Musical Road Inventor Reveals How it Works ★ ONLY in JAPAN

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) ★ The ONLY in JAPAN Animated Opening was created for John by D'ART Shtajio https://dartshtajio.com/​ ◉ Media Inquiries & Questions: Please contact me through http://onlyinjapan.tv​ ONLY in JAPAN ® is a registered trademark - All rights reserved. John Daub has been a reporter for NHK World TV since 2008 and YouTube creator & producer of the ONLY in JAPAN ® series building a community of over 1.6M. Thanks for watching! #onlyinjapan​ #howitsmade #melodyroad