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Re:M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued by msephton on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @09:37AM (#44734039)
They're a book from the early 1990s called "Tokyo Style" that is packed with photos of real living conditions from back then. Chaos of every variety. Plus some Super Famicom and PC-Engines laying around. A very cool book, most recently reprinted in 2024 with Japanese/English captions.
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Re:M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued by ccozan on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @11:39AM (#44735642)
and the cables, the cables hanging from everywhere!

( btw, has anyone noticed in anime there are always frames of street cabling? Like those cylindrical transformes and thick cables. Almost cyberpunk! )

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Re:M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued by Symbiote on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @12:39PM (#44736419)
The transformers are a result of a the lower voltage (also used in America), for efficiency and to keep the required voltage the transformer needs to be nearer to the house.
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Re:M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued by pezezin on Thursday July 31, 2025 @04:20AM (#44743537)
We also have transformers in Europe, but they are hidden. Which incidentally makes them more reliable, as they are not exposed to the elements.
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Re:M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued by huntoa on Sunday August 03, 2025 @11:17AM (#44777148)
Here's the full book "Tokyo: a certain style" by Kyoichi Tsuzuki (same author), https://archive.org/details/tokyo-a-certain-style
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Re:M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued by msephton on Monday August 04, 2025 @03:26AM (#44782928)
I believe that's essentially the first English edition.
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