Thanks to the blog Geekology we found a super cool map of the Tokyo Subway–only it wasn’t the subway lines at all. It’s a map of webtrends in the form of the famous subway map. When you get a minute, check out the interactive map here. It just goes to show you what a little extra free time in your day can do for your creative juices.
It seems residents of Tokyo have taken notes from Paris Hilton on how to best treat your pet. Just like Tinkerbell these posh pets are given the star treatment. At shops and salons like Wag Style in Yoyogi Uehara, dogs can get anything from anti-aging oxygen treatments, to hoity toity birthday cakes to full course figure friendly meals. Now, we’re all for animal rights, but this is almost unfair in the other direction.
What the heck is this and why did someone feel the need to post in on YouTube?
Most people don’t envision themselves sunbathing on a slow flowing river in a bathtub and there’s good reason for that, but in Japan anything can happen. Back in the olden days many people would gather around the Matsukawa River to bath themselves and wash their clothes in round wooden tubs. Soon thereafter, they realized these tubs could be used as small boats. And because boys will be boys, they obviously soon realized they could race them down the river, and so the tradition began. It has been 54 years since this annual race first began to attract tourists, and this year there were 200 participants.
We all know tire swings are traditional on school playgrounds, but in Japan (like usual) they take the tire to another level. This Tokyo park, Nishirokugo Koen, has equipment made from mostly recycled tires. How about we get one of these puppies in a Seattle park?
You don’t have to be an adolescent boy to appreciate a good prank. Well, at least we don’t. Our design team is drawing up a rendering for this artificial floor in our next build-out….beware!
A tuna has been sold at auction Tuesday at Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fish market for 16.28 million yen, or $175,000, the highest price paid in Japan for nine years. The fish weighed in at 232 kg, equivalent to about 4 Japanese men, or about 2 American football players!
The last time we went to Tsukiji someone dragged a recently purchased tuna over Steve’s (co-founder of Blue C) foot. “It felt like someone ran over my foot with a car.” If you ever happen to go to the tuna auctions that is one part of the experience you should try to avoid…
Japan is well known for coming up with all sorts of crazy wacky ideas from snack foods to robots to out-of-this-world toys. Huffington Post has a few great examples from Huffington Post. Check these out, let us know what you think, and feel free to show us more!
Have you ever wanted to communicate with aliens? Have you ever wanted to send a message to space? Well now’s your chance! There is a Japanese space agency that took message requests this holiday season and is actually sending them to space. Don’t you just get the feeling something positive will come from this?
This info is from our friends at DailyOnigiri.com: http://tiny.cc/hrEoE
We have decided to extend our Food Drive through Christmas. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do! So, please continue to bring in your non-perishible food donations to any of our locations, and help us in the fight against hunger!
