Melody Road Got Me Thinking - What a Beautiful Day !

Little Confession First

Always busy, doing something, I don't spend as much time, hunting thieves, as I should.

There's a service I use, called Digimarc which, tracks any photos I post on the internet.

They get about 100 bucks a year, to help me nab folks, who think my images are for free.

It's nice, to think people are honest and, I still believe, most humans are, that way.

Well, I got lazy and, haven't checked Digimarc for a long while. GUILTY !

Three Companies Swiped this Photo

Some photographers would become highly enraged to learn their images were being used.

We're talking about businesses taking images and using them commercially on their websites.

There's a road in Japan, that makes music, as you drive over it and, I SELL ASPHALT.

LOL I got to thinking and, had to dig up this tune on YouTube:

Kind of a goofy old tune from the movie Oklahoma but, this melody is what, I'm singing.

It really is a beautiful day outside and, I don't want to write some long legal letters.

So, I sat here smiling and typed up some real simple letters to the criminals.

"Dear Sirs, I am the copyright holder of that photo, taken on Melody Road in Okinawa.

We can discuss payment for the licensing of the image via (My email address). Classified.

If, my photo is on your website, any longer than, the next 48 hours, I hope you're doing well.

Hopefully, business is fantastic and you are some sort of millionaire. YAY

Because, my attorney and I, are gonna get a bunch from you."


For the Spanish site, I added something a little extra:

"Contact me and, we can discuss payment in English or Spanish.  My Spanish is horrible.

But, the lawyer dude, on vacation at the moment, can handle your language, just fine."

Melody Road in Futami, Nago, Okinawa

It's been a few years since, I've rode along with someone on that highway.

The last time, was with the wife and, we got stuck behind someone driving too slow.

The recommended speed is 40 and, they were only doing 20 kilometers per hour.

The wife said the tune sounded like me, when I'm drunk and singing karaoke.

Here's how to find Melody Road.

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Music from the Highway in Okinawa Japan

The Residents of Futami Have a Musical Road

 

Melody Road plays the song Futami Jowa or Hutami Jowa, pronounce it any way you like.

Listen to the most popular version found on YouTube  二見情話 if you have four minutes to spare.

The village of Futami lost a lot of the traffic that used to flow through the coastal town.

That's because highway designers made a new road that just bypassed the place.

But, I think this melody they carved into the pavement might bring some tourists in to hear it.

Especially, the kind of people who like a good old folk song.

It's kind of hard to imagine, how driving down the highway can make music when your radio is off.

They cut grooves in the road but, you really don't notice them when you're driving.

So, I had to get out of the car and take a closer look.

My theory is, somebody who really knows their musical engineering came up with this plan.

The dude is a genius.  He figured out how to make all four tires act like one of those

needles on an old Long Play (LP) Record.  You know what I'm talking about ?

Those gadgets that came along way before the Eight-Track Cassette Tape.

Musical genius, I say.  Who ever made this melody road should get a Nobel Prize !

I may take me awhile but, I want to track that guy down.

See if I can get the plan for a song I'd like on my street.

Who Let the Dogs Out

That's because I already learned most of the words. Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu !

 To hear Futami Jowa (二見情) on the road, visit OkiNinjaKitty.

If you want directions to drive there see: Google Maps.