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Tokyo: Charms against computer viruses
Japan is one of the leading high-tech places around the world but it’s also a country of traditions.
When visiting Tokyo many have a look-around the Akihabara quarter to see the latest gadgets and future computing tools that are often already available there in small series before hitting mass markets around the world.
Next time visiting Tokyo and when you bought some great new computing device in Akihabara, take it with you and visit nearby Kanda-Myojin Shinto shrine.
The shrine sells the faithful special IT prayer charms to ward off computer viruses. Visitors can also have their computers purified to protect them from common electronic ghosts and devils.
The “computer protection services” offered by the shrine have been popular for some time among…
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Video: Bottom-up skyscraper demolition
Japanese construction company Kajima is currently in the process of constructing their new headquarters building and as part of the work it had to demolish their old high rise buildings used for that purpose before.
Unlike today’s common approaches to demolishing high rise building from top floor down or via controlled explosions, Kajima has developed a new method that allows to dismantle the building from bottom up. Besides that heavy machinery used in the demolition work does not need to be brought up to the top of the building…
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Fun: 26 Judo throws in 26 seconds
This clip is actually from an Japanese advertising but really a great watch. 26 basic Judo throws demonstrated by an Japanese Judo master (with another one thrown of course) and showing all the throws in record time. Finally you know how to pronounce some of them like a Japanese without getting bruised…
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HDR: Tokyo Gardens (2)
Another shot of an old Japanese Garden in central Tokyo.
This one had huge water features with lots of fish in them. There was something rather peculiar about these fish.
When a person was crossing one of the bridges they…
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HDR: Tokyo Gardens (1)
Tokyo has many outstandingly beautiful parks and gardens. Most of them are only visited by locals and keep their treasures hidden away from tourists. We have seen fields of flowers in bloom, meticulously clipped shrubbery and artificial hills that have got their soft green coverage by centuries of trimming.
Many of these gardens have been more and more confined by the growing sprawl of modern Tokyo but a few larger ones remained. All of them create a strong contrast to their surroundings and…
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HDR: View from Tokyo Mandarin Oriental
This is an evening view from a room at the Mandarin Oriental in Tokyo.
HDR image created from 9 RAW pictures taken with Nikon D200 12mm F4 1.8 - 30 sec (not photoshopped)
They gave us a really nice room just aside of their best suite hence the fantastic view. On a clear day you can see Mount Fuji in the background and - one thing you should not miss out when in Tokyo - you get the same view from their Sauna and Spa - yes we mean it - from inside their sauna or sitting in a jacuzzi
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Video: Hokusai An Animated Sketchbook
Most westerners will only know one of Katsushika Hokusai’s print work - the wave or “In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa” (that’s the full title of this woodblock print)
This “short film” animates some of his work and introduces you to the life of this great Japanese artist. Animation designer Tony White created this video 30 years ago - it won him the British Academy Award for Best Short Factual Film - and it’s still an outstanding piece of animation…
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Humor: The Japanese Tradition
Who said Japanese people have no sense of humor?
The video series “The Japanese tradition” created by Namikibashi ((Junji Kojima, Kentaro Kobayashi) and the Japan Culture lab is just outstandingly hilarious. And its a mixture of very subtle and strait forward jokes and persiflages. With some of the videos we could not stop laughing - full of great ideas and no respect for anything - sorry Sensei…
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Art: Subtext’s Kokeshis for Bunka-No-Hi
To celebrate Bunka-no-hi - the Japanese national culture holiday - San Diego’s Subtext together with Christina Conway, have selected 75 artists from 13 countries to create Japanese Kokeshi dolls. Featured artists include Audrey Kawasaki, Julie West and many more….
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Art: Manhole covers in Japan
We got interested when we saw the great selection of Japanese manhole covers from Flickr streams by Haha.nu…
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