#yellow shinkansen

[my-b-side-life-aii]

ドクターイエローのぞみ検測 923形 新横浜 小田原 河津さくら

富士フィルム X-Pro3 XF70-300mmF4-5.6R LM OIS WR

2024年2月27日撮影

※近隣の和食ファミレスでランチ：夢庵のひれかつ丼※

[shinkansennovelty]

Mokku Train Bottle Water (2/2)

[iicraft505]

Doctor Yellow Bullet Train | 922 T2 Gifu-Hashima 19981011

DAJF

[mtmtedatabase]

[raeuberkotzenrotz]

Mentally I am here

[kidlit-queen-competition]

I'm too busy to make a real pride month post so have this train-bow flag instead

In order of meaning on Gilbert Baker's original eight colour rainbow flag, these are:

Hakushin line JR E653-1000 U107; Hot pink, representing sex.

Bernina Express; Red, representing life.

SEPTA's Broad Street Line; Orange, representing healing.

Doctor Yellow (Shinkansen test train)- Yellow, representing sunlight.

Sž series 711; Green, representing nature.

DOST Hybrid Electric Train; Turquoise, representing magic & art

British Rail class 385; Indogo, representing Serenity.

SR 34027 Taw Valley (Platinum Jubilee livery); Violet, representing Spirit.

[yridenergyridenergy]

Phalaris Vol.II - Kanazawa-shi Culture Hall [2023/05/18] live report

SETLIST

Hibiki

Schadenfreude

Mouai ni Shosu

Devote My Life

Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau

Ningen wo Kaburu

13

Uroko

Eddie

GRIEF

Beautiful Dirt

Otogi

The Perfume of Sins

ENCORE

Dozing Green (acoustic)

un deux

T.D.F.F.

Sustain the Untruth

Revelation of mankind

Holy hell, another excellent show!

The first thing that hit me at Kanazawa-shi Culture Hall was that I wasn't passed the memo for shimote? There were so many young women wearing pretty little dresses. They also happened to not move that much, barely headbang during the show. I wonder if they had photoshoots in Kanazawa's old village neighbourhood and wanted to remain prim and proper for Kaoru and Toshiya. Anyway, because of the chairs' disposition and the fact that the fan in front of me decided to occupy the aisle on her right (technically allowed), I had an unobstructed view of all of the members. Tomorrow, on the shinkansen back to Tokyo, or on the long flight back home in the next few days, I'll try to commit to paper my memory of every member's look and outfits!

Shinya had his traditional white top with black pants, Die had his black and white-lined tunic tucked into a belt with the Roman soldier kind of leather leggings and his usual bold mascara, Toshiya wore the black lace veil version of his outfit, Kaoru came in with the dual-patterned suit (the top is black & white while the pants are black and leopard yellow/orange) and finally, Kyo adorned his the dark version of his outfit, with the G.I.S.M. T-shirt.

Before I cut the post for a shorter version, the rest appearing after the break below, I HAVE to mention the dance that Toshiya does during Eddie and that we all seem to be forgetting! It's the segment where essentially just Shinya is playing, the second time "Shimatsugaki wa kaki oeta ka? Mirai o sute doko e daibu?" is sung, in a more comical voice. Toshiya gets low, bending his knees, and he starts doing what I can only describe as a "happy dance", throwing his arms high and low, doing exaggerated steps in a circle while this is played. The only gif I could find to illustrate that is this, but crouched:

Also, for Eddie, almost nobody was singing. At some point, Kyo got pissed and threw his mic impulsively in the air backward, almost landing on Shinya's drums. For the long seconds of vocal silence that followed with Kyo not so much glaring as intimidatingly and expectantly staring at the centre of the crowd, it sounded like I was the only one shouting the whole near-end lyrics? People please, learn Eddie! It's not my favourite song on the album and I don't know the lyrics by heart, but I can make vaguely similar sounds that satisfy Kyo! He eventually picked up his mic again to resume singing from "Kusodomo ga" (Shitholes) to finish the song in frustration.

GRIEF followed and it looked like Kyo was still pissed and sang with more fury. In fact, I'd say that the Eddie performance affected the encore all the way until maybe halfway into un deux, at which point Kyo demanded us to sing with him, higher and more, which fans did join in mass this time.

