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curiousphotos.blogspot.com — Oh, these Japanese ... Where so much fantasy?

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  • ZephyrNinety, on 10/24/2007, -7/+643Upon further inspection, I realized that there are no wet Asian girls in this post.
    • Spiffy101, on 10/11/2007, -4/+43buried for getting my hopes up D:
    • NikoKun, on 10/11/2007, -3/+51does this count?
      http://bp0.blogger.com/_TMlQo_69v-0/RpjeOC_iHfI/AAAAAAAAKn8/5HcxgjbwojU/s1600-h/05.jpg
      *shivers*
    • stklaw, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13I bet you want to play dead under that glass
      someone's gonna call 911
      • neiltc13, on 10/11/2007, -12/+24No, they'll probably call 119. You're a pretty stupid American if you think that calling 911 in Japan will get you anywhere.
        • shertzerj, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Why exactly would he be stupid? When have I ever had to know what the emergency number in Japan is? Do you know what the emergency number in Finland is off the top of your head?
        • KlayBorg, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3But you should be smart enough to know that the whole world doesn't use the same number.
          • theone3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1112 on a GSM mobile, anywhere in the world.
        • ShawnHunt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10I think you're pretty stupid for thinking it matters. It was a joke.
        • resplence, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Actually, had he said 119 the joke would be lost, since the vast majority of people here does not either know or care that this is the emergency number in Japan. We would most likely think he mistyped 911.

          Anyway, I think he'd be better off saying someone's gotta call 01189998819991197253.
          • stevea1210, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Dugg up for IT Crowd reference.
          • GeekyGerge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's more like - 0118999881999119725... 3
      • watermelongunn, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4*Cue pointless potshot at Americans*
    • FMKaiba, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9It got my hopes up for nothing. Next we need an article '100 Bi asian girls trapped in pool' that would be more to my interests
    • randomgeek, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Dugg for the comments on the blog alone. Hilarious!
    • Purin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4BUT...there's the Snorg Tees girl on the side.
  • on9star, on 10/14/2007, -35/+7Spongebob : Sea critters are waaay better than land critters!
  • luet, on 10/16/2007, -11/+123So how does it work? Is it just glass that looks like water or a 1 foot layer of water encased in glass? Or what?
    • IceBurn, on 10/14/2007, -7/+123Most likely less then six inches of water over a heavy duty sheet of glass or plexi-glass like material. Cool idea, but it begs the question: Why?
      • Warptera, on 10/11/2007, -2/+93To put pictures on the Internet, duhhh. :p
      • jlewicki, on 10/11/2007, -2/+108Because they are Japanese. There is no equivalent of the the English word "why" in the Japanese language.
        • quick1, on 10/11/2007, -20/+7I'm pretty sure ***** fills that role.
        • accessviolation, on 10/11/2007, -17/+2quick1: Sure does
        • Random832, on 10/11/2007, -14/+7I thought "why" was "naze"
        • yakuzablitz, on 10/11/2007, -7/+20I'm pretty sure that comment was a joke guys. :P Of course there are words equivalent to "Why?"
        • accessviolation, on 10/11/2007, -6/+7Random832: naze also means "why." I'm not sure what the difference is, though I would surmise that naze is less formal than *****. Generally shorter = less formal.
      • razrielle, on 10/11/2007, -16/+18Their Japanese, has anything they made make any sense?
      • shirosamurai, on 10/11/2007, -2/+76"Cool idea, but it begs the question: Why?"

        Better question: Why not?
      • jlyoung, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12only stupid people ask why? smart people ask how? if everyone asked why, then the internet would still be a fantasy.
      • substrom, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11"it begs the question: Why?"

        bubba confused!! hurt bubbas head!!
      • fusion5, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Why? Why are you Americans building 50 meter cows and lava lamps and all that sort of creepy stuff? I guess for the same reason, only with much more taste :P
    • kevlarbaboon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+200Clearly some kind of wizard's spell.
    • SharkyTech, on 10/11/2007, -6/+28It's glass holding up a layer of water. It's just a glass-bottomed pond.
      • Kazenodeku, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Compare images 04.jpg and 06.jpg. Off to the right of the ladder a little, there's the same circular ripple pattern in both shots, so I'm thinking glass, or at the very least a glass ripple pattern with water over that. There could be something there generating that same ripple, but I kind of doubt it.
    • a0me, on 10/14/2007, -0/+45For those interested it's actually one of the main attraction of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in the Kanazawa prefecture.

      http://www.kanazawa21.jp/opening_exhibition/opening_diary/diary09_041014.html
    • Dolomite, on 10/14/2007, -23/+2RTFA
      • Wilf55, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Japanese pool with a secret

        Oh, these Japanese ... Where so much fantasy?

        Click the Photos to Enlarge

        --------------

        That's all the text from the article - which part should we read ?
    • accessviolation, on 10/11/2007, -9/+1It's probably a art installation in a museum or park. I doubt this serves any practical purpose.
  • Drumrboy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+34reminds me of that glitch in tony hawk underground in the Canada level i believe.
    you would grind a rail, hit the wall then when you went back you fell under water :-P
  • sv7nsson, on 10/16/2007, -2/+289Man I'd hate to be the guy who tries to dive in!
    • crashflow, on 11/01/2007, -3/+69I'd hate to be the guy who pushes him in.

