Fashion/Tecnology: New Japanese Fashion: LED Lights for Your Teeth

The new fashion accessories were originally created as an experiment by two Japanese designers and are now being used in a commercial advertising a winter sale at a Japanese clothing store, Laforet Harajuku. They are quickly becoming a sought after accessory.

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Woman-Only Train Car (Taken with Instagram at Tokyo)

Technology/Robots: Actroid-F

Realistic robot with the most human of facial expressions, as you can see in the video above; the Guinness Book of World Records marks it as the “first true android.” Has robotics finally crossed the Uncanny Valley? Or is this even creepier than robots that we know for sure to be robots?

/via geekosystem.com

Photography: Cruise Shibuya 109

Great movement in this photo. I love how it sucks you right into the streets of Shibuya. I really must go back to Tokyo soon.

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(Source: mountainbook-tokyo)

Art/Photography: Just Like Shinjuku

When I see images like this one, I instantly want to stop everything I’m doing and hop on a plane to Tokyo.   

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Just Like Shinjuku… by colodio

West of Shinjuku around 5 in the morning