In response to a few comments to the previous post…
Do people get used to having electrical wires stretching through the sky, I’m sure. Does this lessen the frustration you might otherwise have, probably. Does it mean that it is no longer a problem, not at all.
The phenomenon of shifting baselines as applied in fisheries and ecology is that the perception of what a “healthy” ecosystem is worsens as we get used to successive levels of damage. In Okinawa this idea could be applied to the coral reefs, the forests, beaches or the presence of wiring and concrete poles.
Here’s a short public service announcement that explains a little more:
TRAVEL 67 : Chris Willson Photography 
Please do not take my previous comment seriously. I said it half jokingly. I know they are ugly and want them not. I think it is a matter of costs. Japan is no more a wealthy nation. We have more serious problems to deal with such as health care, unemployment, pensions, aging society etc.
I don’t see those obnoxious electric poles and wires in Ginza, Nihonbashi, Marunouchi and other areas where people think they should not be.
Meanwhile, I do not hear complaints from citizens very much. It seem they are not very much bothered. I wonder why? I myself had not been very much bothered until I began taking photos.
Yumemakura-san,
It’s always great to get your comments.
I agree that cost is probably a big factor. I also heard a rumor that the companies which make the concrete poles for wiring have a strong influence on government policy. I wonder if there is any truth to this.