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A mall in Seoul, South Korea. Not a bad idea… This photo comes by way of the Superlocal blog.

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Ok. I know this doesn’t qualify as “Japanistic”, but it is just too cool not to share. This photo comes by way of the Superlocal blog.

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The Chiba City Museum of Art near Tokyo has one of the larges ukiyo-e (art of the floating world) woodblock print collections in the world. Appliya collaborated with the museums’ curators to create Ukiyo-e Beauties, an app that puts high-res, digitally restored versions of geisha-like women on your iPhone screen. Great for those who have [...]

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By: Japan Times
Toyama-based artist Susumu Nishinaga has published a book of photos taken with a scanning electron microscope, offering images of nature unseen by the naked eye.
The 95 close-ups in the book “Micro Cosmos” include insects, flowers and shellfish.
The images show smooth graduation sequences and fine images of texture. The original images are in black [...]

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DJ, digital and video artist, Daito Manabe put together this experimental video of his friends’ physical reactions to music. Be patient through the first minute or so as it gets much more interesting. Oh, and be sure to get to the end. The reactions of the “musical instruments” are cute. Learn more about the man [...]

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I was just emailed this picture. I don’t know where it came from or why these babies are stuck in giant sample cups. I do know that it is simultaneously cute and creepy. Enjoy!

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