[Miscellaneous] Running over “melody roads”

Casually scootering down a road for cars

Title (Japanese)	音楽が出る道路「メロディライン」は何が走っても曲が鳴るか？
Title (Translated)	Do the music-producing 「melody roads」sound when anything runs over them?
Channel	clicccar
Upload date	June 6 2014
Video link	1402031415 (5:00)
Japanese skills required?	No

Japan is home to several melody roads, which are roads with grooves cut into them so that when driven over the vibrations produce a song which can be heard from within your car. Japan is not the only country with such roads, but the road in this specific video is from Japan’s Gunma prefecture.

In the video a man tests whether or not the song can still be heard while running over the road with “vehicles” such as a scooter, a push-cart, and running barefoot with a tyre.

[Music] Tension rises when entering FamilyMart

At 4:22 the “tenchou” arrives. (TL note: “tenchou” means both shop manager and modulation)

Title (Japanese)	【ファミマ入店音】ファミマに入ったらテンションがあがった【Remix】
Title (Translated)	【FamilyMart shop sound】Tension rises when entering FamilyMart【Remix】
User	KN
Upload date	September 4 2009
Video link	sm8129671 (5:59)
Japanese skills required?	No

This (as of writing) triple million video is a Nico classic.

FamilyMart is a chain of convenience stores in Japan and when entering the store you are greeted with a doorbell chime. KN uses the electribe (an electronic musical instrument) to remix the two bar chime into fully fledged house song by adding components such as percussion, drums and even using DJ-like effects!

KnowYourMeme has a page on FamilyMart jingle remixes here.

[Game] Minecraft, PythagoraSwitch style

Pi-ta~ go-ra~ sui~cchi~♪

Title (Japanese)	【Minecraft】ピタゴラスイッチ風
Title (Translated)	【Minecraft】 PythagoraSwitch style
User	箱とん
Upload date	October 14 2013
Video link	sm22041041 (4:32)
Japanese skills required?	Yes, but not anything hard

ピタゴラスイッチ (pitagora suicchi), or PythagoraSwitch, is an NHK childrens’ television program, best known for its Rube Goldberg machine segments. This video replicates the style of the show in Minecraft, telling the cute tale of ten wooden blocks trying to find food.