watashi to tokyo

CLATAS, it's a real robot, you can ride!

I picked this guy two times "monkey farm". He is a multi creator, he made anything by himself, dome house, fiat tunk, beautiful arts etc,. yes great guy.

He made Gundam like robot "Scopedog" before, and it became hot in the internet , actually great job but it was just robot object, it didn't move.

Then finally he is making real ROBOT, it has cockpit like Gundam and can move. Here is the video, the robot is named "CLATAS".

 

CLATAS can move in sychronization of pilot's movement.

CLATAS has a Lohas launcher, it is named Lohas coz missle never hit a target. human kind missle.

Organic rifle shoot devil's tongue (konnyaku) bullet.

He planes to begin commercial production. What do you think?

You can be a virtual pilot of Life-Size Gundam!

Yahoo! Japan is currently having an auction for someone to have his image projected from the cockpit section of the life-size Gundam at new amusement park "Gundam Front Tokyo" at Diver City Tokyo in Odaiba. The auction opened on Thursday with a starting bid of 1 yen (US$0.01), currently has a bid of 700,000 yen. We are watching how is going on auction now.

Akira Yoshizawa's doodle on Google!

today is the 101th anniversary of Akira Yoshizawa's birth. He is an great origami Creator who is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living arts. I was surprised to see Google use his doodle, coz I was not sure he was such famous in the world and also 7 years has passed after his death. Anyway I love this!

There are a lot of origami creator but I think Yoshizawa's one has a full of love for everything he made.

Hold the toilet paper like Origami
Great origami work

Blue LED stop suicide

Japan has a suicide rate of about 33000 a year, it's really crazy, people are so sick from stress, economic reason, etc,. Japanese government try to stop this, then they made a campaign GKB48 for March. GKB47 stands for gatekeeper basic, it means each 47 prefectures set professional section or persons who work as gatekeeper / counselor for people. But the government back down that campaign because poeple complained to it coz GKB47 is apparently named from Japanese girls group AKB48 and actually they used AKB48 as champaing charactor! Yes too, silly who can take this is serious project.

But each local government or each companies are making efforts to reduce it on each service. For example Tokyo METRO set protection door on platform of stations, JR Mito set blue LED light to each railroad crossing. They said they had 16 -21 suicide case a year before, but they didn't have it at this blue light crossing. maybe the light will have power to calm down people's heart.

 

IKEA Japan in Kyoto with maiko san

IKEA Japan held the event "possibility of three tatami room". It's such small room but it can be comfortable.

IKEA MAIKO MOVIE produced by ROOMIE from mediagene on Vimeo.

Aikido

Aikido; Japanese bujutsu to avoid fight. The foreign guys is Nicolas Pettas is Greek-Danish. He has been doing Kyokushin Karate in Japan for long time and fighted at K1 before. You can see another series from youtube link.

Japan: Before and After the Earthquake and Tsunami

Japan: Before and After the Earthquake and Tsunami: Pre- and post-disaster imagery in Google Street View.

travel volunteer is over. Here is their blog

To support the recovery of Tourism in Japan through, we thought we needed a volunteer traveler’s objective impressions to show the world. Then Japanese government asked for travel volunteer in last year. We had out of 1897 applications from 85 countries and finally a couple from UK was chosed. They traveled around Japan's 47 prefectures during a fully sponsored 100+1 days' trip. Here is their blog. The blog will be made into photo book.

golden fish drawer

Such a beautiful golden fish

"Goldfish Salvation" Riusuke Fukahori from ICN gallery on Vimeo.

Setagaya Boroichi - Antique market

Setagaya Boro ichi will be held on 15th and 16th in January 2012 between Kamimachi and Setagaya on Setagaya line. Boro means poor old things, it's a kind of antique market. It's fun to walk and see the market and eat Yatai food.