Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Sumida River in Tokyo Lighted By 100,000 Solar-Powered LED's



Once the word Japan through pass throw our ears then it open our minds to the limits of its forecast of all that is amazing and funky, and from today we will see how the Japanese lit river to celebrate!!
In the River Sumida in Tokyo launched Panasonic 100,000 units LED lighting to take place in the river in a ceremony called "Huhtaro", acelebration is organized for centuries and where he the Japanese was sitting on the banks of the river to watch the fireworks, but this year has the exceptional . 100,000 lighting units released to impress the ceremony visitors .

The word "Huhtaro" means the luminous fireflies or luminous beetles, and the idea of lighting units aim ​​ to simulate the movement of those bright fireflies in flight on the river, where it is believed that it was adorned with blazing lights deployed Sumida River wonderful before the human forcing encroachment it to search for another place!

The Wonderful thing in the lighting units is that not only the shape but also how they work, because it depends entirely on solar energy also Panasonic mentioned , the sponsor of this event, that it wanted to emphasize that the future is for clean energy.
  And the worth mentioning is that the distinctive building that appears in most of the photos is the new Tokyo Tower or Tokyo Skytree, which is the second tallest building in the world after Burj Dubai in Dubai, up 634 meters. This tower is used for broadcast television and radio next to the tourism observatory to watch the city of Tokyo.



Amazing Sculptures: Highly Detailed Paper Relief Sculptures


These sculptures are belongs to the US based artist and a trained architect Christina Lihan with a highly detailed paper relief. She designed these stunning sculptures by mounted them in shadowboxes through combination of her professional skills ranging from two to six inches deep, created and designed some of the world's famous landmark such as  Taj Mahal, Eiffel tower, buildings of US cities and some private residences





















The Strangest Museum In The World: Britain's History by Sand Sculpture!

In the city (Tatora) located west of Japan exists a unique museum of its kind which is the first in the world because its exhibits are sand sculpture .. 

This strange museum began on the fourteenth of April until the end of the current year to address some aspects of British life and culture such a work that embodies the British famous writer William Shakespeare.. 

This exhibition is coincide with the Olympic Games which held this summer in London. Participated in the completion of these sculptures fifteen artists from around the world, including only one Briton .. 

Many of the works represented some famous British figures such as historic Newton and Darwin













Of course, when we talk about London remember the Imperial Guard with strange hats ..


 In this distinctive landscape for the suburb (Westminster) which is famous in London and in it appeared the famous watch (Big Ben) in the background on the right of the picture ..




This figure is for Queen Elizabeth II