Articles tagged with: Japan
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My condolences to the people in Fukushima/Sendai/Tokyo city. May they are strong to move forward. I never thought that powerful earthquake followed by ferocious tsunami could wipe out the cities. It was totally catastrophic! While browsing an Internet, I stumbled upon this piece of information (could be a conspiracy theory) whereby somebody had already “predicted” the disaster a few hours before the earthquake and tsunami. …
Weird and Oddities »
Have you ever imagined this kind of situation before? What do you do if you ran out of toilet paper in the restrooms? Panic? Please don’t. Because Twitter could come to the rescue as shown in this story. Credit to Japanite for this kind of funny story tip.…
Internet and Web »
Have you ever wondered who is the largest wireless internet provider? According to Guinness World Records, the title goes to the Japan’s company called NTT Docomo. NTT Docomo Inc. is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, “do communications over the mobile network“, and is also from a compound word dokomo, meaning “everywhere” in Japanese. Docomo provides phone, video phone (FOMA and Some PHS), i-mode (internet), and mail (i-mode mail, Short Mail, and SMS) services. …
Featured, Weird and Oddities »
Last year, Gundam has surprised the world with its first giant Gundam Statue at Tokyo Odaiba Island. However, after some months, they demolished the magnificent Gundam Statue but that is not the end of the story. Yesterday, an official Gundam Cafe operated by Bandai has been opened in Akihabara on April 24, 2010 as reported by Gigazine Japan. The cafe has 144.2 square meters floor space and can seat up to 60 visitors. …
Arts, Automobiles, Graphics and Designs »
Scooters are a very popular mode of transportation not only in Japan but also to other Asia countries like Malaysia, India and China. The reason could be because the countries have very congested roads, and many people live in densely populated urban areas. Japan scooters are a bit different and creative compared to others. Why I said so? Following photos are the look at a few stylish and creative scooters which are dressed to the max with pipes, sound gear and crazy paint, straight from the streets of Japan.
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Automobiles, Jobs and Hobby, Technology, Weird and Oddities »
These are the converted cars that look like Pikachu, the famous Pokemon character. The cars have been painted yellow; even ears and a mouth have been added. The hub caps are poke balls. Will you spend your dollars just to convert your beautiful car to be like that? Some people really did.
This Pikachu car has been spotted in the airport long term parking. Maybe a geek has meeting overseas.
The Pikachu car was displayed at some festival.
Very cute car…I want to have one..if only I have extra dollars …
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Do not underestimate this white and weakling-looks of this robot. He walks, he runs, he can also kick a ball and serve you a drink. Meet ASIMO (short for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility), the world’s first advanced humanoid robot that can move like a human. Created by Honda after 22 years of research, ASIMO stands at 1.3 meters tall, weights 54 kg and can recognize people’s faces and even interact with them, thanks to an IC (Integrated Circuit) card – rendering ASIMO a perfect help around the house or …

