Cool hunting

For a country I’ve never visited, Japan has certainly made me smile a lot.  It seems only they could somehow make combing the land for treasure as cool as this: Akai Tori

For those of you without a working knowledge of Japanese you’re going to have to trust me when I tell you that Akai Tori quest is a mixed reality treasure hunt intended to boost tourism on the small Japanese island of Enoshima.  Using a free piece of Nintendo DS software, users visiting the island can interact with one another as well as with the island through their DS’ Bluetooth connection…

Which is, frankly, just much more excellent than searching for real treasure with metal detectors ever will be.

Posted by: Simeon at sugar rush time on Thursday, 7th February 2008