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South China Morning Post
07-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Japanese firm pays US$7 to scan and capture people's brainwaves, turn them into art
A Japanese company is inviting people to 'sell their brainwaves' so they can be turned into art. Advertisement The firm has attracted significant online attention by offering to transform the inner thoughts and emotions of people into works of modern art. Once this is done, BWTC Metaverse Store in Tokyo's Chiyoda district sells the brainwave artwork. The company says the brain wave scanning process takes just 100 seconds. Photo: handout Its 'Buying Brainwaves' slogan is prominently displayed at the shop front and immediately draws curious onlookers. The firm aims to challenge conventional ideas of artistic creation by showing that brainwave data can go beyond scientific graphs to become distinctive visual masterpieces. For just 100 seconds of brainwave scanning, participants can earn 1,000 Japanese yen (US$7). Advertisement The process is simple. Go to the shop, put on a special brainwave-scanning device and relax. Your brain's unique activity is captured and instantly transformed into a personalised piece of art.
03-06-2025
- Lifestyle
Authentic Regional Ramen in Tokyo: The 2025 Guide
Unraveling the history of Japan's various regional takes on the classic dish of ramen serves up a taste of local history. For example, people living in frigid Hokkaidō mixed rich miso and lard into their ramen to warm up. People in Kyūshū developed tonkotsu pork bone broth ramen with influence from a local abundance of pig farms. No matter where you get it, the real joy of regional ramen is the tastes of the diverse ingredients and clever adaptations that helped birth local variations. There are so many ramen styles across Japan that there simply is no room to list them all, but below are some major styles. Until recently, aficionados had to travel to each region to get a taste of their local ramen, but now it's as simple as making your way around Tokyo. In 2025, Japan's capital has a wide selection of authentic regional shops. Here, we offer up a few of those many shops carefully selected and approved by true locals. Click the links for details. Ramen from Hokkaidō/Tōhoku Sapporo-style miso ramen: Ōshima (Funabori, Edogawa); Aomori-style niboshi ramen: Nagao Chūkasoba (Kanda Ogawamachi, Chiyoda); Fukushima-style Shirakawa ramen: Mensōan Sunada (Sugamo, Toshima) Ramen from Kantō/Chūbu Niigata-style shōga-jōyu ramen: Aoshima Shokudō (Kanda Sakumachō, Chiyoda); Yokohama-style iekei ramen: Kan2ya (Nishi Kamata, Ōta); Nagoya-style Taiwan ramen: Kaku Masayoshi Misen (Uchi-Kanda, Chiyoda, and Shinbashi, Minato) Ramen from Kansai/Chūgoku Kyoto-style shōyu ramen: Honke Daiichi Asahi (Shinjuku, Shinjuku and Kanda Jinbōchō, Chiyoda); Hiroshima-style shirunashi tantanmen : King-ken (Kajichō, Chiyoda) Ramen from Shikoku/Kyūshū/Okinawa Tokushima-style ramen: Haruma (Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku); Hakata-style ramen: Tanaka Shōten (Hitotsuya, Adachi) (Originally published in Japanese. Banner photo: A careful selection of regional ramen available in Tokyo. © Yamakawa Daisuke.)
