Be a Japanese “Box Man”
Some musician round eyes just asked me if there was way to, ‘reduce the sound coming out’ of my Japanese rabbit box apartment?
The Japanese novel “Box Man” by Kobo Abe has the best way to deal with this problem—just move onto the streets of Tokyo and put a large box over yourself. Voila, no more housing problems. Read an excerpt here.
Yamaha has a more upscale version of Abe’s existential novel. Released last year and extensively covered in Gizmodo and many other blogs is Yamaha’s MyRoom(tm) which lets you box yourself up in your already-way-too-small Tokyo micro-apartment. Better yet, lock your loved ones in the box and get some peace and quiet, hee, hee.
Watch the flash slideshow and read the funky machine translation at Yamaha’s MyRoom sales site.
Yamaha MyRoom
Ready for Ethernet, TV cable, and two phone lines
Price: Natural finish: 438,900 yen, Standard: 522,900 yen, Deluxe: 627,900Yamaha MyRoom website (in Japanese)
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