Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:37 pm
During the small stretch of inactivity on this topic, I was able to discover some new locations.
Due to all of the 2nd generation music sirens having been found, we're now only searching for the 1st generation.
I was sent an image of the music siren locations, 50 locations. Unfortunately, the text runs vertically, so translation of the image is nearly impossible.
Daiwa Department Store
The Daiwa Department Store company installed 2 music sirens in May 1955. The two were located on their Daiwa stores in Toyama and Kanazawa cities. The Kanazawa location seems to have been removed in 1986, and the Toyama location supposedly have been removed in 2014.
The sirens would play songs on this schedule:
"Morning" at 7AM, "Shoes Ring" at 9AM, "Merry Widow" at 12PM, "Akatonbo" at 3PM, "Home Sweet Home" at 6PM, and "Annie Laurie" at 9PM. Additionally, the music siren also played "Silent Night" on Christmas eve, "Firefly Light" on New Years Eve, and "Kimigayo" on New Years Day.
However, in 1972, the schedule of songs for the Kanazawa location was updated to:
"Cuckoo Waltz" at 7AM, "Hama Chidori" at 9AM, "Troimerai" at 12PM, "This Road" at 3PM, "Home Road" at 6PM, and "Itsuki's Lullaby" at 9PM.
No images were obtained during the sirens' lifetimes.
Matsuyama City Hall
Unfortunately, I couldn't actually find any evidence that the city hall had a music siren. The only thing hinting that Matsuyama had a music siren was this image sent to me. When you try to search up the location, all that appears are the other two music sirens in Ehime.
Izutsuya Department Store Kokura Branch
While searching for music sirens in the city of Kitakyushu, I stumbled upon an article, mentioning a location atop "Izutsu". I had no idea what this was, but when I searched it up, I found this department store. Given its close proximity to the city hall and the castle itself, it seems like a plausible location.
Michinoku Bank Odate Branch.
This location was discovered by a user on twitter. In 1955, the city of Odate received a music siren, and it was instsalled atop the Michinoku Bank. There's a large compartment on the roof of the building, which stores the music siren. Only two songs play, "Spring Stream", and "Shoes Ring". The time in which those songs play is unknown.
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