Posts Tagged ‘ Japan ’

Do boomerangs come back in space?

Do boomerangs come back in space? That was a question that Japanese astronaut Takao Doi was trying to discover when he conducted the first ever boomerang throw in space. Many people believed that gravity was necessary for the boomerang to return to the thrower. In which case, the thrown boomerang would not come back to [ READ MORE ]

Jump rope at high speed

Okay, I was never much of a jump rope enthusiast. I could do it, but I was never very good at it. And I could never go very fast. The girl in the video above goes so fast, that the first time I saw it I was sure that the video had been speeded up. [ READ MORE ]

Keeping a Crocodile as a pet

JapanProbe posted an interesting article about a man in Japan that has a full grown crocodile as a pet. When he first got it, it was small and he could carry it around with him. Now, 23 years later, the pet is over 2 meters long. His owner takes him to work, around town, and [ READ MORE ]

Storm Troopers can dance too!

Ok, here is another one of those pointless videos. Danny Choo is dressed up as a Storm Trooper and goes around dancing at different street corners in Japanese cities. Actually pretty funny. Via Japan Probe: Dancing Shibuya Stormtrooper Video [ READ MORE ]

Weird Concept cars from Japan

The car above has got to be the strangest looking concept car I’ve ever seen. Usually concept cars will be overly sporty or invoke thoughts of raw power. It seems that for Japanese car makers, concept cars this year all invoke cartoonlike feelings. The car above is being shown at the Tokyo auto show by Honda [ READ MORE ]

Bread, fresh from the can?

Last week I posted about the vending machines in Japan. Were you can buy anything from sodas, to eggs. I guess it didn’t occur to me that if you can buy eggs, you could also buy bread from a vending machine. But not just any bread. Bread in a can! In Japan, you can just pop [ READ MORE ]

Japanese Vending machines – Everything from sodas to eggs

Dark Roasted Blend has a great post about Japanese vending machines. In Japan you can buy nearly anything from vending machines. Batteries, sodas, groceries, even beer and cigarettes. Pretty much, if it is possible for a machine to dispense it, Japan has a vending machine capable of selling it. This is something I noticed when I [ READ MORE ]

A Roller Coaster bridge

DeputyDog has a great post about the kawazu loop bridge. The Kawazu Loop Bridge is a two storied spiral bridge along National Route 414 in Japan. The Kawazu bridge is one of the only bridges in the world with a double loop. After looking at the pictures here, check out the original article for more photos. DeputyDog: [ READ MORE ]

Insect Origami

A Japanese artist named Taketori has created an amazing gallery of insect origami. Some of them are so lifelike that you almost expect them to move. Check out his gallery with tons more pictures here: Insect Origami. Via Neatorama and Pink Tentacle For more origami posts check out these links: Fish and sea life Origami and [ READ MORE ]

Japanese DoroDango mud balls

Would you believe that the picture above is nothing more than a hand shaped and polished ball of mud? DoroDango, which translates roughly as mud dumpling, is a traditional art form in Japan. The balls are made literally out of mud that is hand dried and polished in a laborious process. It seems that nearly [ READ MORE ]