Ok, these coincidences are just getting ridiculous. Every day now I wake up to see what else strange will happen. Several weeks ago, I noted that a new Blu-Ray edition of Francois Truffault's 1966 movie, Fahrenheit 451, was being released. This film was, of course, taken from Ray Bradbury's famous dystopian novel of the same name. I managed to get a copy and Jody and I watched the film together here in Hachioji. Below is the poster for the film.
In that movie were a number of scenes with a futuristic monorail. When I saw this movie in 1966 at the age of 17, I had never seen a monorail before and was impressed. Back here in 2017, I wondered aloud to Jody if I would ever get to see a monorail. Below is the monorail as seen in the film.
Fast forward to June 28, 2017. On that date we traveled on our second trip to Kamakura. While there, we stayed at a hotel in a town called Ofuna. When Jody and I first got off of our train in Ofuna we began walking to the hotel which was right next to the train station. All of a sudden I heard a loud noise like a train above my head. I looked up and there was a monorail speeding past. I was amazed. This was the last place I expected to see a monorail and so soon after watching the movie. Will little wonders never cease? Below are pictures of the Ofuna monorail.
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