Japanese Visual Multiplication

I have no idea if this is true – or even if it works – but by god, it is beautiful.

Gonzo Kid’s Playground

Tezuka Architects looked at the kid’s playground, and realized it didn’t need so much same-old. The first images are of the Pavilion Hakone, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido. It was designed to be experienced in stages, with the forest hike an integral part. Fabric artist Toshiko Macadam designed the ant colony inspired interior, using computer modeling. Egg from the associated Hakone Open Air Museum.

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Tampopo

Part spaghetti western, part hard-boiled detective story, part comedic sketch compilation, and all over poor girl made good film, Tampopo is the Juuzo Itami film most known in the West. And with good reason. With just enough sex and death to keep things interesting, and just enough close human observation and humor to keep you smiling, Tampopo (it means ‘Butterfly’, which is the name of the main character, and also the name of her noodle restaurant) is hard not to love. With its love of craft, perfecting one’s skills, and of appreciating fine things in life (before it’s too late), Tampopo somehow says everything within its few dozen minutes.

Lovely stuff. Grab a copy if you can.