Last Saturday, Nana and I took a day trip to Dazaifu to check out a big monthly flea market and to visit the National Museum of Kyushu. (Post coming soon.)
On the local commuter train, we spotted a nifty little piece of Japanese engineering: seats that switch directions, so that passengers can choose whether to face forward or backwards, or to make little four-person bunches.
Nana demonstrates in this video:
Neat, huh?
Don't get too excited - we've had those on the NJ Transit trains since I was a small child. Dunno who thought of it first though! I am always a fan.
ReplyDeleteSo I should have called them a nifty piece of Joisey engineering? :-)
ReplyDeleteStill, given their awesomeness, I don't understand why I've never seen them anywhere else!