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There are two types of okonomiyaki namely the Osaka-style grill and Hiroshima-style grill.
The most predominant one is the Osaka-style grill, where all the ingredients are initially mixed, and then grilled.
On the other hand, in the Hiroshima-style grill, the batter, cabbage and ingredients are layered in order and then grilled. This style is difficult for the amateur and hence the Osaka-style grill is the main stream in the entire country.
In the Osaka-style grilling the individual can grill even in specialty store and hence it is a happy event.
In the Hiroshima-style grill the toppings are abundant, the noodles and udon (a type of thick wheat flour noodle) are added in between, there are lot of variation, and the store person grills it deliciously.
As the name implies, the origin of Hiroshima-style grill is from Hiroshima, and the origin of Osaka-style grill is from Osaka. The sauce and ingredients are different in each, and hence I wish you taste both the grills.
Do not miss these grills when you come to Japan.
And both the type without fail.
Osaka-style grill
Hiroshima-style grill
With the change in style, there is pizza style too.
Preparation of Osaka-style grill
Preparation of Hiroshima-style grill
Hiroshima-style grill specialty store
Osaka-style grill shop with individual doing the grill
Mr. Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motors denied about the return to F1 race, the most prominent in the car race, and said “No return until I am the President” on 30th January, 2014.
He said to the press group in the interview after the presentation related to the motor sports held at Tokyo.
On the other hand, he expressed the positive attitude for the significance of the motor sports activity as “To create fan, and to make a much better car”.
Honda will announce the F1 return next year.
I was hoping that Toyota would also soon announce its participation!
Until now, it was announced that the SH-4WD of the next generation NSX
will have the development system for next generation LEGEND, and will be
installed in the mid-ship by reversing the front and back
Naturally we think that the NA horizontally mounted engine of the main unit will be the base, but it is not so. The engine of the next generation NSX presented to the public is armed with the direct-injection twin turbo, and adopts the mid-ship layout of the vertical engine. The first generation NSX accomplished a great evolution that was very different. The strong leadership of the president Mr.Itou, the completeness of the American local principle, and the hot DNA of the first generation NSX was fed there. The president of Honda Mr.Ito is connected with NSX by a deep bond.
Mr.Ito, President of Honda
The first bond when he as the supervisor at 32 years old. In the first generation NSX, he was entrusted with the body development of all aluminum, and he splendidly accomplished the great task that was world first. It was terrific because the business team decided the discontinuation of the NSX succession car (FR of Ultra V10･5L).
After assumption of office as the president, he promoted the development of next generation NSX as the HV mid-ship of new three motor type. In development, he strongly pressed forward the local principle that can also be called as the starting point of Honda “Develop and produce the NSX in the main market of United States”, in addition to the concept of “Not only fuel consumption but make the car more interesting using the motor”. This was the first time when an American assumed the position of the person in charge of development for the global model of Honda. Ted Klaus LPL (Large project leader), who was entrusted with the development of the next generation NSX, set the “Propose a new value of sports car similar to the first generation NSX” in the basic concept.
Ted Klaus (LPL)
The three motors of SH-4WD are hotly commented as “Use as the means to safely enjoy the casual un-delayed feeling that is important for a sports car”.
It is wonderful for achieving a light handling in the propriety super-sports car. To be honest, I was worried hearing the “Development in the United States” but I felt sorry for that. It is the circumstance that made me strongly feel that “No national border in the spirit of Honda!”
“Drive the Nürburgring in 6 seconds” is the talk that leaked from the authorized persons of Honda, and we can get a grip on the reality by seeing the mechanism that was presented to the public.
If you say NSX, then the clear-cut traverse mounted NA engine will come to the mind, but the next generation model changed to vertical mounting, and further armed with the V6 vertical injection 3.5L class twin turbo (Expected power 480ps). If you see the motor that supports the SH-4WD, the rear motor 90kw inbuilt with 7 speed DCT assists in power and fuel consumption. The 15kw front motor that gives the torque difference in the left and right front wheel is attached to the left and right, and will achieve the handling of different dimension.
In other words, the true character of the next generation NSX means a “HV cornering machine of total system output 600HP”. This is highly unexpected, and what to say about this!
In about one year until the time of sales, Honda should harden itself to be able to exceed and endure the 300km/hr speed for the SH-4WD system. On the other hand, the comfort and eco-performance will be firmly polished, and the regular news is an important identity of NSX The expectation is rising more and more on the next generation NSX, that is progressing the development every day.
