Public telephone on the street

Japanese: 街頭公衆電話 - がいとうこうしゅうでんわ
Public telephone on the street

... Public telephones have developed remarkably since the Second World War, and in the process, various types were introduced as needs changed and technology advanced, as described below, and they coexisted until recently. (1) Street public telephones: Box-type telephones attached to public telephone booths and table-top types found at train stations. Box-type telephones include yellow telephones that accept 100-yen coins, which are convenient for long-distance calls, and blue telephones that accept 10-yen coins. (2) Storefront public telephones: The so-called red telephones installed in tobacco shops and train station kiosks. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "street public telephones" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 公衆電話は第2次大戦後めざましく発展したが,その過程においてニーズの変化や技術の進歩につれて以下に述べるような多様なものが導入され,それらが最近まで共存していた。(1)街頭公衆電話 公衆電話ボックスに取りつけられたボックス型のものと駅頭などに見られる卓上型のものでボックス型には市外通話に便利な100円硬貨も使える黄電話と,10円硬貨用の青電話があった。(2)店頭公衆電話 タバコ屋や駅の売店に設置されたいわゆる赤電話。…

※「街頭公衆電話」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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