The Tokyo Tower is perhaps Japan’s most iconic structure – a mammoth symbol of advanced modernity. And today’s 9.0-magnitude quake rocked the 333m tall steel tip completely crooked – what must be an unnerving reminder looming over Tokyo’s residents.
Tiny houses are not uncommon, especially in Tokyo. But Fuyuhito Moriya’s three-storey pad (which he bravely shares with his mother) is among the most impressive I’ve ever seen. It sits atop a single parking space.
He may look big enough to squeeze into, like the R2-D2 from the other day, but I wouldn’t suggest trying – judging by the video below, he’s quite deft with the jaw-snapping and isn’t too stable on his feet either.
History will tell you that the first successful Sony product was the Type G tape recorder, a hulking behemoth of metal and tape that took the world by storm. But up the back of the Sony Archives museum in Tokyo, another product showed itself as a success for the company before they even took the Sony name: an electric cushion.
