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ntropy
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 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:50 am Post subject: Seki City, Gifu |
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| A decade or so ago I spent quite a few years in Seki. Is anyone there now and what do you think of it. I"d be interested to know how the place has changed |
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mimimimi
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure when it opened, but there's an Aeon/Jusco there now with an 8-theatre cinema, showing movies in English, across the street. It has virtually made the Honmachi area a ghost town. Another big change was the closing of the passenger rail service. The closest one is a 40-minute drive to Meitetsu or JR in Gifu city. A highway has been built, conveniently connecting Seki to other prefectures. The geographical size of Seki has increased quite a bit after merging with many neighbouring communities. Those are the big changes I can think of at the moment. |
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ntropy
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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No train service! Zoinks! That would have done me in. It was a real lifeline to Gifu and Nagoya. English movie theatre. Bonus. And the place really needed a decent department store. Honmachi was dying a slow death even then.
Thanks for the update. Did you work there? |
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