Japan's Nagano Slide!

Here’s a 51m-long playground slide from Nagano, Japan prefecture that’s been dubbed “Japan’s longest playground slide.”

nagano slide by movedsouth

Photos Of Vogue Japan Magazine!

Some new photos of Asia's #1 girl group Girls' Generation for Japan Vogue Magazine have been unveiled! The girls look absolutely gorgeous in those bright outfits, check out the video below.

Vogue posed 10 questions to SNSD:

• 1. What is your personality among all members?


• 2. Which artist do you respect?


• 3. On free days, what kind of fashion do you like?


• 4. What hair and bodycare do you do to maintain your beauty?


• 5. What is the item that can't be missed when you apply makeup?


• 6. What is the care for your tired legs due to dancing or the point to make you look pretty?


• 7. What are your favorite shoes and bags?


• 8. If you fall in love, what kind of partner would be the ideal one?


• 9. What is the thing you want the most right now?


• 10. What is the biggest luxury?

You can find their answers here.

A smartphone touchscreen that recreates the sensation of buttons!

A Japanese company called KDDI has been working on a new technology that combines the elegance of a touchscreen with the sensation of using physical buttons. This new technology is made possible by combining a pressure sensitive touchscreen with tactile feedback technology, which results in the sensation that you’ve actually moved something.

One wonders how the adult entertainment industry will eventually exploit this!

Japan's factories crank-up output!

Recently, Tokyo stocks led Asian markets higher after Japanese manufacturers signaled they are cranking up production; hinting at a possible V-shaped recovery for Japan's economy. Specifically, a V-shaped recovery represents the shape of the chart of certain economic measures, such as employment, GDP and industrial output. A V-shaped recovery involves a sharp decline in these metrics followed by a sharp rise back to its previous peak.


Japan's factories crank-up output by Business-fromGrabNetworks

"Cars 2" Japan Toilet Experience!

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in "Cars 2" when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. Mater's action-packed journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world. The fast-paced fun includes a colourful new all-car cast, complete with menacing villains and international racing competitors.


Eventually, he's forced to pay a visit to a Japanese bathroom:

A master in the art of sculpting the serene zen rock garden at the Tokyo museum, Zen Master wears his old woven reed hat and uses his antique wood rake to create mesmerizing patterns in the garden’s sand.