January 2010
The Archives
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01.13.10We want to die and come back as dogs–in TokyoIt 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.
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01.12.10Unicorn SamuraiWhat the heck is this and why did someone feel the need to post in on YouTube?
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01.12.10Row, Row, Row Your TubMost 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 ...
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01.11.10Tires are for more than just swings!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?
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01.11.10The Japanese really know how to punk each other.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!
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01.06.10Giant frozen tuna don’t feel good when dragged over your feet.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 ...
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01.06.10Crazy Japanese Toys - These will be hard to top!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!