Japan's country roads are scenic and memorable, especially when you construct a road with grooves to play music when tires go over it at 60km/hr! Melody Roads メロディーロード (Musical Roads) were invented by Shizuo Shinoda in the 1980s and the first one constructed in East Hokkaido's Nakashibetsu Town. I traveled out there to meet him and drive his amazing invention, the Melody Road. It was a crazy idea that he made a reality as an invention to bring happiness to drivers.

There are 30 melody roads around Japan. We look at 4 of them in this episode.
Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido "Ah, Lovely Meadows" / "Shiretoko Ryujou"
Yonago Tottori "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro" theme
Kaneyama, Fukushima "Take me Home, Country Road" (State Song of West Virginia)

00:00 Start
00:46 Driving East Hokkaido
01:37 Where is Hokkaido?
02:03 ① Melody Road
03:08 The Inventor of Melody Road
03:54 How do they make it?
04:52 Why not in Tokyo?
06:28 ② Melody Road "Country Road"
09:20 ③ Melody Road Yokai!
10:31 ④ Melody Road - Left & Right tracks!
12:04 Conclusion

More information on Melody Roads from the inventor:
http://melodyroad.jp (Japanese Only)

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