撮影場所 Place | 東京都 Tokyo |
撮影日 Date | 2004/04 二〇〇四年卯月 |
撮影者 photograph by | Honoria (管理人) webmaster |
Japanese crossways are European style.
They used to be ladder-style but they deleted horizontal lines because puddles of rainwater tended to appear between horizontal lines.
The light in the photo is horizontal, but in snowy areas such as Hokkaido and Nigata they use vertical ones.
This is because more snow pile up one horizontal lights and they may be broken off by the heaviness of snow.
Then, why Malaysia and Cairns (in Australia), where there is no snow, use vertical ones??
Maybe vertical ones are more popular in the world.