Is it a Capsule Hotel or a Coffin
[youtube cOHlzskNdM0] When it comes to interesting and odd inventions you can’t beat the Japanese. The Capsule Hotel was first developed in 1979 as cheap accommodation in space starved Osaka and the idea quickly...
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Pachinko – gambling Japan style
[youtube DYXZCcmY6nY] The pachinko parlor is a type of gaming hall that is unique to Japan. A pachinko machine uses small steel balls that players load into the machine in order to win more...
Dinner on the Tube
[youtube ywLhNwSBizE] While we enjoyed the video above of this group of people setting up their dinner party in a London Tube Train, its probably not recommended and perhaps frowned upon by the transit...
Are you up to Hello Kitty Land
[youtube PiE8tcWBKB0] Puroland in Tokyo is an indoor theme park dedicated to the Sanrio characters of whom the most famous is everyone’s favorite cat, Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty is something of a phenonemum in...
Red Square
[youtube NeoIHxSaEaU] Red Square is the most famous city square in Moscow and is often considered the as the centre of Moscow. During the Soviet years Red Square is where all the important military...
Thailand’s Maeklong railway market
[youtube uc0Tx3Drt4E] A video that has been hitting our email boxes recently prompted us to do a bit more investigation on it, it is of a market on a railway line in Thailand where...
Central Lenin Stadium
[youtube hX9N3Vj6ES8] Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow was originally known as Central Lenin Stadium and was the main arena of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The Stadium is part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex comprising of...
The real Casa Bonita is not far from South Park
[youtube SNy6DY8ue_c] Many of you may know the name Casa Bonita from the South Park episode where Cartman tricks Butters into hiding for a week so he can go in his place to his...
Don’t mess with the traffic in Shanghai
[youtube cj4LrSxjTIM] It’s well known that China is one of the most populated countries on earth, but have you stopped to think how they all get around? Check out the video above of a...
Get on board the Horizontal Lift
[youtube JboYJ2j0-OU] What is a “Horizontal Lift” you may ask? Well it a unique subway station design only found in St Petersburg, Russia. St Peterburg’s subway system was built in the late 1950’s when...