NSX is a 2-seater sports car sold by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. during the year 1990~2005.
It was the car developed from
the wish, “To have a world-class Honda car” with Honda F1, and it was
sold without full model change for a very long period of 15 years
starting from the year 1990 to 2005.
During the initial sales, the
price was US$78000 (8 million Yen) only for the grade 1, and this was
the highest amount among the passenger car of the Japanese manufacturers
at that time. Then the price increased gradually by improvement and
additional equipment, and it reached the US$88000~127000 (9~13 million
Yen) level. It was the highest amount for a Japanese car at the price of the new sports car in those days during the 15 years of sales. The
engine is C30A type V6 DOHC VTEC NA 3.0L with horizontally mounted V6
as the base, and a rear wheel drive with the engine mounted behind the
driver. Mid-ship engine and rear drive (MR) are being adopted. Moreover, it used the “All aluminum monocoque body” that was unprecedented for the cars sold at that time. From
those special characteristics, this car was almost assembled by hand
instead of assembly line operation production using industrial robot in
the factory.
It was commented as the unique
super-sports Japanese car similar to the Ferrari and Lamborghini, from
such feature and price class.
It was developed with an aim to
exceed the driving performance of Ferrari 328 a V8 model of Ferrari, and
it was said that many 328 was purchased for data collection. The
driver of the F1 team to which Honda had been supplying the engine at
that time such as Ayrton Senna participated in the driving test from the
development phase.
It
was declared that the sales of the new model NSX is scheduled after
2010 in Japan, but the development was discontinued along with the F1
withdrawal due to the business review triggered by the worldwide finance
crisis in 2008. This time, the experimental new model NSX car was
presented to the public on August 4, 2013, and the demonstration driving
was performed at the Indica series held in the Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course in Ohio State.
Honda announced that it had invested about
70 million US$s (about 6.65 billion yen) in the place is adjacent to the
Ohio center of United States Honda R&D Americas on May 14, 2013,
constructed the factory to produce the new models "NSX". It announced
that the new model NSX would be produced only here, and will be exported
to all over the world starting with sales at North America.
The start
of mass production of new model NSX is on 2015, and about 100 employees
have already been selected from the Ohio factory, and the training to
produce new models NSX with high craftsman ship has started.
I
think that NSX made by Honda of serious mode returning to F1 in the
future makes is more attractive, though super-sports cars of the
European manufacturers are also good.
It would not be like spending half
of the period at the repair yard during the time of possession by
instantly breaking cars like Lamborghini, Ferrari etc.
Please choose super-sports of HONDA that always help you drive at full throttle at ease.
In Japan, the deterioration of the infrastructure like the bridges and
tunnels are progressing, and collapsing accidents are happening.
The deterioration is progressing as one after other highway network was
constructed accompanied by the rapid maintenance in entire Japan during the high-growth
period of the 1960-70's.
It was clear that the inspection work of the highway installation with
the complex structure was more difficult than expected, and require much labor and
cost.
In this situation, a robot that can save the labor of inspection work
and do it at low cost was developed.
The bridge inspection robot “Bairimu” made by that Osaka City
University.
This robot attaches the wheel (4 wheels) made from
eight spokes attached with a powerful permanent magnet, and drives through the
steel bridge made with solid structure that is difficult for the people to work
unless large quantity of scaffolding is put together.
The robot can climb, and freely move by swinging, and the visual
inspection can be done using the mounted camera.
The size of the robot opened to the public was 34cm in total length, 16 cm
in width, and 660 grams of weight.
The driving speed in horizontal direction is 20 centimeter/second, and
when climbing vertically it is 15 centimeter/second
The weight of the inspection equipment such as sensors that can be mounted
with stability during the vertical climb is confirmed up to 500 grams.
The robot is a 4 wheel drive, can turn at 45 centimeter radius, and can
climb over even if there is some difference.
The damaged portion of the bridge can be inspected from the air using
unmanned drones etc. but this robot is not affected by the wind, and can
carefully do the investigation at point blank range
It is said that the inspection charge are cheaper, and the breakdown of
the robot is also less.
It is said that the breakdown of the robot is also few.
Since the robot moves by attaching with the steel
member, it is said the robot can also be used in various equipment like the
steel tower, storage tanks, and bottom of the ship.
I think in the future it is not only making the items, but the technical
development on how to make the items created to last long as important.
