Seriously, what the? I think you can guess, so the new question becomes: why? I mean, how would you even use it? Heads up: this is one gadget that’s not exactly safe for work. More »
There’s nowhere in the world quite like Akihabara, Tokyo’s geeky “Electric Town”. It’s like Taipei’s Guang Hua technology market–but everywhere–and with manga, porn, cosplay, and maid cafés thrown into the mix. More »
Seriously, what would the world be like without crazy Japanese peripherals like the iPhone Dock Fan? Probably a lot hotter, that’s for sure. More »
They might look like regular people, but their gaming skills are anything but. They’re superplayers. They take gaming as far as it can physically go. More »
On June 8, 2008, 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato drove a rented truck into a crowd in Tokyo’s geek paradise, Akihabara. He got out and began stabbing random pedestrians. In his wake, seven were left dead and ten injured. More »
Japan is generally considered to be one of the most technologically advanced cultures in the world. With companies like Panasonic, Toshiba, Canon and Sony all hailing from Japan, it really isn’t a surprise. Here are five technologies commonplace in Japan I wish we had in Australia. More »
Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I had no idea Logitech was known as “Logicool” in Japan. Seems like an odd decision. More »
There’s no place more fitting for a Gundam Cafe than in Tokyo’s Akihabara district. Sadly Japanese maids don’t draw hearts in syrup over your pancakes or put “love spells” on you like at Maid Cafes… but there are Gundam biscuits! More »
