Things to do: Only in Japan; Visit an Art Aquarium

Things to do: Only in Japan; Visit an Art Aquarium

Posted on Aug 15, 2013 in Japanese customs, Japanese technology, News, Things to do |

Of all the bizarre art niches out there, “goldfish aquarium art” must rank fairly high. Yet the artist Hidetomo Kimura has built an entire career as an “art aquarist,” and his weird and wonderful live installations are now on display again at an exhibition, “Edo — the coolness of goldfish“ (link in Japanese), at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, in Tokyo. First held in 2011 to mark the centenary of the Nihonbashi Bridge, where the hall is located, the unusual exhibit proved so...

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Check out the largest photo of Tokyo ever taken. It’s zoomable!

Check out the largest photo of Tokyo ever taken. It’s zoomable!

Posted on Aug 15, 2013 in Japanese technology, Must see, News, Stories about Japan |

The largest photo ever taken of Tokyo is zoomable, and it is glorious It took photographer Jeffrey Martin two days of shooting and four months of editing to create the interactive panorama you’re about to experience. At 600,000 pixels wide, it would measure 50 meters by 100 meters if printed at photographic resolution. And yes, it is every bit as awesome as it sounds. Go ahead. Try it. Zoom in on anything you want, like that guy off in the distance taking a photo from his...

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