Let's use a time machine to get a few decades back in time.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7533.jpg)
Small TVs for everyone's taste. Good one to have in the garage.
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Photographers' corner.
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Week starts on Sunday.
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Guys play a board game.
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Let's take a look at the doctor's office while he's gone.
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And listen to a song to ease anxious waiting.
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A closer look at the titles in case they were too small before. Pretty understandable now (no).
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Childhood toys.
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One does not simply pass by Godzilla.
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Masks.
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Let's count everything.
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At the barbershop. A clever attempt not to be reflected in mirrors.
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Side view.
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Top view.
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Gas tankless water heater.
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What can be added here? Only "AAA" at the end.
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Cigarettes.
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Fresh magazines.
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Novelty games.
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You can immediately play a demo with friends.
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Pencil cases.
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Calculators.
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In the classroom.
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Devices' internals. And iron's too.
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Typewriter.
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Multiplication table. Nothing surprising here.
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Thermometer with Celsius and Fahrenheit scales.
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Everything is ready to play.
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We are being awaited already.
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Massage chair.
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Postbox.
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Postbox collection times.
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All vehicles are ready to go.
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More stuff.
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Cinema. Shhh, the movie is in progress.
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Posters.
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Japanese style toilet.
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Phonebooth.
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Pinball.
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* * * * *
Back in our time. New day—new trains. This one has wide panoramic windows.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7321.jpg)
It makes sense to pay attention to the info on the seat's back. It says that the height of the headrest is adjustable.
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Sceneries outside the window.
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Pedestrian signal. No, it doesn't show 11. Bars disappear from top to bottom. It's green when the last one is gone.
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Pin.
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Postbox, cyclist, hydrant, already familiar pedestrian signal, road routes on the pillar.
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There is a temple in the yard.
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Bench with its back to the road, like at bus stops.
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Bicycles.
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The side street is closed for cars.
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Miyagawa river.
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Window at the entrance to one of the museums.
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Sunny view of the yard.
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Things like this are part of the annual festival here.
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Perhaps this icon means that thing goes through this street during the festival.
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Identical cars.
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Postbox.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7683.jpg)
Flowers in front of the house.
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I like to withdraw from an ATM like $95 to get lots of small bills. It's redundant in Japan with such a machine.
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What kind of toilet do you expect to see in a room with a USSR style interior?
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The modern one indeed! Plugged into a power outlet and with many buttons. Some people compare the number of buttons with a spaceship navigation panel. Anyway, it makes sense to get used to them. It proves useful later on. By the way, power outlets are type A and type B throughout the country.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7695.jpg)
Recognizable traditional Japanese houses. Usually, check-in at hotels is after 15:00 and check-out is before 10:00. Exceptions are rare. Wrong country to sleep till noon or so.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7364.jpg)
Inside the inn called ryokan.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7696.jpg)
Long washbasin for everyone.
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Separate taps for hot scalding and cold icy water. Basin FTW!
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7734.jpg)
"Under siege" the movie is broadcasted on the TV in English with Japanese subtitles.
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Cute guardrail.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7735.jpg)
Takayama streets.
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Locomotives.
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Cone parking, umbrella stand, entrance to the building, bicycle parking. AED sticker means there is a defibrillator inside.
![🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan, April 2017.](https://life.ivacuum.org/takayama.2017/IMG_7740.jpg)