Tag: japan

August 10, 2015 at 8:51 am

Bicycle Boy Watercolor Series Inspired by Studio Ghibli

Bicycle Boy Watercolor Series Inspired by Studio Ghibli

“Bicycle Boy” is a series of 10 watercolor paintings by Mateusz Urbanowicz inspired by the Studio Ghibli film, ‘Whisper of the Heart’.

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July 16, 2015 at 10:38 am

Picture of the Day: The Great Bucket Wave

Picture of the Day: The Great Bucket Wave

Street artist Pejac is currently in Japan and putting up awesome artworks like this around the country.

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July 6, 2015 at 5:10 am

USA Challenges Japan to Giant Robot Duel

USA Challenges Japan to Giant Robot Duel

USA’s “Mark II” challenges Japan’s “Kuratas” to a duel. Japan responds accordingly

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July 2, 2015 at 11:21 am

Picture of the Day: Cherry Blossoms in Japan

Picture of the Day: Cherry Blossoms in Japan

One day I will make it to Japan for the annual cherry blossom blooming.

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June 26, 2015 at 10:52 am

Meanwhile in Japan, an Industrial Robot Takes on a Sword Master

Meanwhile in Japan, an Industrial Robot Takes on a Sword Master

The Yaskawa Bushido Project pits an industrial robot against a world champion sword master in a competition of deadly accuracy with a samurai sword.

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June 3, 2015 at 4:52 pm

Guy Walks His Pet Tortoise Around the Streets of Tokyo

Guy Walks His Pet Tortoise Around the Streets of Tokyo

Several times a week, Mitani Hisao and his 19-year-old tortoise ‘Bon-chan’ go for long (and slow) walks through the streets of Tokyo.

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May 28, 2015 at 10:58 am

Kids React to Strangers Dropping their Wallets

Kids React to Strangers Dropping their Wallets

Faith in humanity restored.

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April 17, 2015 at 12:27 pm

The Floating Garden in Japan Where Flowers Move Skyward as you Approach

The Floating Garden in Japan Where Flowers Move Skyward as you Approach

Japanese art collective teamLab have created an incredible floating flower garden installation featuring over 2,300 living flowers in bloom. TeamLab adds: When a viewer gets close to this flower-filled space, the flowers close to the viewer rise upwards all at once, creating a hemispherical space with the viewer at its center. In other words,…

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April 16, 2015 at 12:01 pm

Art Students in Japan Made a Giant Cat Head and it’s Glorious

Art Students in Japan Made a Giant Cat Head and it's Glorious

A group of students at the Japan School of Wool Art have created a startlingly realistic, gigantic wool felt cat head that can be worn as a mask. The project was led by the students’ art teacher, Housetu Sato. The head will be on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum from April 18-23,…

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April 4, 2015 at 1:37 pm

This Series of Japanese Businessmen Jumping Beside their Daughters is Perfect

This Series of Japanese Businessmen Jumping Beside their Daughters is Perfect

Photographer Yuki Aoyama recently published her series of Japanese businessmen jumping beside their daughters into a 109-page photo book now available on Amazon Japan. According to Spoon & Tamago, the younger generation slyly refer to these ‘salarymen’ as Ossan aka boring old men. In a series of creative portraits, Aoyama challenges the notion, with…

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