"Zombie Meat," an exquisite new Japanese snack for the horror enthusiast, consists of bite-sized chunks of tender blue flesh that, according to the package, has been aged to deadly perfection at the graveyard.
Zombie Meat
The ghastly meat snack, which tastes remarkably like peppered beef jerky, can be found at select shops in Japan for 399 yen (about $4.50) per pack.
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The winner of the 2010 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest is "Impossible Motion: Magnet-like Slopes," a three-dimensional object with slopes that appear to defy the laws of gravity when viewed from a certain angle. Created by engineering professor Kokichi Sugihara from the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences.
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Japanese toy giant Bandai is set to release a series of nifty kanji figures that transform into the shapes of the animals they represent. The shape-shifting critters, called Mojibakeru (moji means "character" and bakeru means "to change"), come in six varieties -- 犬 (dog), 虎 (tiger), 魚 (fish), 馬 (horse), 鳥 (bird) and 竜 (dragon) -- and are available in black, white, yellow and blue.
Inubakeru - The 犬 (inu, "dog") kanji transforms into a dog
Torabakeru - The 虎 (tora, "tiger") kanji transforms into a tiger
Uobakeru - The 魚 (uo/sakana, "fish") kanji transforms into a fish
Umabakeru - The 馬 (uma, "horse") kanji transforms into a horse
Toribakeru - The 鳥 (tori, "bird") kanji transforms into a bird
Ryūbakeru - The 竜 (ryū, "dragon") kanji transforms into a dragon
The collectible toys will be priced at 100 yen (about $1) each when they hit shelves in Japan next week.
Want to buy Mojibakeru? Email shop@pinktentacle.com for details.
Here is a collection of early 20th century travel posters for Japanese steamship companies (from the book Miwaku no Funatabi, published by the Museum of Maritime Science, 1993).
Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1909
Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1916
Oriental Steamship Co., 1919 (Chinese poster)
Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1916
Japan Mail Steamship Co. (NYK), 1910
Korean Mail Steamship Co., 1918
Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1912
Japan Mail Steamship Co. (NYK), 1914
Japan Mail Steamship Co. (NYK), 1940
Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1909
Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1916
Oriental Steamship Co., 1914
Japan Mail Steamship Co. (NYK), 1909
Japan Mail Steamship Co. (NYK), 1928-1930