Going back to the start, Hibiki and Schadenfreude seemed like they had even more passion by the band than before. It sounded like nobody shouted "Ikedomo jigoku ka" with me though? By the way, Hibiki's backdrop is very beautiful, showcasing a bunch of flower coloured lines in water, a bit like if ink is dropped in that liquid and that it eventually hangs in suspension.

Mouai ni Shosu I'm sure is where Kyo puts his arms wide up to his side and dances a bit with his feet, slowly, while staring at us very intently like he controls us.

Throughout the show, it seemed to me like Kaoru came out from his spot way more. There was something he saw in us because he kept teasing us with his head bending to the side, he came up to place a foot on the ledge more often and he sped up to the left arm of the stage almost as soon as the occasion presented. Usually, Toshiya is the one visiting us at the front all the time and Kaoru stays back. Kind of the same thing with Die actually. I noticed yesterday that Die is in his own little world on the right side of the stage, just disappearing off-stage during instrument switches or breaks, whipping his hair back at all odd times, etc. Anyway, it was great to see Kaoru more out there/here!

In Devote My Life, Kyo trotted toward the right arm of the stage right away, jumping over the equipment and then swaying his head there as he asked for the crowd to chant. He came back to the centre and I think Toshiya did the same either in that song or another, but on his way back to the main stage, Toshiya's jump involved really bending his knees along with reclining his bass, which made the jump total rockstar-style for a mere second!

Kyo ran to the left arm of the stage near the end of Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau, and he did the first: "eranananananaze nanda" (he seems to add and roll an r at the start rather than just go with nana for the whole series), followed by a pause and: "Sore!" right before we're supposed to chant the second series ourselves, but he was already making his way back to the centre of the stage and I'm not sure how well he heard anyone in the crowd. In any case, he clearly was not satisfied this time, but he has reacted worse. Then he extends his hand and belts out those "Ooooooh in mind" lines to conclude the song epically as always!

In Ningen wo Kaburu, I heard a bit more clearly this time that Kyo changed the lyrics. Most of the time, he asks us to chant: "Dare no tame ni ikiru darou?" but he changes it occasionally to shout off-melody about doing it for his own sake, I believe? It was 'ore no', right?

For 13, again that one seemed a few inches more intense than usual, with the face being ripped forcefully off when singing emotionslly about throwing it all away. Man, I can't shake the feeling that we're supposed to be singing Die's backup vocals of: "in the dark, in the heart of, here's everything, Never die." It just doesn't seem right that this moment has no engagement from the crowd. Not to mention that most fans do not move during this song even if it's so powerful and rock- y and that the band goes hard on stage.

I can't remember in which song, but Kyo was so intense in his steps that he bumped backward into his mic stand, which wobbled but thankfully did not fall on Shinya's drums. Kyo glanced a bit worriedly at it but quickly went back to the performance like a professional.

Also, somewhere in the second half of the main setlist, in one of the breaks, Toshiya poured water from his plastic bottle on himself, mainly on his head but I think also on his chest, his back turned to us. He finished by spitting some water upward like a fountain before turning to face us.

Otogi starts in silence with Kyo hitting his forehead, head bent, with his microphone, which he holds with both hands. You can hear heavy breathing, maybe hints of sniffs even. The screen fills up with bright, bright red from the bottom, Kaoru's distortion fills the air and Shinya hints of beats flutter after a while. The song then turns turns really heavy. Toshiya makes various gestures, concealing his eyes with both hands at one point, but he starts the song by holding his hand and his bass high, becoming a proud silhouette against the vivid red.

Then, the spinal mic stand comes forth and Kyo does eery little noises, only to blast out: "NOSE, EYES, EARS" out of nowhere, it's always unexpected! There was so much smoke after "The sound of the brain dying" throughout the song that Kyo was hidden from sight eventually.

The song ended and it seemed like even Kyo took a moment to grasp that it was the end of the main setlist. In fact, the entire band didn't seem ultra aware. It was just that kind of show, so awesome!

