Category: Various

I bring you here some more pictures that were waiting to be published but don’t deserve a post on their own. I hope you like them.

House without windows

This one has windows but the balcony is somewhat weird.

Kitano Takeshi ad in Shibuya.

Advertising for a chain of okonomiyaki restaurants. For those studying Japanese, can you find the pun?

I was walking randomly around Tokyo streets and bumped into the polygonal house!

AKB48 section in a shop. AKB48 is one of the most popular idol music bands in Japan at the moment.

Don’t get drunk and cause trouble in the subway.

Curious house facade.

Yoyogi-Hachiman in Tokyo in the moonlight.

I don’t know exactly what it is. We found it in west Tokyo.

A state of the art electronic dictionary. It is an ideal device to learn Japanese!

Ginza station, without people!

Turfy merchandising stall; I think it is a horse races mascot. If somebody knows something about Turfy let us know.

Aquarius Vitamin Guard advertising in the subway. I think this kind of Aquarius is only sold in Japan.

Another crappy bus stop

Unkempt buildings in Tokyo downtown. Notice that the light post is also falling apart. It’s not difficult to find some parts of Japanese cities that look like they have been abandoned.

Inside Meiji Jingu temple there is a natural fountain (quite strange in downtown Tokyo) which is the spring of a small water stream that ends up a little further in a small pond on the limit with Yoyogi park. It turns out that the fountain is considered one of he most “energetic” places in the city; it is a power spot or パワースポット (in Japanese). In general, all Meiji Jingu is considered a power spot and legend has it that the energy is specially positive at 6:00 a.m.

The fountain, which is called Kiyomasanoido 清正井, is the most energetic spot in the temple and its “powers” have been known for a very long time. However, until the end of last year it was almost always unnoticed by the temple visitors, but then it appeared on TV… and since then really long lines are being formed regularly only to be able to see the fountain!

Some people say that the fountain is energetically connected with Mount Fuji because its location is just in one of its “energetic lines” according to the ryumyaku 龍脈 technique (something similar to the Feng Shui).

People say that if you take a picture of the fountain and you store it into your cellphone, it will bring you good luck.

Vídeo of the power spot.

Source: Yahoo News.

Can you remember about Dr. Nakamats? He is the most prolific inventor in history; this month he reached 3,500 patents. He is already more than 80 years old but he is still in good shape and maintains a really active lifestyle. A Danish producer came to Japan to film a documentary about the popular inventor called “The invention of Dr.Nakamats”. There is still not a release date set but we already can enjoy the trailer:

The trailer looks great; I am really looking forward to watch the whole documentary. Notice the details in the logo, for example “Till 2072” 😉

I am already a big fan of Doctor Nakamatsu, if you want to follow the latest news and inventions of Dr. NakaMats you can become a fan of him on the Fan Page I created on Facebook.

My brain is very important – Dr. Nakamats