Hey everyone i just wanted to share something i found. Well i'm sure most of you know of Google Earth, but i recently found out how great and powerful it is. I've been creating placemarks and such and have created a file. If your interested then check out one of my blogs to download it.
I just put up version 2.10 i included a readme and everything explaining how things work. definitely some good improvements. Look at the place marks in Tokyo to see the new pop-up bubbles. let me know what you think.
This place is a school in Google Earth right now (you can see some cherry blossom).
But the local city office, Shibuya ward office, turns it into a billions yen worth public farming place for residents from May 31.
Probably you can see happy amateur farmer's faces in the next version of Google Earth.
I am not a resident there and I totally agree with the importance of green in the downtown, so I cannot say much.
But...
http://google-earth-travel.net/earth/japan_1.html
There are many sites/forums about interesting places in Google Earth.
The site above may be good for you, for you can see small photos as well.
When you need some help for what the brief explanation is like, just post your translation request in Learning Japanese section here.
Thanks!
I don't understand. Do you mean they sell garden plants? I don't see how they could farm there. Is there any links to websites with more information.
Thanks,
Curtis
I should have said the city office keeps the land next to the school for giving farming opportunities to their residents. It is, of course, cheap to lend the land.
I saw a happy resident said that she would plant sunflower seeds there on a TV news. When I see the sunflower, I'm glad to report it here.
I used Google Earth to plan my trip to Japan. I marked hotels, places of interest, calculated distances, etc. It saved so much hassle and gave me thorough understanding of where the various Tokyo wards were in relation to the city.