      "oh *****, he's walking on water...oh *****...oh *****..."
      • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -3/+46More like "oh *****, he fell to the bottom and the water's making him bleed"
        • contradictator, on 11/01/2007, -1/+46I'd hate to be one of the people underneath when all that water, broken glass and a bleeding guy fall on them.
    • Fr4nk2012, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24Thats funny because I'd love it if you were the guy who tried to dive in.
    • rahuldj, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2If anyone dives in.. i seriously hope that there is no glass on top of that pool which we are not seeing... yet..
  • h4mx0r, on 10/16/2007, -4/+214That is so damned awesome and yet so damned pointless.
  • Onibus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+37Damn it, what'd I tell you about drowning my guests?
  • JenadaeXX, on 10/14/2007, -4/+171I really dont get whats going on here and "Oh, these Japanese ... Where so much fantasy?" doesn't help me.
    • yndy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17It's an art installation - where there's a room, where people can walk, in the bottom of a "pool" - covered by glass that has water on top of it - so from the top it looks like there are people standing fully dressed on the bottom of the pool - and from the bottom it looks like looking up from the bottom of a pool.
    • blumph, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9the only thing i can think of regarding the "fantasy" bit is if they used the pool as some kind of weird japanese porno prop. i'll stop there....
    • adamrgolf, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1who what when where where.... and how
    • Cerium, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I think the fantasy part comes from an idea used in many fantasy novels. The main character becomes in tune with nature (or whatever reasoning) and the first thing he or she does is lay at the bottom of a lake for a long time.
      • darkamster07, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4ummmmm... what? I never knew lake-laying was a big theme in fantasy books
  • ursername180, on 10/14/2007, -13/+130I for one would like to welcome our new Japanese sea-dwelling overlords.
  • jeepay, on 10/11/2007, -9/+18Imagine the guy who dive into the pool and then hits the glass head first because there was nobody under it...
    • Fr4nk2012, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13okay, now what.....

      still imagining, so now what?...

      am I supposed to laugh?
    • quakeIII, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Who the hell dives into a random pool?
  • imelstevo, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2i don't get it....
    • Fr4nk2012, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12I told everyone you wouldn't get it.
  • ferrell, on 10/14/2007, -4/+52CANNONBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    oops!
    • Fr4nk2012, on 10/11/2007, -12/+4"oops"

      did you accidentally put in one exclamation mark more than you intended?
      • mrchimp, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Lol Fr4nk2012

        You're such an ***** to everyone who comments
  • gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -5/+15You can see in the 4th picture how the ladder is split, where the "water surface" is.
  • TeCuervo, on 10/14/2007, -0/+86Simple. There is a force-field underneath.
  • michaelb1, on 10/14/2007, -3/+134This pool would never happen in America.

    Someone would sue for the mere possibilty of diving in a breaking their neck.
    • parirami, on 10/11/2007, -6/+9it wont happen in America because O'reilly will lambast it for being a lame idea having no practical purpose relating to fighting the war. Of which at least a gazillion gullible viewers will believe in - having bibles and all to exorcise the ghost that holds the water.

      tsk tsk tsk medieval.
      • soupdawg30, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I don't think old Bill would give a crap.
  • soot, on 10/11/2007, -14/+5What is this christian magic?!
  • dillibob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+34its obviously a level in the new final fantasy game.
  • therearenorules, on 10/11/2007, -4/+4that is tripping me out
  • dvddesign, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Anyone know if this is a permanent installation, and if so, where one could go see it, say later in the year?
  • Kevinok, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2I want to know more.
  • NikoKun, on 10/11/2007, -4/+65OMG Look at her TEETH! XD
    http://bp0.blogger.com/_TMlQo_69v-0/RpjeOC_iHfI/AAAAAAAAKn8/5HcxgjbwojU/s1600-h/05.jpg

    *Scary* @_@ It's like something out of a Steven King movie... >_>
  • Sil369, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2Is there any oxygen in there?
    • IceBurn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24Nope. None at all. A complete vacuum.



      *sigh*
      • Ductapemaster, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13You can't 'sigh' in a vacuum!
        • romistrub, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Are you saying I can't exhale in a vacuum, *****?
  • motheroats, on 10/14/2007, -8/+3i hope they don't drown! those Japaneses with their toucher and *****. I ate cereal while viewing this.
  • Sil369, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Hello giant fish tank
  • Dolomite, on 10/11/2007, -17/+2Wouldn't it be awesome if we all sent Kevin Rose a few bucks so he could go see this in person. Then he could do a SubSystem or something and tell us all how it works. I'm game, what do you diggers think?
    • Fr4nk2012, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12I think you have a crush
    • scottybea, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1HAHA! thats a pretttty dumb idea
      and im amazed you could not use simple logic to figure it out
  • flclfan22, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2It's clearly glass with a layer of water on top of it.
  • NateVonSocks, on 10/14/2007, -6/+1I would live in that thing, it would be so cool... get like a fridge, a TV, a kitchen... yeah....

