Humm… A spinning open air pizza oven. I don’t know, from what my friend over at Pizza Locust tells me this just isn’t going to get anywhere near the optimal temperature to properly cook pizza. It may, however, make a mean cheese crisp. Someone send me one and I’ll give that a try.
[via Boingboing and Tokyomango]
Tag: Japan
80’s Commercials Japanese Style
Great examples of TV ads from Japan in the 1980’s. Ah, the bubble years…
Insane R/C Helicopter Maze
The skills of these R/C pilots is simply amazing!
Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show
Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show (Episode 1)
Now, having seen more Japanese TV than the average American I can tell you that this is just about what normal daytime programming is like in Japan. Just kidding, but this is an amusing and well crafted parody. ‘Talk to the hotdog, he can read your mind’. HA! If anyone ever needed a definition of the word ‘engrish’ this would be it.
As the video discription states:
One part Pee Wee’s Playhouse, one part crazy, unpredictable Japanese talk show, and one part whole milk. Mix and serve chilled. Written by Kim Evey and directed by Greg Benson. .. May not be suitable for children. Or adults.
I hope there are more episodes coming up soon, this is the most entertainment I’m had in weeks! The clip is produced by Mediocre Films out of LA and looks to be something that I’m going ot have to keep looking out for.
Spherical Photovoltaic Solar Cell, Flexable too!
The latest offering from the guys in Japan:
Sphelar® captures light from all directions, which means it can catch reflected light and diffused light. In addition, there is no need for the superfluous operation of tracking the sun. The spherical light-receiving surfaces achieve unprecedented high generation efficiency.
[via metaefficient]
Spherical Photovoltaic Solar Cell | Kyosemi Corporation
Ninja Themed Restaurant in Japan
Now why can’t I find a place like this in Arizona? Not that I’d mind going Tokyo Japan to have dinner in a ninja themed restaurant, heck, I’d call that a good reason to go to Japan.
After you enter the restaurant, you go to the reception area and are met by a waiter dressed in ninja garbs and told to wait for your personal ninja guide to your table. When the waiter comes, you are guided through a maze of sorts. It is like a ninja castle with many trap doors and hidden passages. While in most restaurants people would be annoyed to have to bend over backwards to reach your table, at Ninja it is part of the experience. It is as if you are actually entering that ninja castle. My most enjoyable moment of the trip was when we had reached a point in our journey and were faced with a pit filled with water and no way to cross. Then suddenly the waiter clapped her hands and a draw bridge drops for you to cross. It was at that point I knew the event was going to be fun.
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