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Today we move on to Kobe and then Heroshima.

One think I have noticed... There are no LED retrofits! It's old signal or new LED signal

ok, found some odd ones... the connection here in the Hiroshima Hotel isn't the best for uploading a gig worth of pics, so I'll hold off. Found some porthole looking signals in Kobi (yes, that Kobi beef place), saw the first actuated (ped) signal (it is in front of a school and rests in flashing yellow). Some different LED's (Think Dailite), moved onto Hiroshima.... Baseball Stadium is the "Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium" home of the Hiroshima Carp. Interesting Street Car Signals... A-Bomb Dome..... A-Bomb target (look it up, it's a T shaped bridge).... Hiroshima Transport Museum... All good stuff

More pics please!

Uploading now...... same link as above!

ok, i'm alive and back in the states! I have some real interesting ones from okanawa (smaller island). Only had net access the day before I flew out, so things were a little fast paced.

Have some PV signals, and some reports on the toll road on the island. It uses the NJTP tickets, and has a real nice way of lighting it's overheads!

I never did get a picture of the BGS's on the Okanawa Toll Road... But Google Earth did!
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115384386324141012185.0004494e4448f37961fa8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=26.490591,127.975264&panoid=tiDAId2tUnYcK8RgR1c-aw&cbp=12,225.93,,0,2.96&ll=26.490586,127.983427&spn=0,0.048666&z=15

Ignore the fact that it says "Signal Fan Map"....

Object on the left is the Light.... they have these masked out so ONLY the sign is lit... no spill over

Think theater style lighting.

Mounting signals DIRECTLY to overhead structures... no problem!
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115384386324141012185.0004494e4448f37961fa8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=26.213748,127.676169&panoid=SrjGGyWmDPU_hP-EmUcvWg&cbp=12,224.22,,0,2.01&ll=26.213744,127.676153&spn=0,0.032315&z=15

A PV signal... OK 58 (Okanawa Highway 58) sometimes becomes Express/local in Naha (The Main City on the island). They have these when the Express (Elevated) and Local Merge, so the local can still make right turns at the intersection...

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115384386324141012185.0004494e4448f37961fa8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=26.244475,127.69337&panoid=E6Rs9rkZnjuUTtC5SwfrGQ&cbp=12,54.26,,1,-9.7&ll=26.244483,127.693362&spn=0,0.016158&z=16

This signal would be GYR on top, and G/\ G>
Green ball I don't think would be used.... It would display R Ball & G/\> To indicate Exclusive movement

Just below the US Air Force Base...
This intersection has major Right turn movements (2 Lanes)
This would be the Default "Rest" for this signal. R Ball & G /\ Again, past by this one a few times... never saw green ball this direction. Other direction has a Green Ball.
Intersection Layout:
N
|-W
S
Cycle: (North=North Bound Direction)
North South West
R R G
R R Y
R R R
R&G/\ G R
Y Y R
R&G/\> R R&G<
Y R Y
R R R
GOTO10.....

EVERYONE either knows the cycle, or ignores yellow northbound, cause no one stops for the yellow transition to R&G/\>

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115384386324141012185.0004494e4448f37961fa8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=26.326889,127.753603&panoid=CNgFBrKLtXYAoYT_NoBlcw&cbp=12,322.14,,1,4.64&ll=26.326961,127.75353&spn=0,0.016158&z=16

US PROGRAMMED SIGNAL!
This signal "Does not Exist" according to the GPS we had, and google maps. It is Gate 1 to The US AFB... a nice little slice of home (Broadcasting on 89.1FM (Armed Forces Network) and TV4 (Saw the Flyers v Devels Live at 8am one morning!)

Kinda a standard Lag Left Signal for the US here
Intersection Layout:
N
|-W
S
Cycle: (North=North Bound Direction)
North South West
R R G
R R Y
R R R
G G R
G Y R
G&G> R R
Y R R
R R R
GOTO10.....

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115384386324141012185.0004494e4448f37961fa8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=26.331671,127.751656&panoid=_Z3T-LWFLkm72As3PYBPAg&cbp=12,324.93,,0,3.33&ll=26.331768,127.751641&spn=0,0.016158&z=16

There were a couple signals on base also, nothing special, same thing you see here... all GYR balls, all led's, no pictures allowed on base! It was awesome to fill the rental with CHEEP GAS (Sold in US$ and US Gallons)

Nice to see from your first set of pics in your first post that they cover non-illuminating (temporarily I assume) aspects with orange bags, same as UK (although we'll usually bag the entire lantern, so when bagging an aspect it's usually secured tying a rope around the visor when the bag is on to keep it on properly and hold back the excess baggage!