Saturday 17 November 2007

Rickshaw is from Japan!!!

Surprise, surprise!!!
Guess what this vehicle is called in Japanese?

Its called a - 'Rickshaw'.
Learn't that the word and the vehicle came from Japan.
Wiki says its a Japanese name. So I get to agree.

And we though only Suzuki, Nissan, Honda and Toyota came from Japan.

And guess what ...How much does it take to get a ride in this.....
8000 Yen for a 10 minute ride!! (Thats roughly Rs. 2700!!!!!)

Now you know its a picture of me standing beside it and NOT riding on it ;-)

Some Gyaan:
The word "rickshaw" originates from the Japanese word jinrikisha
(jin = human, riki = strength, sha = vehicle), which literally means "human-powered vehicle."

Click here in case you are wondering what a rickshaw looks like in India.

P.S:
Well, not much of any entry I guess, but anyway i was pleasantly surprised to learn this.
btw the guy in the picture is me :-), if you didnt get it yet.

4 comments:

dewdrops - Preetha Cherubina said...

hi let me be the first one to comment one ur blog. u r doing a gr8 job and the blog was funny as well as educational. keep up the good work

Jenin said...

@ Dewdrops,

Thanks for the comment.
Great to have some nice words as the first comment :-)

Anonymous said...

hey daa... this comment moderation thngie will irritate the comment putters... it will take a lot of time to write and publish their comments.. so if u wanna pull more and more traffic, remove this...

and i guess this dewdrops is a fraud... avangalukku indha blog romba educationalaaa irukudhaaaam.. enna chinna pulla thanama irukudhu illaaa. orey kudumbathai serndha sila nabargal unnoda blogla comment pannirukomey.. ninachu paartheeeya?

Jenin said...

@ Chriz,

Yup, I know who dewdrops is. :-).

and I've set comments as 'moderated'??
Dunno if google is acting up!!??