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Free the birds!

I realize that the chirping bird sound pumped into the underground shopping passages in Umeda is intended to inspire feelings of peace and create a more natural atmosphere, but they creep me out. The sound comes from overhead, where you can look through the gaps in the low paneled ceiling and see pipes and air ducts. The sound is so realistic that I panic that there are real birds stuck down here. My heart races and I want to shout, "Get them out! Get them out! They will die down here!"

Of course, all I can do is bite my tongue and try not to look up when I walk in hopes of catching s glimpse of my trapped phantom birds.

posted by Scribbler @ Friday, April 28, 2006