I would prefer a sky of wires, although they will run those said wires underground here in the USA (less earthquake prone). There is always roadwork being done here and traffic jams are a nightmare.
Strange, only the wires that we see in the sky mostly are electric power ones even they're very few cause most of them are under the ground which would be almost impossible in Japan due to the constant seismic activity.
The skies here are clean of wires. We do have roadworks but the workers do their thing quick and fast. A sky with webs of wires would be coulld as well. A nice contrast ^^;
where i come from we have constant roadworks, sky full of cables, and high voltage cables running through your backuard. XD
Eh. the sky were I live is empty...plus I live out of town >.>. and its about the same in-town. But the roadwork dudes take for ever and are stupid and suck at maintaining things..HATE THEM!!! btw I found you site on a google search. lots of gundam info. which is cool.
Wonderful photos, especially the dusk ones. You get to see that much wires here in Melbourne, there's a few wheere trams are but those feel like webs that cover the whole street. I dunno if I prefer underground vs suspended wires...
Great shots, no wires in the sky here, even though we do have our share of seismic activity. Roadword is efficient, they seem to be be building new roads constantly.
all the wires reminds me of thailand. they're a pain though, coz tree branches keep falling on them.
I live in the countryside, so we don´t have problems with wires or constant roadworks.
I guess I take for granted the area I live in since I don't have to be bothered by electic poles or lines and construction. When I wake up I'm surrounded by mountains, of course it's hell here when it snows. So I've got it bad sometimes too.
Untidy as these wires may might I really like the way they look, its something uniquely Tokyo-esque, ala Makoto Shinkai style. I must have spend a fair share of my time photographing them when I first got here, and still do from time to time. There's an artist at Design Fiesta everytime that actually specialize on monochrome prints of these intersecting cables.
You have to visit my City and watch all the wires that are over the sky though we always have pits on our streets. :(
people who live below the wire suppose to have a bad health rite ? because of the wave/signal above them ? its dangerous if im not mistaken.
This really look disorganized. I prefer underground cables myself. When you want to look at the sky and reflect on your life and soon see this huge network of cables, don't you feel a bit depressed? I know that constant roadworks are also a major pain in the rear... Well, they should do it correctly once and for all and that should solve it neatly. I snickered when I read about the newspapers part... Lazy bums. At least they won't end unemployed this way. Don't complain about crows, they are sacred animals in the Shintoist beliefs . As long as they don't poop on you like vulgar pigeons (sorry if you're eating), it is all right, somehow ;)
Antabax, I guess it is more about the cellphone relay antennas and really high electric cables linked to electric pylons. But that is a good question that intrigues me too.
Personally I find them pretty cool looking (cuberpunkish, heehee~) , but I figure if you've been surrounded by this kinda stuff all your life you'll get tired from the sight pretty fast :)
I actually really like the wires. Gives the environment a layered look, and i like the detail on them. I took a few photos of electric cable masts when i went to japan - i couldnt believe how detailed, complicated and 'dense' they were compared to any others ive seen. Wouldnt fancy being an electrician over there....
guys, eventhough it looks cool, but it is a hazard to our life rite ? what good does it makes ? dangerous..
The poles look pretty cool and realistic, its something you don't often see illustrated in anime. The only time I can remember I've seen these thing in fiction is in the webcomic Megatokyo.
futuristic* not realistic
no different here ^^ residential areas here are full of wires in the skyline. it may be an eyesore but it saves time and money for the company and it avoids traffic jams in the area and besides, the land here is not that deep and thick... i wouldn't mind wires in the skyline here...in fact, i kinda like it 'coz from what i see it shows the progress economically and technologically of an area ^^ eyesore or not, i kinda like it ^^
I wish my telephone poles had fiber optics in them. I'm still stuck on DSL.
woh those wires sure seem complicated!
Sure look cluttered. Which is not really to my liking...
well, the only diference here in Brazil is that we have much less wires in the sky, but energy, telephone and other stuffs still outside the ground here ^^
I'm not sure why the cabling in Japan is such a mess. There is no reason for it, even in densely populated areas on earthquake zones. Go look at Los Angeles, which is nearly as earthquake prone and you simply don't see cabling issues as bad as this. Yes, it is harder to get cable runs but IMO it is worth it. The picture in the link below is the view out the back of my InLaws home in Hadano. What a beautiful view. Such a lovely power line. BTW, if you want to see the rest of my Japan trip photos, you can see them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rboyett/sets/72157600082542596/ Most pictures come with a description.
Sorry, I posted the picture link in html. Here is the link. It is a picture of Mt. Fuji from my Inlaws house. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/508813037_dbe782a4e0.jpg
Kinda reminds me the anime Lain with all thos wires. Indeed a nice background element for a photographer, maybe a bit depressing for the ones that live underneath the cables 7/7.
My wife is Okinawan, and the area around her parents home in Naha is just like this. Mainly it is because there is no room to put these wires underground and would take far too long to just tie up traffic.
At first it annoyed me, all those wires. But after a while you get used to it. They also have these special tubes to put them into the ground for counterweight, and they always look the same with those black/yellow stripes. But when you come home again, the streets are so clear to look at :D Here in Belgium, the only wires you still see are the cable television wires against the front of the houses, but they don't really stick out that much. All the rest is in the ground. Except on the country side, there are still telephone poles, but I think that's about everywhere in the world.
Do you guys get power outages easily with the wires exposed like that though? I am kinda liking the exposed wires more for the cost effectiveness but hell I would hate to sort out that mess of wires 0_0.
I'm used to seeing a sky full o wires. The situation is the same around here. Also I'd prefer it over traffic any day. I just hate traffic. Who doesn't anyway? heheh
potatoka, No power outages due to the wires so far. Sgt Beavis, Photoshop will help ^^;
I'm currently in a district in Umeda right now, no real wires to be seen in the sky. Although as I type this, cicadas are blasting their noise throughout the entire town. No real telephone wires where I live though/
when i was there i foundt he sight very entrancing... but theres a hum from the wires that gives you a headache if you stay near it for too long... i guess the scene has been portrayed so much that it has become iconic of urban japan!
I never get to see wires heres. All are underground, cable , phone, power. Even so cables hanging around must be at least 4.5m tall. Maybe the double decker bus are at fault?
here in our country, its mixed. there are some places where there are no such cable wires but if you are located in the capital, there are a lot of cable wires. some would even try to steal your cable wire and place them on their own household (where we call it "jumper") so that yes they have an electric connection but they dont have a payment. :(
the sky full o wires somehow look beautiful...
Reminds me of my bedroom after a lan party. Looks kind of pretty in its own way.
Singapore skies aren't as colourful as those in Japan but not covered by a web of wires like Japan...
cant believe so much wires in the city,but i guess you have been used to it
Some years ago you would see wires only in the outskirt of the city I live, now you can't even see one, everything is underground and its prepared for updates. The only roadworks were the last installation off the natural gas pipes, and it was a 4-5 years ago. We don't have to worry to much about earthquakes, because they are small and rare.
having a sky full o wires has its cons as well when devastating typhoons visit the country, electricity gets knocked out pretty quickly.
My neighborhood had problems with noisy parrots that sit on the wires. They're not native to the area, but there was a fire in the building they use to live in and so they were set free.
Functionallity and easy usabillity > roadwork, though i live on the country and they are currently burrowing some sewer lines, wouldn't like to see that in the sky of tokyo.
