Cat Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 "It turned out the little building houses a tempura restaurant. At least the sign I found says so." That's what the ninjas want you to think. ~ , ~ 2 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 We had a wonderful Kaiseki style restaurant here in dc for a very long time, sadly closed just pre covid. It was tiny, sat maybe 16 people in this tiny below ground basement space, with 2 hr meal and 2 seatings. Very reasonable price, but we could not figure how they could make money on such a tiny customer base and only a single turnover a night. They seemed to have a lot more cooks and wait staff than needed even for a multicourse Kaiseki meal. The going theory was there was a back room for ninjas and yakusa to eat with a secret back door! The restaurant was just a front to have the cooks and staff on hire. jeff 1 2 Link to comment
MeTheSwede Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 The drawback of using thin foamboard as a layout base is that I won't be able to realistically model the basement empire full of yakusa and ninjas. I might need to do something about that. 🤔 1 Link to comment
MeTheSwede Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 As soon as Tomytec releases that three-wheeled vehicle! 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 And add some 3d printed ninjas… kind of feels like ninja roller derby meets Benny hill. jeff 1 Link to comment
MeTheSwede Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 I got some catenarey poles up so now the EMU I was gifted can operate in the town. I don't remember there being bird droppings on the catenery poles when I unboxed them. 🤔 What are those birds up there? Pidgeons? 8 Link to comment
bill937ca Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 (edited) Small nit pick. That is a Tokyo Toden tram. It has no couplers, therefore can't be MU and runs solo. It is a high floor tram route probably because of the politics of no street loading trams. Edited September 8 by bill937ca Link to comment
MeTheSwede Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 I was so focused on not using the word "train" that I didn't think about what I put there instead. 😆 2 Link to comment
Beaver Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Electric trains and electric trams are both called densha, so it is fine. I get the impression this leads to many Japanese people not knowing or noticing the difference between railways and tramways. 1 Link to comment
MeTheSwede Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 This 電車 has tramways written on the side of the vehicle, so I think I'm going to call it a tram. 😃 3 Link to comment
brill27mcb Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 It has the drop-down end platforms to facilitate street-level loading, so it's definitely a tram by anyone's definition. Bill can explain the Japan-specific differentiation and rules about street-level and station-platform-level loading. I think I have seen it spelled out here on the forum in the past. Rich K. Link to comment
bill937ca Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Looks like Nagasaki 207. 😁 Perhaps a beer tram. Link to comment
bill937ca Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Particularly in Japan. Just step up a table down the center of the aisle. Link to comment
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