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Japanese jeweller Ginza Tanaka has unveiled a Christmas tree made of pure gold worth 1.95 million US Dollars. The golden Xmas tree is about 2.4 metres tall and 12 kilograms in weight. It’s currently displayed at the company’s main store in Tokyo.
As expensive as it is, the golden piece is way “cheaper” than the world’s most expensive Christmas tree (~$11mil) which was showcased at a luxury hotel in UAE last year.
Time lapse video of Tokyo at night, by Darwinfish105 [Jp]. It took the Japanese photographer six months to gather the footages, which include areas like Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ginza, and also places from the connecting Yokohama City…
A “torn-apart” life-size Gundam model is currently on exhibition in Odaiba, Tokyo. The Gundam stood tall at previous exhibitions in the past two years, but the organiser decides to make things a bit different this time for the visitors to have a closer look at the design. Video and pics by Darwinfish [Jp], music by by Yusuke Tsutsumi.
Photos by popular Japan based blogger Danny Choo from the @Home Maid Cafe, one of the more popular cosplay cafes in Akihabara, Tokyo. Photography is usually not allowed in a themed cafe; these pictures were taken when Danny was filming a TV show, Culture Japan, for Animax Asia last summer.
Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue in a 2010-2011 photoset for KEIO Corp, shot at Mt Takao in Hachioji City. The mountain is a popular recreation and hiking spot due to its close proximity to Tokyo. KEIO runs one of the major railway lines that provide access to the mountain, it took only an hour of train ride from city centre to reach the place.
Two little Star War’s stormtroopers having a day out in Tokyo…
I thought it was some little kids cosplaying at first, but it turns out to be some brilliant 3D animations by Tony Lymboura [YT] and co. That explains why the bypassers were so nonchalant with the troopers.
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