Topic: Japan
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Disaster History, Brought to You By Google
On Japan's tsunami-battered coast, a new way to remember the devastation.
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Explore a Japanese City Built From 100 Gingerbread Houses
Take a tour through savory alleys and delicious plazas from a gingerbread man's perspective.
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Videos
This Tiny Robot Makes Street Signs Much Prettier
An urban hacker from Tokyo thinks street poles should look like candy canes, and he's built the 'bot to do that.
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Photos
Zaha Hadid Designs an Alien Mothership for Tokyo
The famed architect's vision for Tokyo's New National Stadium is gorgeous and a little intimidating.
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Toilet Tuesday
Public Toilet in Graveyard Is Tearing Australian Town Apart
Also, the Portland Loo is voted best public bathroom in Canada, and Japan deploys a toilet soccer goalie.
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A Bicycle That Seats You Plus Two Children (If You're Okay With That)
This Japanese commuting bike mounts kids on the front and back ends of a bicycle, almost like biological bumpers.
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Videos
A Japanese Subway Train Composed of Music
All aboard the Math Homework Express!
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Artist Builds Living Room Atop Towering NYC Statue
Tatzu Nishi’s “Discovering Columbus” is mounted six stories up in Columbus Circle.
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Bird House? Try a Bird Apartment Building
This swanky avian domicile can fit up to 78 finch families – and one human voyeur.
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Toilet Tuesday
Finally, a Motorcycle Powered by Farts
Toilet Tuesday checks in on the always-exciting Japanese bathroom scene.
