Let’s head to a well-known multipurpose commercial complex in central Tokyo.
Lunch at Shiokaze: a yellowtail sashimi rice bowl. On a hot day like this, it’s perfect.
We got off at Oshiage and arrived. By the way, we didn’t climb it.
This convenient 21st-century facility is definitely supported by human effort. The welding beads looked so masculine. So that’s what they call a branch fitting.
Lately, I’ve been astounded by the vastness of space, and when I think on a cosmic scale, I get so much peace of mind that it becomes troublesome.
I watched a planetarium show. Konica Minolta Planetarium Manten I’ve seen before, but I felt a bit disappointed.
The National Museum of Nature and Science and similar places offer a richer experience. If you want something nearby and affordable, Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya strikes a good balance too.
The concept is wonderful—it’s as if the Mona Lisa has been imprinted into the human brain.
The Postal Museum is quietly tucked in here, so I took a peek at some history.
Currently, if a postal code is printed, machines can sort about 30,000 pieces per hour. Without it, it’s done by hand.
It’s amazing to think that this used to be done entirely by hand. Station ticket gates were also 100% manual—people cut every single ticket.
In recent years, automation by machine has advanced, convenience has improved, and fewer staff are needed. Ideally, people would handle what machines can’t, but the world doesn’t work that way.
If robots worked like copy machines and generated income through wages, there’d still be room. But when robots replace jobs, that’s not the case.
I realized that making the world convenient is quite difficult.
I got a craving for pizza after a long time, so dinner was Italian.
That’s all—it’s starting to feel like rainy season.
