The “Trends in Japan” blog got the chance to stop by the Tokyo Traffic Control Center and get an in-depth look at how traffic operates in Tokyo minute-by-minute.
Seated in the middle is the Commander of the Control Center, with operators on the sides to collect information. The Information Board on the far right can display anything from handwritten notes to additional maps brought up on the computers.
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Original post by GeekAlerts
Santa Claus originated far away from Japan, and sometimes the details get lost in translation. Or is it just creative liscence? Inventor’s Spot presents the Top Ten Strange Santas from Japan, including versions from monster movies, martial arts, anime, and of course, Hello Kitty! Link -via the Presurfer
More on Christmas in Japan.
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Original post by Miss Cellania
This week’s collaboration with What is it? Blog brings us this strange contraption: can you guess what it is? (No, it’s not a tweezer for an extra large nose).
Place your guess in the comment section - no prize this week, so you’re playing for fun and bragging rights. Please post no URL (let others play). For more clues, check out What is It? Blog.
Have fun!
Original post by Alex
Cat lovers in Tokyo, Japan, who are unable to own pets because of housing regulations can rent one instead at Cat Cafe Calico:
Visitors to Calico pay 800 yen an hour or 2,000 yen for three hours in a big room where 14 well-brushed and shampooed cats hang out. After a thorough handwash, the visitor can play with the cats, read comics or just relax.
The clean, odourless cafe — Calico has six air fresheners and the litter trays are out of sight — gets about 70 visitors a day during the week and 150 a day at weekends.
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Original post by Alex
This Japanese pitcher has a strange way of throwing the ball to fool his baseball opponent!
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Original post by yayo
A man was arrested in Japan for assaulting girls walking to school with … coffee!
The spitter, who was nicknamed “Coffee Bukake Man” by locals, had carried out 5 attacks since the end of October. All of his victims were junior high school or high school girls wearing their uniforms, and all of the attacks involved spitting coffee onto their faces from his car window.
Link - Thanks Gary Stoner!
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Original post by Alex
Link: Norton Fighter vs. Botlas Part 1 | Part 2 [YouTube, with English subtitles]
To promote its anti-virus software in Japan, Symantec created this fantastically retro ad campaign styled after those 1960s Ultraman TV shows. In the ad, the superhero "Norton Fighter" battles computer virus Botlas and his pesky henchmen. - Thanks Chris!
Original post by Alex
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