Adventures of a Japanese construction worker
July 5, 2010 by Juergen Specht · 6 Comments
I love the signs at Japanese construction sites. They just show too vivid the dangers and adventures which await the army of construction workers on their daily duty. While the signs often sport the same text, the illustration always differs ever so slightly. Here is just a small part out of my collection with translations and more commentary. Click here to read more…
Japan’s most ugly bridge
January 5, 2010 by Juergen Specht · 6 Comments
Ladies and Gentlemen, and now I give you (drum rolls rolling) Japan’s Most Ugly Bridge:
Japan’s most ugly bridge
The Yamba Dam – another megalomaniacal project 58 years in the making…
January 4, 2010 by Juergen Specht · 5 Comments
The Japanese Yamba Dam Project in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, is already 58 years in the making with a project cost exceeding 900 billion yen… and a recent decision by the government probably stopped this project right in its tracks.
You can find the entire history of this project on several different sites, so I don’t repeat it all here and share instead some pictures from my visit.
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