Unseen Japan on Nostr: "I screamed - thought these were towns I'd never heard of" Sign shows a train bound ...
"I screamed - thought these were towns I'd never heard of"
Sign shows a train bound for Shizuoka and Tokyo, but the names are meant to be read left-to-right. Reading down - which is still standard in Japanese print media - produces "Shizuto" and "Okakyo."
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