There is no doubt that the world is mysterious, with strange places and happenings. While some of these things have an explanation, but some can’t be explained. One such bizarre are the musical roads in Japan.
This musical road is in Hokkaido, Japan. There are four such roads in Japan that play melodious tunes when you drive over them.
These roads are located in Hokkaido, Wakayama, Shizuoka and Gunma regions of Japan. All these roads play different music and tunes.
Japanese locals named them “Melody Roads”. It stretches between 175 m to 250 m.
The scientific theory behind these melody roads is special grooves, which respond to friction from car tires.
They are carved with thousands of grooves that make music when you drive across. And these grooves are cut at specific intervals, so while driving over them it makes soothing sounds.
Speed matters a lot while driving on these groovy roads. There is a speed sign that alerts the drivers and keeps them awake while driving.
Besides road signs, these roads are marked with musical notes, thus alerting the motorists of the incoming musical tunes.
Moreover, these grooves are set at the side of the roads so that the drivers have the option to either drive over them or avoid them.
There is a specific technique, that helps the natives to experience these musical roads. The motorists are required to close their windows while driving. The speed limit is very important to maintain which is 28 m/hr.
The driver should drive while keeping one wheel of the vehicle over the grooves.
If you drive too fast over it, the sound will come out as a tape on fast forward but if you go slow or too slow, there will be music.
You can literally hear the famous Japanese songs loud and clear.
