I came across a number of incredible ideas while in Japan. I took photos of a few and wanted to share them and why I think they are so great. The first is a turning lane that extends into the intersection. What you are seeing is a car which has proceeded …
On March 11th the 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sendai sent a tsunami which destroyed much of the coast and killed thousands of people. In Tokyo, the largest city in Japan and home to over 12 million people, the earthquake had a slightly different effect. It forced people to …
Toilets – The Japanese take pooping very seriously. How many people do you know in North America willing to spend $5,000 on a crapper? In Japan, that is quite common. The toilets are a bit different than the ones we have here. For instance their flusher has two settings, “small” (小) …
From CBC’s live blog: Disaster in Japan The man standing beside the photos is Yosuke Oda, who lost a friend in the disaster, as well as his house. He has decided to collect photographs from the rubble and put them together on a sidewalk so that people who recognize themselves …
Zuimei is okay, his bar survived the 8.9 Richter earthquake which has devastated parts of Japan. I am obviously relieved. It could have been much worse. If the earthquake had happened farther south Tokyo would have been rocked even harder. This video makes me a little nauseas even though that is exactly …
Man, the Japanese are weird sometimes.