Bouncing Red Ball

Gundam is alive! Or, at least, he’s already standing unsupported. {Photo by Mainichi}
As reported earlier, this giant 35-ton, 18-meter badass Gundam is set to be unveiled in Odaiba, Tokyo on July 11 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Gundam Moblie Suit robot franchise. It will be open to the public (for free) until [...]

Toshiro at HDRi Life has been walking the streets of Tokyo, photographing the people and structures of its urban scenery in HDR.
Shot with ultra-wide-angle and fisheye lenses, his photos present a disconcerting landscape of surreal colors and impossibly bent structures that make Japan’s megalopolis look more cold and inhospitable than it really is.
A lot more [...]

If apocalyptic future will come through nuclear weapons, then only Japan (brought to its knees with two atomic bombs in the closing stages of World War II) has a first-hand experience of what it will look like.
Here Tokyo Genso (Tokyo Fantasy) gives us his images of Japan in a catastrophic future, with buildings in ruins [...]

Chris Willson is a British-born writer, photographer and lecturer based in Okinawa, Japan whose work have been featured in various publications, advertising and documentaries.
His website, Travel67, contains samples of his previous work and an online gallery of photos from his travels around the country. Poster sized limited edition prints of his photos, shot with medium-format [...]

Designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, the Tokyo International Forum (東京国際フォーラム) is an exhibition and concert hall and conference center in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Shaped like an elongated boat, its dramatic atrium features a graceful mesh of arched steel beams and glass walls.
This ultra-modern building located between Tokyo and Yurakucho Stations on the Yamanote Line is one [...]

This engaging short film about Tokyo was created by W0W, a Japanese creative design studio, to enhance Citizen’s booth at the recent BASELWORLD 2009, the watch and jewelry showcase event in Basel, Switzerland.
The theme of the movie is infinite possibilities for Eco-Drive, Citizen’s new model in its range. We cohesively combined images and meanings of [...]

Is it me or is there lately a trend to construct and showcase giant creatures and robots in Tokyo?
Tomorrow, another huge robot is coming to Tokyo.
Towering 7.2 meters (23.6 feet) above the crowd, Giant Torayan, a gigantic mechanical contraption that sings and dances and spews fire will debut (”wreck havoc” according to the video) in [...]

As if giant reptiles and radioactive moths are not enough, Gundam has to take care of another menace that has invaded the shores of metropolitan Tokyo.
As preparations for the 150th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama Port get underway, French technicians have been surreptitiously assembling the appendages of [The Spider], two which will be unleashed [...]