paulafrom2son (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} paulafrom2son) wrote,@ 2007-10-20 19:06:00 |
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Japan does cute so well
I posted this in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
japanese_news, but thought it was worth posting here too...
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(look closely at the picture)
Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place
"The fact that such ideas were greeted with straight faces, or even appeared at all, underscores Japanese society's fondness for oddball ideas and inventions."
"The “manhole bag,” another of Ms. Tsukioka’s inventions, is a purse that can hide your valuables by unfolding to look like a round sewer cover. These ideas might strike foreigners as far-fetched,” Ms. Tsukioka said, “but in Japan, they can become reality.”
