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2007/11/16 Record Setting Japan Japan turns to big, bold Buddha, Kinki Kids to set the (loopy) record straight! Mainichi Daily News November 13, 2007 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/news/20071113p2g00m0dm006000c.html Japan may be a global leader in the production of things like cars and household electronics, but it's also right up there when it comes to obscure world records, judging by Shukan Josei weekly magazine (11/20). Take the Eejanaika, a roller coaster at the Fujikyu Highland amusement park in Yamanashi Prefecture, which the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes as having more revolutions than any other ride in the world. Seats on the hair-raising roller coaster spin around completely seven times throughout the duration of the ride, which also complete two full loops and spins around on rails another five times each time it completes a circuit for a total of 14 revolutions altogether. Another Japanese amusement park creating a world record is Fukui Prefecture's Shibamasa World, which is home to the Triplesaurus, a 26-meter-high behemoth whose 266.5 meters of track make it the world's longest water slide. The biggest bronze statue in the world is also in Japan in the form of the Ushiku Daibutsu, a huge statue of Buddha. The statue in Ibaraki Prefecture's Ushiku is a whopping 120 meters tall, three times the size of the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Also of unsurpassed girth is Japanese machinery maker Komatsu's D575A Superdozer, which Guinness also confirms is the world's largest bulldozer. The heavy machinery used for such tasks as open mining of coal has an incredible 1,150 horsepower engine, is 11.7 meters long, 7.4 meters wide and, at 4.9 meters high, is about three times the height of the average person. Japan also leads the world in vending machines per capita, according to the Japan Vending Machine Industry Association. "The United States, with 7.82 million vending machines, has more than any other country on earth, but on a per capita basis that's one machine for every 36 people," an association spokesman tells Shukan Josei. "Japan has 5.51 million vending machines, which is one for every 22 people." Considering vending machines in Japan have versions that speak to buyers or contain screens where news flashes can appear, there's little doubt that they lead the world in entertainment value, too, the women's weekly says. As well as having one of the more dubious band names in history, Japan's Kinki Kids have gone down in history as being the only performers whose first 25 songs released since their debut recording have come out in their first week at the top of the national music charts. Kinki Kids' 26th, and most recent, release "Eien ni" also topped the charts in its first week, extending their world record. Another obscure area of global domination where Japan reigns supreme is women's whistling, with professional whistler Tamiko Wakiyama taking out the classic and popular divisions on her way to claiming the women's open division title at the 34th World Whistling Championships held in the United States in April this year. The musical conservatory graduate has a three octave range with her whistles. "I guess I won the world championship because I had a good balance with my classical and pop music whistling," she tells Shukan Josei, adding she is booked for a World AIDS Day concert at Japan's premier venue, the Budokan, in December. "I'd be delighted to get as many people as possible listening to whistling." トラックバックこの記事のトラックバックの URL は次のとおりです。 http://tokyolifer.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C15CE2153B2A6689!2720.trak この記事を参照しているブログ
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