Human Renaissance (Music)

The Tigers played Baroque Pop in their album 'Human Renaissance'.

It was inspired from the Bee Gees and the Beatles.

'Endless Rain' is one of the songs of the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXHb0vGnaQE

'The Glorious World' is also introduced with an orchestra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2fu1kZxSo

The Tigers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tigers_(Japanese_band)

The Latvian Railway history museum in Riga

There is a good railway museum in Riga, the capital of Latvia (Latvijas dzelzceļa vēstures muzejā).

http://www.railwaymuseum.lv/index-eng.htm

In your pocket also offers interesting infomation.

http://www.inyourpocket.com/latvia/riga/sightseeing/museums/Latvian-Railway-Museum_11203v

We could see rainbow by chance from the riverside of Daugava.


 

The museum located near the Stone Bridge.

 

DL and SL

 

Mobile crane

 

Former Soviet-build DL

 

DL

 

Snowplow 

 

Elektrichka

 

AnArmored coach (At first it was built for Eastern Chinese Railway!! During WW2 it was given to the USSR Armny)

 

A prisoner coach (it seemed to be built in Stalin era)

 

Type T3 (former German type 52)

 

DL

 

Narrow guage rail-truck

 

 

Tickets

Narrow guage loco

 

If you hava a chance, it is a good place for see and feel Latvian Railway history. They offers good DVD for Banitis.

 

(2013/3/21)

Tram of Trieste and Cafe Bianca

      Tram in Trieste (Tram di Opicina Linea 2) is one of the most unique tramway system in the world. It looks like a normal tram at the city centre. However, a cable loco pulls and down the tram from the town to the hill.

At Opicina station

At the city centre of Trieste

The promenade for Miramare 

 Detail might be seen on the official website.
 (http://www.tramdeopcina.it/tram/pages/tt2engl.htm).

There is also a good promotion video of the tram
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1grKGr3EsyY&feature=player_detailpage)

Lastly, the tram runs into village near the border with Slovenia. 


In the past, there was the tram network in Trieste. Only one route left. Some of the fleets can be seen at the railway museum along the Seaside.
(http://www.museoferroviariotrieste.it/)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFS1a09zLwg)

At the museum

You can find some interesting photos there


        I often travelled former Austria-Hungary Empire with Julie (Kenji Sawada) songs. His song 'Cafe Bianca' makes you feel slightly 60's taste.. You can also feel Adrian sea-breath from Cafe Bianca.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2-jP0hT6Q




(2013/03/13)

Lupin DMU in Hokkaido, Japan

 

DMU type Kiha-54 522, which was painted with  Lupin III,  runs between Kushiro and Nemuro, Hokkaido(northern island of Japan.

 

Lupin III (ルパン三世)  is one of the most famous Japanese manga series and the animation programmes and movies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_III

The fiste original programme was bloadcasted in 1968.

 

There is a cutey woman called 'Fujiko' in the booking office of  Hamanaka-station.

 

 

 

She is a sexy heroine, but sometime does down main character Lupin the third ;)

 

The music of the animation programme is also cool and Jazzy.

 

Main character  Lupin waits for you at the platform of Hamanaka-station. The author was born in the town. Information about Hamanaka-tonw is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamanaka,_Hokkaido

 

 

JR(Japan railway)Hokkaido offers the information with English.

http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html

 

(2013/03/08)