About

This simple application let's you enjoy the different melody that you could hear while riding the Yamanote Line in Tokyo. In deed, each station and train line has its own melody so it is easy to know where you are at.

This application has all of the stations included, you can either play them randomly or pick your favorite one.

Background

Soundrop can usually be found in Gashapon in Japan.

Gashapon (ガシャポン) or gachapon (ガチャポン), also referred to as "capsule toy", is a Japanese onomatopoeia, made up of two sounds: "gacha" for the turning of a crank on a toy vending machine, and "pon" for the sound of the toy capsule dropping into the receptacle. It is used to describe both the machines themselves, and any toy obtained from them.

Gashapon machines are similar to the coin-operated toy vending machines seen outside of grocery stores and other retailers in other countries. While American coin-operated vending toys are usually cheap, low-quality products, sold for a quarter or 50 cents, Japanese Gashapon can cost anywhere from 100–500 yen (approx. $1–5 US) and are normally a much higher quality product.

The Yamanote Line (山手線 ,Yamanote-sen) of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important commuter rail lines. Running as a circle, it connects most of Tokyo's major stations and urban centres.

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