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11 May 2010

Here is a collection of early 20th century travel posters for Japanese steamship companies (from the book Miwaku no Funatabi, published by the Museum of Maritime Science, 1993).

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Tags: art, early 1900's, illustrations, japan, japanese art, Miwaku no Funatabi, Musuem of Maritime Science, Osaka Mercantile Steamship, pinktentacle.com, steamship, steamship travel, travel posters, vintage art, vintage posters

Ultra Monster art by Takayoshi Mizuki

20 Apr 2010

Ultra monster illustrations done by Takayoshi Mizuki via Pinktentacle.

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Tags: Aron, art, Gabula, illustrations, images, japan, japanese art, kaiju, monsters, pinktentacle.com, Takayoshi Mizuki, ultra monsters, Ultraman, Ultraseven, Unusual, weird

Yusaku Kamekura Posters

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4 Mar 2010

Here is a collection of posters by the father of Japanese graphic design and oft-described perfectionist, Yusaku Kamekura.

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Tags: art, bauhaus, exhibition, father of Japanese graphic design, graphic design, japan, japanese, posters, typography, Yusaku Kamekura

Monster illustrations from ‘Yokai Jiten’

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13 Feb 2010

Here’s a peek at a few creatures profiled in Yōkai Jiten (“Yōkai Encyclopedia”), an informative guide to 100 of Japan’s traditional monsters, written and illustrated by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1981. Suiko [+]

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Tags: illustrations, japan, Japanese monsters, manga, monsters, Shigeru Mizuki, yokai, yokai jiten

Rumor: Secret “Sony Timer” Kills Products After Warranty?

18 Jan 2010

Despite the decades of rumors and speculation, nobody has ever proven the existence of the Sony timer. Skeptics argue that if such timers actually existed, a rival company would likely have found one and made it public. With this in mind, the Sony timer is widely considered an urban legend.

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Tags: break after warranty, Editorial, it exists, kill gadgets, laptop fire, pinktentacle.com, Rumors, sketptics, Sony, Sony Timer, urban legend, warranty

Robot Doppelgangers for Sale

14 Dec 2009

The mechanical doppelgangers are available for a limited time as part of a special New Year’s promotional sale at Sogo, Seibu, and Robinson’s department stores. They will be built by Japanese robotics firm Kokoro, which is perhaps best known for its line of Actroid receptionist humanoids.

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Tags: Actroid, androids, department store, doppelganger, doppelganger robots, japan, Japanese robotics, Kokoro, lookalikes, mechanical, mechanical humanoids, odd, pinktentacle.com, receptionist android, receptionist humanoids, Robinson's, robots, Seibu, Sogo, stuntman, Unusual

Sapporo Breweries Space Barley 6-Packs for Sale

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4 Dec 2009

Sapporo Breweries has begun selling six-packs of the world’s first “space beer” brewed with barley descended from seeds that spent time in space.

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Tags: beer, ceramic filtered beer, expensive, good beer, ISS, japan, limited, NASA should do this too, Sapporo, Sapporo Beer, Sapporo Breweries, space, space barley, space brew, strange brew, yummy, yummy beer

Mechani-Kong and Dr. Who’s Secret Pyramid Base

21 Nov 2009

In 1967, Shōnen Magazine published a set of illustrations detailing the secret weapons of Dr. Who, an evil scientist bent on capturing King Kong who regularly appeared in The King Kong Show a popular animated series on Japanese and US television at the time.

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Bra doubles as golf putting mat

11 Nov 2009

Called the “Nice Cup In Bra,” the lingerie consists of a grass-green top that, when removed, conveniently unfurls into a 1.5-meter-long putting mat. When the user sinks a putt into one of the cups, a built-in speaker pumps out a cry of “Nice shot.”

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Tags: bra, Golf, golf bra, golfing, international, lingerie, only in Japan, pinktentacle.com, Unusual, weird as hell

Animated stereoviews of old Japan

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29 Oct 2009

In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan. [Sumo wrestlers] A stereoview consists of a pair of nearly identical images that appear three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope, because each eye sees a slightly different image. This illusion of [...]

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Japanese Yokai Portraits

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24 Oct 2009

In the spirit of Halloween, how about a daily dose of Japanese yokai (demons) to go along with that fright.

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Tags: boss, demons, fukui, Halloween, kuchisake, matt meyer, onna, portraits of japan, scary stuff, scum slit monsters, spirit of halloween, terror images, Unusual, yokai

Anatomy of Japanese folk monsters

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15 Oct 2009

In the spirit of Halloween, Pinktentacle talks about the insides of monsters. Seriously, who thinks about the anatomy of Japanese folk monsters!?

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Tags: anatomy of a monster, digested by Godzilla, Halloween, monsters, this would make an awesome tattoo, Unusual, what a monster insides may look like

Photos: CEATEC Japan 2009

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7 Oct 2009

Hundreds of companies have gathered to showcase their latest technology at CEATEC Japan 2009, the largest consumer electronics trade show in Asia, which is being held at Makuhari Messe near Tokyo until October 10. Here are a few photos from the event. Nissan EPORO robots [+] Nissan stole the show with their demonstration of the [...]

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Magic lantern slides

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3 Oct 2009

The University of Hawaii at Manoa hosts an online collection of about 1,500 magic lantern slides created in the 1930s and distributed around the world to educate people about Japan. Here are a few. Buddhist story [+] Scary kite [+]

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‘Power Loader’ exoskeleton suit

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3 Oct 2009

Engineers from Activelink, a Kyoto-based subsidiary of Panasonic, are hoping to turn science fiction into reality with a powerful robotic exoskeleton suit that gives its operator superhuman strength. + Video The so-called “Power Loader” suit — which takes its name from the fictional hydraulic exoskeleton suit appearing in the sci-fi classic “Aliens” (1986) — is [...]