Snapshot 41 No.410-419
419. Electric fences

A notice board warning the installation of electric fences against
inosisi (wild boar) at a farming path in Inzai.
As I usually bike looking away at the couuntry roads, I tend to be almost in contact with such fences.
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Though it is frightening to hear the voltage applied, 6,000 V to 10,000 V, the controller restricts the current duration to less than 1 ms.
Thus the hazard at our accidental contact, when we wear shoes, is said to be the level of numbed finger after an initial impulse shock.
However, there could be no
inosisi who wears shoes, the shock level must be considerably higher for them.
In any rate, the
inosisi depicted in the board is cute.
418. Plague and artistry

A weird disease came across the sea.
The photo is from an article of Japan News a few days ago. It is about the relationship between the plagues repeated from the ancient times and the performing arts.
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Under this type of calamity, at issue are the practical countermeasures and the mental healthcare of a large number of people.
With no effective medicine, we cannot do much. Let's ask this
Okina to pray for the tranquillity. The photo: Noh Okina by Kanze Kiyokazu.
417. Wasi shrine
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A nearby shrine. Its chinese character is to be pronaunced straightforward / Wasi and not Oo-tori (as frequently pronaunced).
The photo shows its main hall (where the deity is supposed to reside) behind the worship hall. Small structure but full of wood joinery and sculptures from the ceiling to the basement.
The education board panel explains that the hall was built in Tenpo era. And possibly due to the laborious works, the names and residences of the master builder and sculptor are also mentioned.
As can be imagined, exposing it to the weather looks undesirable, and it is surrounded by steel pillars with a large top.
416. A tattoo in the chest

Recently Fiat500 has markedly increased. The photo shows a mimosa color Abarth version seen nearby.
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In addition to the front emblem, a red scorpion is also shown at the hood left. It is like a scorpion tattoo is carved in someone's chest.
415. An excellent stuff
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A tomato ketchup vessel on the table. Though I thought its labels are sticked upside down, it looks the vessel is intended to be placed upside down and to be used as it is.
Giving it a try revealed no dripping, and the lid seems to be automatically created, leading to cleanliness.
This is an excellent stuff. In addition, the solid design gives us a pleasant feeling.
414.@Meta-Sekoia (Metasequoia)
Meta-Sekoia with new leaves at Makino-hara.
The story of living fossil behind the discovery of this species is interesting. However, more than anything, I like this appearance, growing straight up towards the sky.
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413. Flowers and flowers
Plants are blooming here and there at my place.
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Kusa-utugi (Hime-utugi?) and
Ebine.
Turigane-suisen and
Saboten (blooms only today, one day).
Gaabela just before blooming.
412. A bicycle lover

As for me, there is nothing fun more than cycling. Though the radio too is indeed marvelous and interesting, the cycling is genuinely amusing.
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Recently I noticed a fact that young guys overtake me one after another. Now I realize that in the past I was in the group overtaking the others, and now I am in the opposite side. Well, this follows the natural laws and not what I shall resist.
The photo is a parent and child on my cycling today. I took the shot without notice. As I reduce the display size here, there shall be no problem.
I hope this child too will become a lifelong bicyle lover. At the usual bicycle path, near Asou bridge.
411. Flattering and flapping

There appear banners with pointless slogans here and there at the streets.
This is the one I saw at the morning walk. Aside it looks indecent, someone bothered to place it at just the corner where the crossing view is obstructed.
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The banner reads, cross by raising hands or the like. However the most required at this crossing is strong guardrails rather than something like such banners.
Those children inculcated to walk with hands upward at the crossings must be deprived of their jobs by robots in the future. At the crossings, check the surroundings thoroughly with their own eyes, and go, period.
410. Ionosphere today 11:15

NICT's ionogram as of today Apr. 21 11:15.
This is a rare view even if I chek the site everyday. Copied just for my record.
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There are almost no ionospheres from Hokkaido down to Okinawa. Those to be on Kokubunji dissappered. I wonder if the sun activity at the dead bottom brings about this phenomenon.