Author: Kazuo Yokobori

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Happy new year 2016

NERV center Japane Evangelion date panel on 2nd floor of Ashigara service area (Tokyo -> Nagoya highway line) I passed Ashigara service area again in New Year’s Day when I back to Osaka from Gunma pref. It was a fine day. We can look Mt. Fuji from in service area. Evangelion images are same in last year visit. But I had android smart phone in this time　(￣▽￣). Nearby TOKYO-3 (Ashigara and Hakone city) area has Evangelion GPS virtual tourism system. It needs to download GPS tourism application from internet to your smart phone. When man go to a position (in (more…)
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Souvenir of NERV co-op in ASHIGARA SA

Goods lineup was changed when I visited hear in last September. Bargain price “NERV car GPS system”, 10,000 Japanese yen (about 90 dollars) Why it is bargain? A store pop sign plate show map data is 2012 data and can’t update. My car has also GPS navigation system, but I bought it. I press a power button on left top, system is starting. 20160102132325 20160102132252 Screen images is like a Evangelion animation image. Map data is by ZENRIN Corporation in Japan that is major map company and many car navigation are using this digital map data. This NERV GPS is (more…)
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Hamamatsu Wind mill

We can look wind mills from Hamamatsu SA on Nagoya-Tokyo high way line. These wind mills are Hamamatsu wind power station’s one. Height is about 78m and wing diameter is 82m. It is magnificent. In Japan, they say wind direction is changing quickly and it is no good for wind mill. Actually, there are accidents wing is broken and dropped. And 25 percent of Japanese land is national land. Almost of that is national park. Almost of land is no good condition for wind mill power station and few good place is in national park, but, because it is not (more…)
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Kodama super express Evangelion coloring

Sinkansen express between Shin-Osaka and Hakata has special coloring Kodama express. Sinkansen car type is type 500. Traffic schedule type name is Kodama (echo in English): stop at every station. In Tokyo – Shin Osaka – Hakata, Nozomi > Hikari, > Kodama train name means faster order. That is Evangelion coloring, this train arrival at 11:14 from Hakata and 11:32 back to Hakata from Shin-Osaka station. My desk in Osaka Headquarter Office is same height with Sinkansen rail way and it distance is about 150m. If you visit Osaka office, dash to 4th floor at 11:14. This train is anniversary (more…)
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ASHIGARA=TOKYO-3

TOKYO-3 is fictitious city name in Neo Genesis Evangelion of TV animation. This TV animation was broadcasting in TV Tokyo station. Tokyo is the actual capital city in Japan (Means of the “actual” is Japan has no laws about Tokyo as capital city. People in Kyoto city say Kyoto is capital also now), but TV Tokyo is calling as Tokyo “LOCAL” TV station. Other TV stations in Tokyo have networks for all over Japan, TV Tokyo does not have enough network. So, it Tokyo LOCAL. TV Tokyo’s budget is fewer than other Tokyo-key TV station companies and Evangalion on air (more…)