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2nd Generation
2nd Generation
Omiya City Hall, Ibaraki
Omiya City Hall, Ibaraki
Status: Removed
Installed: Unknown
Removed: Early 2000s
Songs:
Unknown
At some point in the early 2000s, the city of Omiya merged with other cities to form Saitama. Omiya's city hall is now the Omiya ward hall. Not much else is known.
1st Generation
1st Generation
YAMAHA Ginza, Tokyo
YAMAHA Ginza, Tokyo
Status: Removed
Installed: 1951
Songs:
"Piano Sonata no. 8" at 8 AM
"Goin' Home" at 12 PM
"Annie Laurie" at 6 PM
In an interview with YAMAHA, the CEO stated that they had installed a music siren at their YAMAHA Ginza store in downtown Tokyo.
7 Chome-9-14 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
Isejin Department Store
Isejin Department Store
Status: Removed
Installed: 1958
Removed: 2004?
Songs:
Goin' Home (Unknown time)
From various users on twitter, and according to Isejin staff, it seems the music siren played songs at 7AM, 9AM, 12PM, 3PM, 5PM, and 7PM. 'Home Road' was one of those songs.
Japan, 〒310-0026 Ibaraki, Mito, Izumicho, 3 Chome−1−28 第二中央ビル
Komiya Department Store
Komiya Department Store
Status: Removed
Installed: <1956
Very much removed. If the below photo is actually the music siren, then this is an 8 note model, and it was installed prior to 1959. Note the railway line, this makes me think that Toho Cinemas in Kawasaki was the original location of Komiya.
Unrelated: Komiya is spelt as 小美屋
1 Ekimae Honchō, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-0007, Japan
Mikasa Shopping District
Mikasa Shopping District
Status: Removed
Installed: 1956> <1980
Removed: ??
Found on twitter by tarumen06, location mentioned on a Horns & Whistles magazine between the 80's and 90's. Photo below from the Mikasa Shopping District website.
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