Ever wondered what it would be like to go on a little trip around a busy sushi bar and peek at what everyone is doing or talking about? These people placed a camera on a conveyor belt at a Tokyo/Asakasa sushi bar named Maguro-bito which turned out to be a fascinating shot.

Ha! So I haven’t updated in a while (an astute observation, don’t you think?) The reason- I have been totemo isogashii (very busy.) How so? Well, I have been changing jobs, buying property and gallivanting around the globe a bit. Not very good excuses I know, however, here I am now, if only for a brief post.

I have noticed that other than for Manga/Anime, South Africans are generally oblivious to the differences between all things Japanese and Chinese. In fact the only “Japanese” you’ll find around here is Sushi and if you lucky some Tempura. This is depressing as I am looking around for some unique furniture for my new nest, but all I see is Chinese-like artefacts. Now there is nothing wrong with that in itself, unless you are very particular about finding Japanese items and the dealers have no idea what you are talking about. The local interweb has nothing on it either or are just too well hidden from plebs like myself.

What things am I talking about? Well, first of all genuine tatami made of woven soft rush straw and packed with rice straw and NOT the mats used for sparing in dojo’s, Shoji screens and lanterns, Japanese fine art, noren and stepchests for starters. In fact, it is so difficult to find anything worthwhile that I am even considering to opening my own Nippon Mise (Japan shop.) Unless I am not looking hard enough. Any suggestions are welcome. If I do find something, I will try to post about them here.

See also:
Tatami
Shoji
Noren
Stepchest

Corical, a buddy of mine, pointed me towards this interesting music dance clock project called Uniqlock by Tomoyuki Tanaka who is a DJ/Producer active in Japan and abroad. After the clock is fully loaded you’ll notice a random video (mostly of dancing Japanese girls) every 5 seconds in time with the clock and adaptive music. Make sure to activate the sound on the animation to hear Tomoyuki’s interesting music style or click on the animation to go to the project homepage which includes a screensaver download.

I love media that messes a bit with your mind, and I think this cyclist awareness ad was done pretty well.

Source:
dothetest.co.uk