Godzilla Shaped Building Proposed for Tokyo

Godzilla shaped building proposed for TokyoI know it’s just a crazy idea but if there would be a city to build a structure like this in it would have to be Tokyo. Just to mess with the heads of drunk salarymen would be good enough reason for me. However, I think it should be taken farther. Build a Mothra in Yokohama, a Rodan in Sapporo, and a Ebirah in Osaka. Then you could go on a true tour of Monster Island! I visited the ‘Golden Godzilla‘ in Tokyo, I’m sure others have too, but it’s kind of small. This would be more like what you would expect of a city like Tokyo. Anyway, there is an elephant shaped building in Bangkok so there should be one of ‘Zilla in Japan.

[via netorama

Idea: A building shaped like Godzilla

Micro Paper Planes

Micro paper airplane Don’t throw away those used metro cards and business cards! Make your very own fleet of paper airplanes from them. Heck, even post cards are fair game for your air force. Oh yeah, you don’t need to stick to fixed wing aircraft, you can build a helicopter if you have  the guts (this one will be hitting the ‘blogs soon I’m sure). Some designs are even powered by rubber bands! Simply amazing.

MICRO PAPER PLANE

(Fully translated by a machine

Weird Al Yankovic on Japanese TV

Weird Al in JapanThe undisputed modern master of parody, Weird Al Yankovic, appeared on Japanese television back when his hit ‘Eat It‘ was soaring through the charts. You have to see this as it’s clear that ‘ol Weird Al was out weirded by the host and pretty much everyone on the stage. The giant lobster is surreal…

[via waxy

Weird Al Yankovic Performs “Eat It” On Japanese TV at TV in Japan

Virtual Reality Never Looked So Cool

360 headgear Aside from looking like you stuck your hed in a giant… somthing, this device is for virtual reality type simulations.

The still experimental 6-pound bubble-headed helmet has infrared sensors on top that detect which way the wearer’s head is moving. A projector in the back of the helmet displays corresponding images on a 16-inch screen right before the user’s eyes.

I’m sure in a few years they will have this cut down to a more manageable size. 

Newsvine – Headgear Shows Images in 360-Degree View

Hey! Spring of Trivia Button

Hey buttonNot many people inthe US know about the hit Japanese show "Hey! Spring of Trivia" but it’s a Japanese game show that was shown for a while on Spike TV here in the states. Its still going strong in it’s native land where each week trivia is put to the test. It’s amazingly popular, you can find segments on YouTube if you want to see the originals. The trivia is given ‘hey’ ratings by the celebrity judges on theas to how impressed they were with the trivia. The number of ‘heys’ received translate into the amount of money the submitter gets. 80 heys, 8,000 yen. A perfect score is 100 and that gets the lucky submitter 10,000 yen.

As the show is popular as all get out, Bandai has made a hey button that you can use to play along with the show or even to be used during normal day conversation. It beats applause or screaming I guess.

That button of spring of ~ popularity television program [toribia]

(original Japanese)

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