It is a nice idea to be worried about preventing the waste of
waribashi—disposable chopsticks—millions of disposable chopsticks are
thrown away after a single-use.
A former city employee in the Fukushima prefecture town of Koriyama
has built a 4-meter long canoe from 7,382 of used
disposable chopsticks recovered from the city hall cafeteria. Bothered
that perfectly good wood was going to [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Save The Woods – Canoe made from disposable chopsticks
July 24, 2008Japanese man finds homeless woman living in his closet
July 24, 2008 You won’t belive it.
A homeless woman has been arrested after living undetected for almost a year in a tiny cupboard in a man’s house in Japan. The woman, identified as 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa, was found by police searching the home of the man, who believed he lived alone in Fukuoka.
The resident of the house, who [...]
Euro 2008 Football Live Streaming provided by WOWOW maybe the most expensive in the world
July 12, 2008
On the website of EURO 2008 you can find live streaming. The rights for this service holds nearest broadcaster to your region. For example, for those who live in Japan WOWOW is the broadcaster of EURO 2008. Infortunately it is the most expensive in the world. In many countries it is even free. Here I will attach some [...]
First European Sumo Champion
July 12, 2008Japan has a new sumo champion, and this time he is european.
Kotooshu, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, said: “I can’t believe it. I’ve let so many chances slip through my hands before”. He became the seventh foreign wrestler to win a tournament. The two reigning grand champions are Mongolian.
Kotooshu, from a village near the [...]
UEFA CUP trophy is going to Zenit
July 12, 2008
Yahoo!!!!! Zenit – Glasgow Rangers 2:0
New victory of russian football. Three years have past since CSKA Moscow won UEFA CUP trophy, and now trophy is back to Russia again. But this time not in Moscow but to St.Petersburg. Nobody believed that Zenit could go that far. Even when it reached semi-finals everyone expected them to lose against Bayern München. Here are some [...]
