The melody roads メロディーロード

En avant la musique !

Il existe au Japon une trentaine de melody roads, ou routes musicales, réparties dans tout l'archipel, de Hokkaidô à Okinawa. Véritables instruments de musique, ces routes atypiques transforment un simple trajet en voiture en petit plaisir mélomane.

The melody roads, what are they?

Melody roads are stretches of road that offer music from a system of grooves dug in the road and vibrations produced by vehicles driving over them. The vibrations in the passenger compartment transform vehicle into a veritable sounding board. To enjoy the melody thus created, we advise you to keep the windows closed to listen to the rhythmic vibrations?

For the record, the Japanese melody roads were born by chance when the engineer Shizuo Shinoda accidentally damaged the asphalt of a highway with the bucket of his bulldozer, digging several furrows. As he drove over these furrows, he found that the sound produced by his vehicle depended on their depth and spacing. The National Institute of Industrial Research in Hokkaido then took advantage of this discovery to design the first melody roads in Japan!

Les melody roads sont généralement signalées par des panneaux.

The melody roads are generally indicated by signs.

Wikimedia Commons/shidax

From popular ballads to cartoon credits

Passionate about popular songs or lovers of Japanese animation, all you have to do is listen carefully to recognize familiar melodies. The melody roads indeed take up pell-mell popular ballads, nursery rhymes, and flagship songs of Japanese animation. To help you plan your trip, we have concocted a shortlist of roads not to be missed.

Also, discover: Rent a car in Japan and translate your license.

 

Mount Fuji from Ashinoko Skyline Road

Mount Fuji from Ashinoko Skyline Road

Wikimedia Commons/shidax

Últimos artículos

¿Dónde puedes admirar los cerezos en flor esta primavera?

Japón es famoso por sus distintas y magníficas estaciones. Una de las más esperadas es sin duda la primavera, con el florecimiento de los cerezos, los sakura.

Vue sur la rivière traversant Yakushima

Excursión a Yakushima: En el corazón de la isla de la Princesa Mononoke

Muchos visitantes de Japón comparten el mismo deseo cuando visitan el país:"salirse de los caminos trillados". 

Pueblo del patrimonio mundial de la Unesco de Shirakawago en los Alpes japoneses

Viajar a Japón en invierno

Con un tiempo agradable, seco y soleado, nieve y escaso número de turistas, el invierno es quizá una de las mejores épocas para visitar el archipiélago japonés.

Ver todos los artículos (51)