3D loom at the Toyota Museum. Designed by Mr. Toyoda himself
Looks like wallpaper
Spinning wheel
Hyper spinning wheel
Looks like a beetle
Engine?
Spools
Hall
A loom that uses a water jet instead of a shuttle to push the thread
The newest and most advanced loom
Stamping press. An old guy can make a part right in front of you
Walker mech and flute players
Tensile strength testing machine. For recording results - a pencil writes a graph on a paper drum
Body model
Body being assembled
Motor-wheel
Frame
Looks like a Moskvitch. The brand was called Toyopet
Crash test dummy
A more modern car cut in half
Electric car
Hall. Cars at the beginning, then looms
Body panel stamping press. About three stories tall. You can press a button and it actually slams down
Retro assembly line
Modern assembly line. All these robots are moving like crazy, assembling and disassembling the body
Here you can make your own toy car
Bar of soap
Pikachu
Playing a tune
Steam locomotive
High-speed trains
UX
Train car
Porcupine
Commuter train
Some kind of refueling vehicle
Shinkansen killer - supposedly goes 500 km/h. Regular shinkansen now does 300, prototype does 350
Enormous model railway - the room is about 120 meters long. There are 3 cities, each with its own famous landmarks. Trains run, buses drive, hot air balloons rise, carousels spin, concert spotlights flash. Insanely well done
Red phone booth coffin
Manually operated railway crossing gate
Regular train gauge vs high-speed. The second set of rails in the center on the high-speed track works in reverse - to keep the train from tipping over on turns
These guys run between major cities every 15 minutes
Hall
Yellow high-speed train. I think it's a maglev, not a shinkansen
A bus snuck into the railway museum
Working under a bridge
Ice dispenser at a big grocery store in a mall where you can fill a bag with ice. So your groceries stay cold on the way home
But this is clearly an owl
Caution, poop
Weird samosa with noodles from outer space
Science museum
Girls dressing up in all kinds of fun costumes. Godly
Goofy dog
The cat is better
Rocket
What's inside different balls
Tornado
Satellite
They let us wave a stick with a spinning wheel after a kids' science show. It tilts to the side. The old man on the left was studying Russian and hung out with us
