Month: January 2009

Categories
Manga

Manga rental

In Japan you can rent manga in some places, for example in some Tsutaya shops. It is interesting the Tsutaya strategy, they showcase manga in shelves looking like DVDs. Look at the pictures, it looks like it is all full of rental DVDs but it is not, it is manga!

manga alquiler tsutaya

manga alquiler tsutaya

manga alquiler tsutaya

manga alquiler tsutaya

manga alquiler tsutaya

manga alquiler tsutaya
One volume, three days (70 yen). One volume, during one week (90 yen). If you rent more than 10 volumes the prices are even lower.

Categories
Various

LOST… parrot

It seems somebody LOST a parrot in Tokyo.

loro parrot

For a moment I thought I was walking around Mêlée island in Monkey Island instead of Tokyo.

Categories
Videos

Nissan GTR vs Bullet train

A Nissan GTR racing against a Japanese Bullet Train (Shinkansen). Well, it is not exactly like that, it is a race between a GTR and doing the same route with public transportt. Usually in Japan you arrive almost everywhere faster using trains and not cars.

I found very interesting the video because it shows the rural Japan, beautiful landscapes, big highways and also mountain roads. I also found interesting the car control panel (Minute 8 in the first video). The panel is designed by the same company that designs the cars UI for the Gran Turismo video game series. A video game company designing a real world car user interface, isn’t it awesome? But I think it is natural, sometimes things we find in video games are much better than in the real world. For instance, the United States Army is “studying and learning” from UIs from games like WOW or Starcraft.

Enjoy the ride!