I really enjoyed seeing an article in kirai.net a post on the color of traffic lights in Japan. He is the first time because I crossed a traffic Yuka she said, "we cross that is blue." The light was clearly "Green" as you can see in this picture.
ancient times there was no concept of green in Japanese, was used 青 ao = Blue = green for things such as those in light blue. Later s'introdusse the concept of Green = = 绿 midori. However, even the existing two words you continue to use ao = blue for a few things clear (to us) green, for example ao ringo (apple "blue"), ao shingo (traffic lights 'blue'), ao na (vegetables " blue ")
About the traffic lights seems that the original color of traffic lights is green (绿 midori =) as the first traffic light installed in 1930 en Hibiya, Law said," You can cross the cuando light changes to midori (green) "but people began to call the light ao (blue) in everyday language. After the war finally decided to change the law instead of inserting midori (green) to (azzurro).
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