Kaukokaipuu Kobo

19/06/2022

RELEASED: Polydrama: Weather VR180. Hard time adjusting to a new normal? Imagine the bigger changes we will have to make if we avoid taking action on the worst news simply because it's too hard to listen to.
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19/06/2022

RELEASED: This episode we travel down the Taté River. If you remember the Oyoko River we visited before, your should note that “yoko” means horizontal. This river, “taté” means vertical. When the Tokugawa shogunate took control, they created many of the canals you see today. On the eastern edge of Edo (now Tokyo) canals were excavated in a grid pattern. Taté and yoko refers to their vertical or horizontal layout relative to the Sumida River. The bridges, “Ichi-no-hashi,” “Ni-no-hashi,” and “San-no-hashi” hyphenated here for emphasis means “First Bridge,” “Second Bridge,” and “Third Bridge,” as they were the first through third bridges in from the Sumida River. Many bridges have been built since, so they no longer “first” or “second,” but their names hint at their origins.
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19/06/2022

RELEASED: This episode we travel down the Kyunaka River. The “kyu” in the name means “formerly.” This river was actually the lower portion of the Naka River to the north, but was cut off in 1924 as part of the Ara River Flood Bypass. Sealed by floodgates at both ends, it is actually 1 meter lower than the Ara River. The beauty of the cherry blossom lined parks which extend down both sides of the river belies the tragedy of the deaths of more than 3000 people who tried to escape the ensuing fires of the Great Tokyo Air Raid of 10 March 1945. Every year memorial lanterns are launched into the river from the Fureai bridge. Although the floodgates are usually closed, they are opened for this event, so that the lanterns may exit into the Ara River.
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12/04/2022

Did you miss the cherry blossoms? This episode we travel up Meguro River, a very special place for us since it flows past our windows. Unfortunately the river is too shallow for our boat to reach our office, but there is plenty to see along the way. We enter the river from Tokyo bay and continue to an area just downhill from Meguro station. Meguro River was once named Koritori River. “Kori” is a water purification ritual and the river was so named because the devout would purify themselves in the river before worshipping at Ryusenji, a buddhist temple also known as Meguro Fudo from which the area gets its name. Although shallow, seasonal rains often made the river dangerous, so beginning in the Taisho era, construction was started to control the waters. For each phase of construction, local wealthy merchants would plant trees along the banks in celebration. There are now more than 800 “Somei-yoshino” cherry blossom trees to delight visitors during hanami (flower viewing) season.

お花見、見逃しましたか？大丈夫です！今回は満開時期の目黒川を案内します。目黒川と言えば、我々カウコカイプ工房の窓のほぼ真下に流れていますので特に親しみあります。残念ながら中目黒辺りでは目黒川は浅すぎて我々の船では入れませんが、その途中でも見応えあります。東京湾から、通りすがりの東京モノレールの下を潜り、品川橋を通過して目黒川に突入し、目黒雅叙園の辺りまで進みます。江戸時代で下目黒付近では、こりとり川と呼ばれていました。「こり」（垢離）とは、水で心身を清める行為であり、参拝者は川で身を清めてから近くの瀧泉寺に参った事から由来する。瀧泉寺は別名で目黒不動尊と通称され、やがてこの地域が目黒と呼ばれる事になった説もあります。水深は浅くても大雨が降ると川が氾濫する災害が多かったため、大正期から護岸工事が繰り返された。その護岸工事が終える都度に、ローカルの賢者が記念に桜を植え、今では800本以上のソメイヨシノが目黒川岸を並び、毎年300万人の花見客を喜ばせています。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/1239776849884366/

11/04/2022

How to say our name.

社名の発音ガイドです。

11/04/2022

It's sakura season! This episode we start at the western end of the Oyoko River and turn south on the Heikyu River to where the waters join the Shiohama Canal. The Oyoko River was once Inohori River and Oshima River but was combined in 1965. The area was once bustling with cargo vessels and barges. Although not the commercial waterway it once was, it is now known for its cherry blossom trees.

今回は大横川の西から上って平久川に合流し、水門を潜って汐浜運河に下ります。1965年、場所によって堀川や大島川と呼ばれていた川が統一されて大横川になった。かつて貨物線や艀（はしけ）で賑やっていたが浚渫の維持が届かず、1950年代には周辺の地盤沈下も進み、船が潜り難くなりました。商業水路時代の面影はなくても、今は花見季節では人気スポットとなっています。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/1170060103742096/

11/04/2022

The Kanda River features in many stories and songs of Japan. Unlike the other waterways we’ve visited, this part of the Kanda River is not covered by highways, but it does run parallel with some rail lines. We start from the Suidobashi area, passing by the Akihabara district until we reach the Sumida River.

小説や歌によく登場する神田川。今までの川と違い、この区間の神田川は高速道路で塞がれていませんが、いくつかの線路と平行に流れたり、交差したりしています。水道橋付近から始まり、隅田川まで下ります。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/3157836041102197/

11/04/2022

Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean… the action never ends on the flight deck and disco lives forever! Hey, where’s the LSO?

大西洋の何処かで…　空母のフライトデッキは絶えず慌ただしいが、ディスコは不滅！あれ、着艦信号士官はどこに行った？

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/719120769071648/

11/04/2022

In this episode, we cruise down the Furu River from Shiba Park to Tokyo Bay. The river is known for its many yakatabune - traditional Japanese pleasure craft that are chartered for parties - which berth here during the day. This area of the river was used as a setting for a scene in Oshii Mamoru’s film, “Patlabor 2: The Movie.”

今回は古川を芝公園近辺から東京湾に向かって下ります。東京タワー、東照宮、芝公園などで有名ですが、日中は沢山の屋形船が停泊されているのでしらています。また、この区分は押井守監督作品「機動警察パトレイバー 2 the Movie」の名場面で登場し、アニメファンのメッカにもなっている。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/901935083809693/

10/04/2022

10/04/2022

Experience the art of vertical dance, Kansai style in this first section of our new series "Yurari." In the Japanese language, "Yurari" describes a graceful, slow swaying motion.

バーティカルダンスとは、コンテンポラリーダンスの一種で、アーティストが宙に浮いて無重力の環境で表現の可能性を探求する。カウコカイプ工房が送る新シリーズの第一章。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/4959838610772915/

10/04/2022

Owner/chef Philippe Batton of French bistro “Le Petit Tonneau” in Toranomon, Tokyo prepares his famous Tuna Tartare with Scallops.

ボンジュール！東京、虎ノ門のビストロ「ル・プチ・トノー」の人気料理、マグロと帆立のタルタルを、オーナー／シェフのフィリップ・バトン氏がその調理の秘密をお見せします。ＶＲ１８０ならではの立体感と距離感で秘技伝授下さい。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/1158771588269344/

10/04/2022

The first in a series of low poly stereoscopic dioramas in VR180.

VR180方式で、ちょっとおふざけのLow-PolyCGジオラマシリーズの第一弾です。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/1138175746952515/

10/04/2022

Nihonbashi River, the first installment of a VR180 series "Tokyo Canal City," where we introduce parts of Toyko taken from the point of view of it's little known waterways.

川や運河の視点から東京を案内する立体ＶＲ１８０体験「トウキョウ・カナル・シティ」シリーズの第一弾、日本橋川編です。

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/media/1001457440471373/

15/03/2022