The band came back for the encore, Shinya as usual clothed in black with the tour T-shirt, Die with a lose black shirt, his very short leather shorts and the aforementioned tights, Toshiya changed his top for the classy sleeveless dress shirt and Kaoru finally took off his patterned jacket and came back with the leopard pants and his black dress shirt. I don't know how he keeps his layered outfits for the entire main setlist all the time while every other member besides Shinya slowly divests themselves as the heat becomes overbearing! But anyway, what shocked us the most was Kyo returning to the stage with HEAVY black makeup on the lips, as well as on his eyelids now! With the tone of Dozing Green in acoustic and the beginning of un deux, combined with the poor reception he got during Eddie, Kyo looked downright depressed but nevertheless intimidating. With his somewhat spiky blond hair, he reminded me of his Kisou look a bit.

After un deux successfully lightened the mood with reconciliation, T.D.F.F. got everybody totally crazy. We were jumping and headbanging, Toshiya went to the left arm of the stage again for his solo, and Kaoru took notice of shimote's dedication to the song so he walked up front and mouthed a "hey" or whatever with us. He peered really intensely, seriously at all places in the shimote section, it was almost unnerving! Kyo tends to stare at no particular spot, basically a bit above the crowd, while Toshiya and Die smile and stare slightly but then they focus on playing. Kaoru was taking his sweet time scanning the entire crowd on his side of the venue yo. He'd nod from time to time when our reaction wad energetic enough.

It must have been in the encore, because I'm confident that Kaoru was wearing only his black dress shirt, Kyo sprinted back to what seemed to be his crate in the centre, so Kaoru peered at that and prepared to head back to shimote but Kyo was quicker and he placed his hand on Kaoru's left shoulder, holding him there as he passed and made his own way to shimote instead, telling Kaoru that it was fine to stay there for now. It's crazy how gaga we become for those small interactions just because they come off as such an antisocial or asocial band, but it works!!!

At one point, I'd say either during Beautiful Dirt or in the encore with Sustain the Untruth, Kyo stared at someone behind the VIP rows and mocked the weakness of their raised hand. When perhaps the fan in question raised their second arm, he imitated that and the way he did it, it clearly made a fool of the lack of energy dispensed. Again, he gestured for the neck to be ruined instead and began dancing on his spot like in Sustain the Untruth.

The last song came and Kyo stood on his crate. He asked us repetitively if we could go, putting his hand over his face and sniffing like he wasn't sure or convinced, which prompted me to scream before he asked again and everybody in the crowd joined as well in the cheer. Kyo then went: "KAAAAAANAAAAZAAAWAAAAAA", followed by: "KAAAAAAAAAAANAAAAAAAAAAAzawa". He compelled us to keep it up for the last song a couple of times more, after which he screamed: "Then die!" roughly, adding "Last Song" quickly almost like an after-thought immediately after as the first notes of Revelation of mankind began.

What ensued was headbanging, some joint singing between the crowd and Kyo, and a beautiful final. By the end, he had almost none of the black makeup left on the lips, maybe only at the corners of his mouth, but none dripping on his chin due to sweat - maybe stuck on his mic or he swallowed it while singing? At the end, he just stood there exhausted and wiped the rest of it off, only the eyes still shadowed. Kyo clapped multiple times, nodding like we deserved those claps, until Shinya's finishing beats. Then he clapped some more, pointed at the young girl with the headphones in the crowd and doing the finger hook to her a couple of times, nodding and pointing twice at his temples, making it obvious he was refering to her. Then he turned his attention back to the whole crowd, stepped back a couple of inches, belted out: "KANAZAWA" micless, then: "Bye Bye" in the same fashion with a curt wave of his hand, and left.

Shinya threw his drumsticks from on top of Kyo's crate afterward and as he left the stage, he walked squarely far, more than a metre away from Kaoru as he passed. Kaoru had been collecting some picks from his micstand and he slightly smirked at Shinya on the latter's way out. The three remaining members on stage threw stuff mostly in the back. I guess they really want to make use of the stage's arms on the side to reach parts of the crowd that they couldn't have access to from a general-admission type of venue.

Toshiya left rather early tonight and didn't seem all that smiley, but he bowed respectfully and appreciatively before leaving.

I think there was a small interaction between Die and Kaoru as they crossed path to alternate the side of the stage that they were donating picks to.

