The Wind in the Wires

Construction crews here in Japan are pretty different from those I'm used to seeing back home in the states. For one, they're far more ubiquitous, a result, no doubt, of the standard Japanese government funding allocation method that dictates that if a body is unable to spend all of the money allocated to it for one year, it will receive less money the next year. So, of course, towns and cities are constantly looking for new construction projects (and these are no Daley hired trucks, mind you). The end result is that it's difficult to drive anywhere in Japan without running into some kind of construction.

Another key difference is that they quite often work through the night. I'm not sure exactly how this works but most of the construction projects I've observed seem to continue nonstop until the job has been completed.

Finally, we have the safety regulations. Yes, the men pictured are really working on power lines while cars pass underneath.