Trending now - The Pocky dance!

What is the Pocky dance?
What is the 'Share Happi Pose'?
Well ... it's sort of advertising.

According to Glico (the company that makes Pocky), the 'Share happi pose' is supposed to look like how you hold and eat Pocky.

The Pocky dance has become a huge phenomenon, and people are learning the dance, filming themselves and uploading to Youtube across Japan!

Have a look :

“The Sharehappi Pose is something that conveys how to hold Pocky and how to recommend it to other people through a unique visual performance. We hope to link copying of the pose to the act of actually eating the product.”

Read more at: http://www.campaignasia.com/article/case-study-how-glico-re-energised-pocky-with-a-dance-move/407209

Japan: Both Traditional and Modern

Origami - not just folding for fun!!!

Of course origami is a fun and engaging activity, and it also teaches alot about basic engineering! Have you ever stopped to think, though, just how far origami can go?

Have a look at this video about famous physicist and origami enthusiast, Robert Lang. Robert used to work for NASA and used the basic principals of origami to create some amazing - literally out of this world - projects.

And here, Robert will teach you how to create some beautiful origami: