Classic Communication at Airport = Mood Enhancer
by Hiroki Yanagisawa on October 27, 2010 5:18 PM
Digital is good. Wireless is good. But.
Advancement of technology surely made our lives easier and efficient. But some argues that it hindered a sense of a humanity.
Say, you're a couple on a long distance relationship. You're at an airport to maximize the time you can be with your partner. Even if you've said good-bye right before the security clearance, you can still talk to her/him on your cellular phone until his/her plane's door closes. To many, this is great. Thank you to the wireless network, but if you look at it from the other perspective -- a sense of reminiscence lowers, because there's no clear-cut-end of the communication. (Before the cellular phone era, once her/his sight is gone -- the communication is over until she/he lands.)
Here is an example of old-time reminiscence. Back in 1987, the last Shinkansen (bullet train) that departed from Tokyo to Osaka on Sunday night was called Cinderella Express. Many couples who was having a long distance relationship(s) between Tokyo and Osaka took this train to maximize the time together. Obviously, there was no cellular phone and the departure of train created a dramatic nature of a long distance relationship.
1987 TV commercial, promoting Cinderella Express (JR Tokai, Tokaido Shinkansen Operator) Click the image for YouTube Video.
1992 TV commercial, promoting Cinderella Express (JR Tokai, Tokaido Shinkansen Operator) Click the image for YouTube Video.
Advancement of technology surely made our lives easier and efficient. But some argues that it hindered a sense of a humanity.
Say, you're a couple on a long distance relationship. You're at an airport to maximize the time you can be with your partner. Even if you've said good-bye right before the security clearance, you can still talk to her/him on your cellular phone until his/her plane's door closes. To many, this is great. Thank you to the wireless network, but if you look at it from the other perspective -- a sense of reminiscence lowers, because there's no clear-cut-end of the communication. (Before the cellular phone era, once her/his sight is gone -- the communication is over until she/he lands.)
Here is an example of old-time reminiscence. Back in 1987, the last Shinkansen (bullet train) that departed from Tokyo to Osaka on Sunday night was called Cinderella Express. Many couples who was having a long distance relationship(s) between Tokyo and Osaka took this train to maximize the time together. Obviously, there was no cellular phone and the departure of train created a dramatic nature of a long distance relationship.
1987 TV commercial, promoting Cinderella Express (JR Tokai, Tokaido Shinkansen Operator) Click the image for YouTube Video.
1992 TV commercial, promoting Cinderella Express (JR Tokai, Tokaido Shinkansen Operator) Click the image for YouTube Video.
Misawa Airport, an airport located in Aomori Prefecture (Also known as a base town -- accommodating US Air Force Base and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Base) has this unique device, which enhances this old-time reminiscence.
Two Phones, between the glass window...
A border between the gate and public area is divided by a glass window, so people can actually see each other after giving an official good-bye. What many couples do afterwards -- talk between the glass with a cellular phone.
Typical last-minute conversations.
This glass-divided structure is quite common, but what's so special about Misawa Airport is that there's a special phone line, which only connects 2 phones between the glass wall.
The usage. The last minute conversation for a couple. Instead of talking on a cellular phone, this device creates a classic atmosphere (You need to be THERE to talk.), and once they hang up the phone, the leaver must face back and walk towards the gate ... a sort of a dramatic moment, isn't it? (it surely sucks for the couple, but looks really dramatic from the third party.)
Talking...
And talking...
He's gone...
Never witnessed anything like this at Narita or Haneda Airport.
Two Phones, between the glass window...
A border between the gate and public area is divided by a glass window, so people can actually see each other after giving an official good-bye. What many couples do afterwards -- talk between the glass with a cellular phone.
Typical last-minute conversations.
This glass-divided structure is quite common, but what's so special about Misawa Airport is that there's a special phone line, which only connects 2 phones between the glass wall.
The usage. The last minute conversation for a couple. Instead of talking on a cellular phone, this device creates a classic atmosphere (You need to be THERE to talk.), and once they hang up the phone, the leaver must face back and walk towards the gate ... a sort of a dramatic moment, isn't it? (it surely sucks for the couple, but looks really dramatic from the third party.)
Talking...
And talking...
He's gone...
Never witnessed anything like this at Narita or Haneda Airport.
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