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Kamis, 03 Januari 2013

Japan's Biggest Railway Museum was Opened in 2016


         Japan is one of the developed countries in asia. Japanese-made technology has been able to explore the world of international, one of which transportation technology. Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki is some evidence of the country's progress. in addition to the above Japanese transport is also famous for its chariot. Shinkansen train is one made ​​in Japan were able to penetrate the speed of 512 km per hour. in Japan there are multiple carriers and carriage museum is also known as Japan Railway (JR).
Shinkansen Japan
          West Japan Railway (JR West) disburse 7 million yen to build the largest railway museum in Japan that will be opened in spring 2016 in Kyoto. Umekoji Museum Park, in Chukyo area, will be built on a land area of ​​31,000 square meters to display the locomotives, carriages, trains and various features of ancient times.
          JR West predicts there will be 800. 000 visitors per year. Kyoto City will provide land beside Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum which also belongs JR West, to build a new museum  with three floors.

After completed, the museum will be merged with Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum and displays about 50 locomotives and carriages.
          The size of the new museum will be bigger than Railway Museum operated by East Japan Railway (JR East) in Saitama.
          JR West Museum will also host more exhibits than SC Maglev Railway Park and operated by Central Japan Railway (JR Tokai)  in Nagoya. Among many trains are on display in Kyoto, there will be 500 series Shinkansen, fast train which operated commercially in Japan that its speed reaches 300 km per hour.
          Trains will also be featured with style hood bonnet at the front of the locomotive. Seat passenger in the train can be turned into bed for the night journey.  Beside that,  JR West also plans to dispaly the train  that used to repair another train on the rail.

Kamis, 06 Desember 2012

Tourism in West Bali


         Bali is one of the favorite tourist destinations in world. With the beauty of the culture and the people were friendly Bali able to captivate tourist from all over the world. But not all of the area attractions Bali known by tourists, one is Jembrana. 
         Jembrana is one of nine counties in Bali that is in the west Bali. To achieve sufficient Jembrana enough with 3 hours travel by vehicle from Denpasar. Jembrana has tourist spot  that are still very beautiful. Famous spots such as Delod Berawah Beach, Juwuk Manis Waterfall, Medewi Beach and Bunut Bolong. Jembrana has a National Park too, The West Bali National Park (TNBB) the region to protect endangered animals and plants. One of them is Jalak Bali which is bird endemic Bali that is very rare. In TNBB also found destination spot, that is Karang Sewu or Teluk Gili, as the name suggests Karang Sewu (karang in English is coral) is a coastal coral, this area was a shallow bay. When the tide is low you can stand in the middle of the ocean without fear of drowning. 
         Jembrana also has a culture that is not less interesting  than the other cultures in the other district that is Makepung and Jegog. This tradition only in Jembrana, Makepung is a buffalo plow  race  and jegog is a typical musical instrument  from Jembrana. Makepung is the name of a major grand prix in Jembrana, West Bali, which features racing buffalo races. Hundreds of pairs of buffaloes are teamed up together with their jockeys riding the traditional wooden ploughs that are slightly modified for the competition. 
         The racer buffaloes, called kerbau pepadu, compete in various open race circuits in assorted heats around the district of Melaya, leading up to the finals, or what has come to be known as the Jembrana Regent’s Cup, and the Governor’s Cup, held annually. Previously Makepung  by Jembrana farmers do to entertain themselves and relax after plowing when planting season arrives. But with the modern plow, plow with buffalo left but the Makepung  tradition is still carried out in Jembrana till now, even once a month is always held in Jembrana a  Makepung Competition. Jegog is a music instrument made of bamboo. Jegog is similar with angklung Bali, it's just music instrument jegog have varying sizes and tones.


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Delod Berawah Beach



Makepung


Karang Sewu