Japan is one of the most developed nations of the world offering lucrative economic prospects and comfortable, high quality of life. But what makes this possible is the immense technological progression made by the country. In the words of Arthur Clarke, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. True, life in Japan seems no less than living in a Magical World!
How do you know the importance of something? By observing its presence in the lives of people, isn’t it. In Japan one can never run blank on technological information. Neither do you need to browse internet, nor do you need to go over piles of magazines to keep up with technology. Simply see the ones around you and you would know what’s new in the market. Isn’t that cool! People in Japan worship technology; either it be a Microsoft innovation or a breathtaking Apple gadget, the day it is launched in the international market, you would see it in the hands of people all around you in Japan. And this makes you feel cool by being in a magic world- a world where technology bows at your doorstep.
This magical world spreads like a web and seems an anomaly to a stranger. In trains the passengers are seen playing PlayStation. On streets everyone seems to carry a brand new mobile phone. The best part is that the organizations are using this technology for educational development too. In classrooms every student carries an electronic dictionary to translate English vocabulary with Japanese meanings and vice versa. Some carry software that reads out written text, others browse information via internet to participate effectively in the classrooms. On the whole, technology in Japan is not a mere showoff, but an effective medium to update people with adequate information and facilitate learning.
In fact Tokyo has reserved an entire town for its technology lovers: the Town of Technology- Akhiabara. It is not a hyper-mall or a super gadget street; it is a home to thousands of shops and malls reserved to every possible technological innovation you can think of. Either it be a tiny screw, a cool model of IPod or the latest laptop, you can get anything, and everything in Akhiabara. In short, if you can’t find anything related to technology anywhere, you can surely find it here in Japan- the technological hub of the world.
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