Sake-Drenched Postcards - Sun, Oct 23, 2005 8:56:11 AM, by Captain Japan---
Soon Tokyoites will be able to drive in circles.
Deep beneath a boulevard in western Tokyo lies the construction site of the 11-kilometer Central Circular Shinjuku Route - the second link in the Central Circular Route transportation circle....
...conveying the advantages of a mostly hidden project to the public is tricky. The "Tokyo Tunnelix" program last week allowed the media and the general public to descend 30 meters of stairs for tours...
"The main objective," Kasuya says, "is to spread awareness of the Shinjuku project. We noticed that people hardly knew about it, in spite of it being such a huge project."
A fashion show helped by trying to make construction hip. On the first day of the tour, two-dozen construction workers, attired in helmets and the construction-worker-inspired fashions of German designer Bernhard Willhelm, entertained visitors as they strolled the steel grating inside one of the illuminated tunnels. Visitors on the next day were treated to mannequins - adorned in the very same colorful wear - positioned along the "runway."...more...
<--"mannequins - adorned in the very same colorful wear - positioned along the 'runway.'"
All this project will do is provide more roads to become equally congested. Ishihara shoulda asked NYC about that when he was there.