    Wait....... how do they get oxygen?!?! And would that be considered drowning or suffocating?!?!?!? O_O
  • alexray0, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3OMG, get the Troops to Hawaii, the Japs have developed Gills!!!
  • egress123, on 10/11/2007, -0/+37It's funny to see that picture in Digg. I've been there last year with my wife. It's part of an abstract art museum.
    There are two clear acrylic glasses about a foot apart and water is filled inside. The top surface is also filled with about 4 to 5 inches of water so that it just look like water.

    The museum was amazing.
    • quakeIII, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4To all those making diving and injuring jokes: nice try, but EVERYONE knows not to go diving in an abstract art museum.
    • SurrealDream, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yeah, I've been there too. It's in the Kanazawa modern art museum. Pretty interesting exhibits there, especially the coffee room with all the rats running about.
  • Swarley, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12why am i not going underwater
    dear god why am i not going underwater
    • peteophile44, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1not enough digs for such a great show
    • darkamster07, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I tip my hat off to you, sir.
    • climbon321, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It's not part of my trick.



      It's part of my illusion!
  • stoikiometry, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2gd pit dwellers in q3. at least they die if they jump
  • mediatwo, on 10/11/2007, -19/+0just read http%3A//www.kanazawa21.jp/opening_exhibition/opening_diary/diary09_041014.html about this exhibit.

    There is only 10 cm's of water that seperate the bottom of the pool from the surface.

    Incidently NO Glass is used. On that page you can see a boy who climbs up the later and puts his hand through the water. This is very remarkable, and the museum is not saying how this was accomplished neither.

    Tons of ppl are lining up for this one..
    • flyryan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7wtf are you talking about!? that kid does NOT have his hand through the water... he is still about 2 feet from the top.....

      There is DEFINITELY glass there. Did you even translate the page?
    • zzz@tkz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8And the award for the most gullible person goes to...
  • independent, on 10/11/2007, -9/+1more at www.mydentify.com
  • egress123, on 10/11/2007, -0/+39Ok, I found a movie clip I took while I was there.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7paSzXEe2Q

    mediatwo, You can't put the hand through the water. I was under there as well, and there is no way to do that.

    • yakuzablitz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2It'd be cool if they could somehow manipulate the water to form ripples appropriate to where the people are walking, just to add to the realism a bit. Anyway, thanks for the link.
  • hayseed, on 10/11/2007, -4/+16im in ur pool
  • Sabretou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Reminds me of the 'underwater footballing' scene in Shaolin Soccer...
  • FujiwaraTofu, on 10/14/2007, -0/+13The artist actually isn't Japanese
    http://www.leandroerlich.com.ar/
    • chrisxkelley, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5god DAMN that is a terrible flash site.
      • MScrip, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Ah yes... Flash for an art gallery site... form over function.

        I hate Flash sites... especially bad ones!
  • pr0phet491, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Lol I'd clench my throat and pretend I was drowning so someone would try and jump in to rescue me.
    • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Yeah get everyone to lay down dead, and just a single person on their back with arms flailing, that'd get some jumpers quick.
  • stevesb1, on 10/11/2007, -6/+0those crafty japs
  • Levarris, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5"They all float"
  • redialtac, on 10/14/2007, -9/+6this is what happens when you nuke a society
  • XxERMxX, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Notart.
  • awesty, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That is so cool!
  • TheBigBad, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3All your pools are belong to us.
  • chicagobiker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11The first and second comments there are gold!
    • Pikachelsea, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Indeed. Dugg for how every single person in the thread is tearing the first commenter a new one. Hilarious.
  • Draking6008, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Whatever Japanese engineers have been smoking....................................... i want some
  • HappyScrappy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2How do they get in and out of the under water area? I assume there is a door in the pool wall?
    • grieks, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2I assume you state the obvious... almost as bad as this guy:

      negzero7 said...

      obviously there is a clear top to the room with water on it. It gives the illusion everyone is underwater hanging out but clearly fake. In one picture you can see the ladder is split. Plus if they were really under water their hair would be floating and not pressed against their heads.
      10:51 PM
  • tybris, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4This thing has traveled all over the world (or its replicas), I've been in one in Rome. It really looks very realistic.
  • fizz, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9http://www.leandroerlich.com.ar/
    Actually this "Swimming Pool" belongs in an art museum at Kanazawa City.
    And it was directed by Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich.

    You guys should do some research before turning into "OMG! creepy Japan!!" easily, each and every time.
    • potskie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2But all the little kids on digg get frightened very easily. They don't have time to look things up before they are to terrified to do anything more than make stupid comments.
    • ephesus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I've been to this museum, and I still think Japan is creepy. Get off your high horse there buddy.
  • Prodigal19, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Im pretty sure that the best part of this page is the negzero guy being completely obliterated by others.
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