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  TokyopeteJul. 13, 2008 - 06:03PM JST

  Here we are, 5:45pm and its looking dark already - on the 13th July!!! I often wake up around dawn - 5am or earlier. I'd much sooner wake at 7am as it is just dawning and be able to go out for a meal and drink and bask in the daylight at 8 or 9 pm. It means when I'm home, the lights go on later for less hours and if the winter season also runs a reverse daylight savings time, then the electricity cost gets dramatically reduced. Today, with the high cost of electricity in Japan, ultra high cost of gasoline etc. and way of reducing our monthly expenses has to be a good idea. The UK and Europe have been doing it for yers as does the US, I believe. If only Japanese people would catch on to the real financial benefits, including shops and light based ads etc. there would be a mass scream for it. Tokyo decided to run a real purge on parking only to get upstaged up the ultra high cost of gasoline which has resulted in empty roads, fast times between areas WITHOUT speeding and it being easy to fnd a parking meter. All that is needed now is to get rid of the green capped parking mafia who are being reduced to riding around surburban areas to find cars on which to slap an Y18,000 spot fine. As all they do is rush around looking for vehicles to nail without even thinking about the necessity for deliveries to be made etc. all they are doing is driving up the cost of living as companies have to hire äsistants"to sit in the vehicle while the usual driver delivers, collects items from his customers. At least the wardens go gun shy if you lean out the window of your car and tell them the guy has just gone into a shop to deliver goods. They slink off with their tails between their legs, especially if you get out you cell phone camera and make sure they see you are going to take their photos. Up with daylight savings time and down with parking warden mafia.

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