Departing London; little bit moist.
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Departing London; little bit moist. Shanghai
Pleased to have an entire row to myself
Time for plane no. 2.
I enjoyed the 10 minutes spent landside at Shanghai.
Culturally, even though this is a fairly major international airport, it felt very different to the West.
The sheer number of staff milling around! The immigration agents had a sort of parade with their stamps.
Security felt rather dated in comparison, although certainly effective. My bag was dissected several times!
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Time for plane no. 2.
I enjoyed the 10 minutes spent landside at Shanghai.
Culturally, even though this is a fairly major international airport, it felt very different to the West.
The sheer number of staff milling around! The immigration agents had a sort of parade with their stamps.
Security felt rather dated in comparison, although certainly effective. My bag was dissected several times!
The local currency here.
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The local currency here.
@hugh TAP EVERY VENDING MACHINE YOU CAN FIND
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The local currency here.
Salted herring and tuna broccoli salad is the ideal breakfast
Japan has already won me over. Other Western tourists are eyeing the options with great suspicion!
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Salted herring and tuna broccoli salad is the ideal breakfast
Japan has already won me over. Other Western tourists are eyeing the options with great suspicion!
My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
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My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
@hugh@social.crablab.uk w00000t that's possible? super cool
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My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
@hugh i want oneeeeee -
My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
@hugh woah, that's insane!
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My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
@hugh The Humboldt University of Berlin used to have that too, they printed the current ticket information onto your student ID card -
The local currency here.
@hugh You got one of the last suica with the penguin! -
@hugh i want oneeeeee
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@mametsuko thank you Mame!!!
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@hugh You got one of the last suica with the penguin!
@aetios Huh, I did not realise the penguins was going away. Imagine erasing Linus like that!
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@hugh@social.crablab.uk w00000t that's possible? super cool
@domi exactly my reaction! I was originally really confused
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My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
@hugh Cool!
It reminds me of my uni card in Germany. Every 6 months I'd have to put it in a machine on campus, and a laser would rewrite the expiry date/update the course info. -
My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
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@hugh @eloy @ripper TIL: Japanese payphone gacha... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376895405092
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My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
@hugh
Did you manage to take enough trips within Tokyo to make it worth it? -
My Suica has been vandalised!
It transpires this has a leuco rewritable coating, so special products (like this 1 day season) are literally lasered onto the front (including a map!) and overwritten/removed once used.
Extremely extra but very cool. I've never seen one of these in the wild before.
Rewritable Laser System | Global | Ricoh
[Ricoh Global Official Website] Ricoh has established a technology that can rewrite physical distribution labels pasted on tote containers with no contact and at high speed about 1,000 times. The labels can be used repeatedly for five years or more under severe outdoor conditions; this contributes greatly to reduced environmental impact and cost. (The rewritable laser system is available only in Japan at the moment.)
Ricoh Global Website (www.ricoh.com)
@hugh Yes, that's very cool indeed! But in my case, the ticket machines didn't clean my IC Card after expiration. I had to ask Metro staff to clean it for me.
