I get it. All flash and no substance. Booooooring!

[Taro Toporific]

In the middle of yesterday’s torrential downpour, Osaka fishermen troll for giant mutant sewer sushi in the Dotonbori Canal.

Full report:
http://kotaku.com/giant-sushi-floats-th ... 1729776585

[Marked Trail]

In the middle of yesterday’s torrential downpour, Osaka fishermen troll for sewer sushi in the Dotonbori Canal.

If you need big bait to catch big fish...
Then you need big sushi to troll for giant mutant sewer sushi in the Dotonbori Canal.