The late japanese-american architect isamu noguchi took the concept of water supported foutains to another level when he created this incredible looking set of fountains for the world expo in osaka, japan. the effect is stunning and surreal, the boxes looking as if they are taking off under the force of their own water jets.
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The Naha Harbor Diner in Okinawa, Japan is a life-size rendition of a banyan tree.
The aptly-named Banyan Town shopping center near the entrance of Onoyama Park features a twenty foot tall tree with a pan-Asian restaurant nestled amid its branches.
Accessible by a spiral staircase around back and an in-trunk elevator, the restaurant specializes in locally [...]
You know the credit crunch is biting when restaurant owners have to start employing monkeys to wait on tables.
Kaoru Otsuka, owner of the tavern, says the 2 monkeys are their household pets, but one day he noticed one of them mimicking a waiter by giving the customer a hot towel in the restaurant. They have [...]