And as you already know, Kaoru did the magic trick of throwing a pick, we look up and get blinded by the lights in the ceiling, look back down to see where it landed, and Kaoru's right there opening his palm with his mouth wide open in a smirk, expression falsely surprised, then he popped it out of his palm and next thing I know, I flex my left hand while people around me are looking everywhere at the ground for the pick and there it is, something solid apparently landed in my palm! Woooo!

What a wonderful way to end this streak of seven shows that I was able to see this tour! I hope everyone will have an amazing time for the following, concluding shows, as well as during the Petit Brabançon but even more so the sukekiyo tour this summer, you lucky fellows!

[neon-moon-beam]

I only know what Doctor Yellow is because my roommate, @1863-project is a railfan and she loves the Shinkansen, literally has little Shinkansen models from some of the Japanese stores around here (Unova NYC), and has compared some of the service vehicles in the subway to Doctor Yellow.

And I know this exact video is on the right track for her because 1. The aforementioned railfan thing and 2. This is kind of the Battle Subway but without Pokemon and our apartment is a Submas apartment.

[moriwanderer]

You might ask, why?

Why this blog? Why these images? Why Japan?

I recently began attending Antioch College in Yellow Springs for a variety of reasons, but prime among them was the ability to go places and do things. They call it cooperative education. I call it the ability to experience life. This is the reflections from my first co-op trip, in which I've finally managed to get to Japan. The Land of the Rising Sun. The derivation not only of my favorite anime and video games, but also a place with a spirituality that resonates with my own. This blog, beyond being something that I already want to do, also serves as a record and journal of my experiences.

I am currently at Yamasa in Okazaki, working on learning some amount of Japanese to become more fluent and able to speak in it... somewhat. I'm only there for three weeks, and honestly I don't think it's going to take me to the fluency level that I'd like. Thankfully, we live in a world with Google Translate! After that, there's a WorkAway that I will be doing just south of Tokyo in Yokosuka involving assisting with a house renovation that is currently in the plans. After? I don't exactly know.

While in Yokosuka, I'm hoping to spend at least a day (if not more!) in Akihabara, being the global cultural center for all things otaku. Later, I would like to spend a couple weeks in Nara to learn more about the early history of Japan, then head to Kyoto for a week to visit the famous Kyoto Imperial Palace among countless other famous sites and shrines; later I would like to spend a weekend in Shirakawa which is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as the setting for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (which happens to be one of my favorite anime). If time and money permits, I have a bucket list of other places that I would love to check out - including, but not limited to, Shiretoko National Park, Ikeshima & Gunkanjima, Aokigahara, the Ise Grand Shrine... That said, the lack of a JR Rail pass puts a damper on those plans... for now, anyway. I'm hoping, once the next round of student loan money comes in, that I'll be able to afford one (or at least a trip on a shinkansen!)

One of my goals that will definitely require more work on my part is to become fluent enough in Japanese to work as a translator. For whom and on what is still to be decided, but I adore all things anime, manga, video games, and so on from here so the possibilities are pretty wide open.

I'm hoping that the collection of entries in this journal will suffice for my "Signature Assignment" for the course side of this expedition. If not, I'll update you soon on whatever plans may change!

Until next time~

[bunnyjoyce-blog]

There’s a Train for That #54

Hey, remember how Hashamoto/Nintendo wore that yellow costume once upon a time?

Would you believe there are actually yellow trains on Shinkansen lines?

Meet Doctor Yellow (ドクターイエロー; Dokutāierō), the high-speed test train.

These maintenance trains monitor the tracks and overhanging wires on lines, hence the nickname. They are built similarly to passenger Shinkansen, and “line inspection is carried out at full line speed (i.e. up to 270 km/h or 168 mph on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen).” ~ Wikipedia

Aside from the power cars, the middle cars can include non-powered track-recording cars, and depending on trainset, they can have 4 to 7 cars in total. They were first built in 1963, were put in service in 1964, and continue to be used as testing vehicles until today.

(If Electra can bring his own repair truck, could a Japanese champion bring a Doctor Yellow to service him or her?)

Interior of Class 923

Car 1

Car 2

Car 3

Car 5

Car 6

[ohtumbly]

Luni's holiday in Gacha Resort Day 1 Part 2

What's In Gacha Resort?

