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OSAKA STATION sundial


Photo:星川藤 : Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.


The new sundial on the upper floor of the recently rebuilt
OSAKA station



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura

Coordinates: 34°42′6.94″N 135°29′41.93″E



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura




Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


This sundial is situated on the 14th floor of the building. The elevators go up to the 11th floor!




Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura




Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura


Photo © Yoshimi Kamakura



素晴らしい写真を提供して下さった

鎌倉誼氏並びにホームページを訪れて

頂いた諸氏に、心からの特別な謝意を

申し上げます。            ラインホルト



Very special thanks to Yoshimi Kamakura for sharing his splendid photos with me and all those who will visit www.ta-dip.de!





                                                 


                 水戸岡鋭治

                                             MITOOKA   EIJI has built this sundial!



                      

                                                


Born in
Okayama in 1947. Designer and Illustrator.

 

C.E.O of Don Design Research Institute

His career began as an illustrator. He has since then been involved in the production of a wide range of design works, such as graphic textile, interior objects, architecture, ships, and railway vehicles. Since 1988, he has taken up designing JR Kyushu trains and stations. He has won awards nationally and internationally. He has won “Brunel Award”, which is an international rail design award,  four times in the past for designs of long-distance passenger trains including “Tsubame (Series 787),” “Sonic (Series 883),” and “Kamome (Series 815),” as well as short-distance train (Series 815). He has also been awarded for graphic and uniform designs. Recently, he has taken up engineering design for the Kyushu bullet train “Tsubame.” His recent publications include “I am the designer of ’Tsubame (written in Japanese) (Koudansha)” and “Design On Tour (written in Japanese) (Shougakkan).”


Special thanks to Sachiko Kamakura for her research about the designer of this sundial, Mitooka Eiji!




With very special thanks to the author of this splendid photo:

w0746203-1: GNU Free Documentation License


Have a look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Csaka_Station





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