Koborebanashi

Trivia, Tidbits and Tales about Japan

Tag: photography

  • A Summer Journey from Tsuyama to Niimi

    The lines in the north of Okayama and Hiroshima Prefectures are very local, but wonderful for precisely this reason. I take trips on the Geibi Line, which links Hiroshima and Niimi, in the north of Okayama Prefecture, often, but I don’t get the chance to travel along the Kishin Line, the line east from Niimi to Himeji, so often.

    So, today I decided to take a trip along that line, albeit from Tsuyama (not Himeji) to Niimi.

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  • Japan’s Mandatory Camera Shutter Sound

    Did you know that in Japan, cameras on phones have to have an audible shutter? In other words, when you take a photo in Japan with a smartphone, it goes click, and it’s impossible to mute it, at least not without hacking the phone in some way. In fact, the sound plays even if the phone is in silent or vibration mode.

    Why such an annoying ‘feature’, you might ask.

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