Year: 2007

Tokyo

Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme is a donuts shop chain very well know in the United States. They opened one shop here in Japan last December and it became the most popular donuts shop in Tokyo. There is always a really long line, and I mean always! After some months since the opening even during weekdays there is always a long line. Since the business seems to be working, they just opened a new shop in Yurakucho. Now, instead of one long donuts queue, there are two long donuts queues in Tokyo.

krispykreme

krispykreme
This last picture was taken by Roy

JapaneseTV

Who farts first?

I found this TV show so hilarious that I took a video with my digital camera so you can watch it. They put eight people in a room, and everyone has to fart if they want to go home.

More about Japanese farting at Dannychoo’s site

Technology

Virtual humanoid

I liked this pictures from Mainichi.jp

Humanoide virtual

Is a system developed by NTT Docomo. Using special glasses you can see computer generated graphics “mixed/integrated” with reality. Right now, they managed to make a simulation where you see a girl but it’s just a green dummy. Look at this second picture, in the screen you can see what the person with the glasses is seeing.

Humanoide virtual

Of course, one of the first applications of this technologies is gonna be video games 😉 It seems that some VC firms are already interested.