Posts Tagged ‘ Japan ’

Friday Morning fun: Amazing roller skating girl

This amazing little girl roller skates under 40 parked cars. The girl is from India, and I don’t know any of the details beyond what the video shows, but it looks like a competition of some kind. Pretty amazing. Via JapanProbe: 5-Year-Old Girl Skates Under 40 Cars [ READ MORE ]

The smile trainer

Do you have a strange or weird smile? If you do, then this is probably the product you need. From the land that brought you square watermelons and personal mech suits, comes the smile trainer. Just put this little strip of rubber in your mouth, and it will help train your facial muscles to have [ READ MORE ]

Wooden Supercar made by furniture company

JapanProbe has a story about a Japanese supercar made entirely out of wood. Apparently it is a promotional vehicle made by a furniture company in Japan. The car has a max speed of 80km/h. It’s pretty cool looking. The video below is in Japanese, but it does show the car in action. Via JapanProbe: Japanese Wooden Supercar [ READ MORE ]

Rice Paddy art

Farmers in the town of Inakadate grow rice that has different colored leaves to make intricate pictures and paintings in their rice paddies. Some of the pictures are absolutely amazing. Inakadate is a small town in Japan that draws thousands of tourists each year with its intricate rice art. For more pics go here [ READ MORE ]

Strange watermelons from Japan

It seems that the square watermelons I posted about before, are not the only shapes you can get watermelons in. The above watermelon sells for about $650. How it is made is considered a trade secret.It seems that you can get cucumbers in different shapes as well. Below is a picture of star and heart [ READ MORE ]

Crustaceans eroding an island into the sea

An island off the coast of Hiroshima is being eaten away by crustaceans. The photo on the left is what the island looked like back in 1955. As you can see, the island had two peaks. One with a few trees growing on it. The photo on the right, shows the island as it is [ READ MORE ]

Square Watermelons for sale in Japan

If you live in Japan, you can now buy square watermelons instead of the traditional rounded oval shaped melons. These melons are grown in a square shaped glass jar. Pretty cool looking, but I don’t think I would like the price. They are going to set you back a little over a hundred dollars. So [ READ MORE ]

Poodles aren’t Sheep? Really! They aren’t the same!

What? You say poodles and sheep aren’t the same thing? This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard of. Thousands of people in Japan were sold sheep that they thought were miniature poodles. The “miniature poodles” were sold for $1600, which in Japan is a good deal for a poodle. [ READ MORE ]

Rent a mech suit in Japan

It seems that the HAL-5 exoskeleton will be available for rent next year in Japan. It will only set you back around $580 a month. So if you have some heavy moving to do, and don’t want to over strain your back. You can rent one of these things. This has got to be one [ READ MORE ]

1400 year old Japanese business goes bankrupt

BusinessWeek has an interesting article on a Japanese business. The business was named Kongo Gumi. Up until last year It was the oldest continuously operating family business in the world. The business was a construction business that specialized in building temples in Japan. It was founded in 578 AD and finally went under due to [ READ MORE ]