IKEA decks out Kobe train
09 Apr 2008

Swedish furniture giant IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet at Port Island. The redecorated train, which features a colorful exterior, bright upholstery and fancy curtains, will carry passengers in style until May 6.




So now they’ve done my Apartment AND the Kobe train!
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Although flashy and Euro, I’m sure it’s still awkwardly uncomfortable
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Only until May! That’s too bad, riding to school early every morning in that train would have been surreal.
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I Love it!!
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I wonder how long it’ll be before someone puts their gum on the seats :(
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That train could use a nice carpet too. And maybe a few plants and a coffee machine, …
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Can’t believe it! Has brightened up the dull old Porkliner!
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It will fall apart in no time..
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riding this train everyday will be so much fun ! colorful !
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AWESOME!! We could us some of that on American trains!
They should keep it longer than May.
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Actually, they quite perfectly fail to please the eye.
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Without those fucking retarded vandals all trains could look like this one !!!
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its amazing
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LOL
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IT BURNS!
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wow great that is something hard for the eyes :) nice blog!
greetz,rob
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looks soooooooooooo fun! i’d love to go to school with that train!
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Hey – great post! I am writing for a Bulgarian indi-magazine called 1 (like the number) and I would like to feature in an article on urban development these Kobe+IKEA trams. How can I get hold of high resolution pictures? Everything will be creditted of course as requested. Thank you so much for your assistance in advance,
Best regards
Adi
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I wonder how many couples fell out putting that together.
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(…) questa andava citata: Per l’apertura del suo nuovo negozio a Port Island, Ikea ha ridecorato (…)
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I’ve noticed a lot about trains in Japan and other places that are designed really well. I wish this existed in the States. The US doesn’t really dig all the bright colorful and creative stuff like this. America is very corporate and stubborn. I love Japan. I want to live in Japan. But first, first I must speak Japanese. That’s a tough situation
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