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If you’re a spoiled Japanese brat your parents probably bought you the Gundam platinum figurine. But what might a cake at such a birthday party look like? Thanks to chef Nobue Ikara we now know:
This cake is decorated with US$130000 worth of platinum ornaments. Of course Ikara didn’t intend it as a birthday cake, but as a “celebration of women who have dazzled millions with their beauty”. What a way to suck up to some models.
But if you think $130k is already a lot of money, well, you don’t know the Japanese yet. There’s always room for more. In this case, the most expensive chocolate cake ever, which was exhibited for sale at a Takashimaya Co., Ltd department store in Tokyo earlier this year:
The chocolate cake was decorated with 223 diamonds, and was reported to be priced at 200 million yen (1227440 Euro). That’s a lot of Twinkies.
(Via Weird Asia News - both stories.)
I’ve heard rumors that a co-worker of mine is marrying soon. Luckily, his girlfriend seems to be immune to the desires that normal females have: Hello Kitty merchandise. Then again, she’s not Japanese. Otherwise, he may be in danger of having to buy these Hello Kitty wedding rings.
The set has a male and a female version; the hello kitty faces of the ring for the men are actually hidden on the inside. Not that it actually makes it any better…
The woman’s version proudly displays the Hello Kitty face, along with two tiny 0.02 ct diamonds.
I can so imagine Gollum holding one of these up, chanting “My preciousssss!”.
The rings cost 189000 Yen (about 1161 Euro). But I know that if my girlfriend actually wanted me to buy these for our wedding, I’d sit down and think long and hard about that marriage.
(Via Kitty Hell.)
The idea behind today’s wacky Japanese item isn’t really all that weird. No weirder than, say, a diamond encrusted iPod, anyway.
In March 2007, Bandai - the toy company - announced that they are going to make a model of a Gundam Mobile Suit from pure platinum. A diamond was also used as part of the head of the figure.
The figure is 12.5cm tall and weighs 1.4 kg. It is estimated to be worth US$250,000.
(Via Akihabara News.)