Public Play Tokyo

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Anzen Taro - road safety flag wavers. I saw many human flag wavers on the motorways, but also plenty of LED or robot versions, warning drivers that roadworks are coming. 

There’s a flickr group of them here https://www.flickr.com/groups/anzentaro/

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The Barcoders

Musical project featuring an ensemble including Ei Wada performs music using barcode readers and, well, barcodes …

Performing at Maker Faire Tokyo 2018, above is a video compilation of examples shared on Twitter profile h.tanaka (have a look to see better quality video examples)

If you like this kind of project, you may like this video profile of Ei Wada put together by toco toco tv here

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Hanegi Park, Tokyo

A great playground made to stimulate kids physically. It’s full of changes of level and uneven surfaces, and thoughtful touches like the yellow maze whose walls tower above your head if you’re a kid, but are only chest height as a parent. I observed kids running and climbing and getting thrilled by cutting through a hillside in a concrete pipe. 

It uses colour to delineate the space to play, and colourful barriers designed to be just another piece of play equipment that can be swung on and jumped through.