{"id":396,"date":"2011-12-11T02:09:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T02:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/?p=396"},"modified":"2011-12-11T03:22:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T03:22:29","slug":"future-space-metropolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Future Space Metropolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Odaiba\"><strong>Odaiba<\/strong><\/a>, to visit Japan&#8217;s &#8220;Future Museum,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miraikan\"><strong>Miraikan<\/strong><\/a>. The trip across Tokyo Bay on the (driverless, rail-less) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yurikamome\"><strong>Yurikamome<\/strong> <strong>Line<\/strong><\/a> made me feel like I was in the future already&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397\" title=\"Yurikamome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Yurikamome.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Yurikamome.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Yurikamome-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;so when I arrived I was delighted but strangely unsurprised to find what appeared to be a real giant <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mecha\"><strong>mech<\/strong><\/a> under construction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-399\" title=\"MechaForReal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MechaForReal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MechaForReal.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MechaForReal-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Miraikan&#8217;s exhibits were beautiful and inspiring. By the time I took this shot, looking up at the Fuji TV Building&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-400\" title=\"FujiTVBuilding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FujiTVBuilding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FujiTVBuilding.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FujiTVBuilding-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;my imagination was reeling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-402\" title=\"Whee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Whee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Whee.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Whee-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The book I&#8217;m currently writing is set in the future. I came to the right place. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Odaiba, to visit Japan&#8217;s &#8220;Future Museum,&#8221; the Miraikan. The trip across Tokyo Bay on the (driverless, rail-less) Yurikamome Line made me feel like I was in the future already&#8230; &#8230;so when I arrived I was delighted but strangely unsurprised to find what appeared to be a real giant mech under construction. 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