Gacha Resort is a place in Gachaverse where we all go on a holiday in the summer. There is a long, wide, extensive area of a beach, where all of the beaches touch the sea. At the beach, they like to play in the water, play beach ball, go yachting, or smash a watermelon.

In the middle areas, there are green parks to go for walks, and there are bicycles and free frisbees, both can only be borrowed. A big golf course, a tennis court, and a shopping town where lots of traditional things are sold. Parasols, pairs of sunglasses, pineapples, tropical flowers.

There is only one hotel.

Luni, Charlotte and Ellie checking in for the rooms

This 5-star heart of the resort has 8 floors. The first floor has the concierge, check-in, registration, just one casino, a couple of restaurants a few shopping outlets and retail shops. Of course, when you're in Gachaverse, there are gachapon machines everywhere. In Gacha Resort, some are located at the shopping outlet entrance, and a few more at a place where foosball is played.

The rooms are at the 2nd to 8th floors. The 2nd and 3rd floor have 40 rooms on each floor, and the remaining space is for halls and banquets. The 4th to 8th floors have 52 rooms on each floor.

The first arrival was Luni with Charlotte, Daisy and Ellie, and Luni is still holding on to Lusa. The next were Lado and the bunnies. Lado left Lemo and Yuni at the drop-off. Mumble's van was parked and they unloaded the tools and plastic bags to clean up the beach. Minutes later, the shinkansen stopped at the nearest station from Gacha Resort. It was only a walk away, but Radd and Senpai Arts choose to walk along the piers at the beach before reaching the hotel.

Kinen and Abushu were the last to arrive at Gacha Resort. When everyone is here, they all entered the hotel.

Luni talks to the Hotel Front Desk Clerk. In other hotels, these people wear a uniform made of smooth material, but this one wears a dress with coconuts, banana leaves, and yellow silk that covers herself. She has a hibiscus on her hair. Luni asked for the rooms and recieved the room cards. She gave the cards to Charlotte and Ellie and they distibuted them to the respective members.

Everyone else was doing other things at the lounge. Lusa followed Luni from behind, Lemo, Yuni and Lado video called Ramunade, Mily and Rein on their smartphone, Mumble took out her cleaning tools and Kinen walks around the hallways.

Kinen and Abushu walking along hallways

Senpaibuns and the magical girls sat on some comfortable lounge chairs around a small table. Yukina easily complains about the hot weather, so she used her snow magic to make a snow cloud above her. Mizumi could not wait to go to the beach, so she took out a pair of floaties from her bag, blew some air into a floatie and then got tired.

No Mizumi, were not swimming yet

Pat brought his ice box with all the ingredients needed for the barbecue. There are colourful bell peppers, fish and mushroom, to make skewers.

Part 3 is about the rooms

[my-b-side-life-aii]

ドクターイエロー のぞみ検測 みはらし広場 綾瀬市 ムスカリ

富士フィルム X-Pro3 XF16mmF1.4R WR

2024年3月27日 撮影

※近隣のそば処でランチ：そば処 名古屋で冷たい山かけ蕎麦※

[majuuorthrus]

"Oh my god, it's Doctor Yellow the Flying Banana!!!!!

My husband, playing with his virtual train set and having installed a shinkansen mod (and also confusing the fuck out of me)

[iicraft505]

Doctor Yellow Bullet Train Interior

Indiana jo

[konradnews]

Re-release of the "SMATETSU" series of recharging devices for smartphones, 4 types of Tokaido Shinkansen & Doctor Yellow

Smile Tank has resumed sales of a total of four types of the “Smatetsu” lineup, a series of charging devices for smartphones, Series N700/0/923 and 922 Doctor Yellow, which had been waiting for delivery, at its online store BASE. The USB AC charger is designed to look like a real railroad car, and the headlight part lights up when the battery is energized. Priced at 2,090 yen each, the four-piece…

[hanamaruko3]

My office has a view of the bullet train from the window. It makes me want to travel. I have seen a yellow Shinkansen only once in the past. It is called Doctor Yellow and is an inspection car that checks the condition of the tracks and overhead wires. This is a rare vehicle, and there is a legend that it will bring you happiness if you witness it. #apple #ipad #applememoapp #applepencil #todayatapple #watercolor #Shinkansen https://www.instagram.com/p/CngIYUUS14U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=