Today, we would like to introduce about the bus stops in Japan. Of course there are many bus stops in your country as well, its design and figure may vary…

“There seems to be a vehicle, called amphibian tax in Osaka, Japan, but are you interested to try sometime?”  Such a casual question was the start of this amazing experience… …

  Starting May 13, one of the biggest taxi companies in Japan, Nihon Kotsu, began providing a unique service called “Jintsu Taxi” (literally, “labor pain taxi”). Jintsu Taxi caters to…

  Look at this image attached above. At a glance, the man looks normal. However, he is actually a clever arrangement of eighteen people (*_*)! Every single person is making…

I would like to introduce newly-developed iPhone application to help avoid falling asleep at the wheel. This app was developed by a research group of a university in Japan.  …

Sometimes it surprises me to know that something that I use everyday was actually invented in Japan, especially the things that are used worldwide and named in English. Out of…

In Japan, there is a variety of designs for taxi top signs, and each taxi company has a distinctive top light. It’s kind of a familiar sight to us Japanese,…

In Fukuoka prefecture, you can find gorgeous black taxies designed Hakata-ori Textile, a famous, traditional art craft in Fukuoka.     Against the shiny black body, striped pattern called Kenjo…

Cars are sometimes cartoonized in films and anime, but what if it becomes real? Well, there is a possibility! Nissan, Hara Design Institute, and Roica (Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation) experimentally…

  Have you heard of “melody road” in Japan? It is a strange asphalt road that makes a musical tunes when a car runs on it. It is expected to…

The other day, I made a post about this unique taxi service on the JAPAN Style Facebook page. Do you know the Japanese popular manga “Ichigo Mashimaro”? (I didn’t know…