Jul 10
Oct 10
Leave it to Japan to come up with something like Soineya. It’s the newest cafe in town and it’s probably the only of its kind in the world. That’s because instead of offering juice or coffee or sandwiches, Soineya serves up hugs and cuddles instead.
Yep, you read that right. In Soineya, customers pay to hug, spoon, or sleep (in bed) with some random woman who they just met. Obviously it isn’t the same as getting hugged by someone you care for (and who cares for you, too) but if you’ve got no one, then at least the women at Soineya will be there for you.
Check out the offerings on their ‘menu’:
Admission fee: 3,000 yen
Standard Course
- 20 min – 3,000 yen
- 40 min – 5,000 yen (only 3,000 yen for first time visitors)
- 60 min – 6,000 yen
- “Shimei-ryo” (fee to pick the girl you want to sleep with) – 1,000 yen + 500 yen per hour
Optional Course
- Customer sleeps in girl’s arm (3 min) – 1,000 yen
- Girl pats customer on the back (3 min) – 1,000 yen
- Customer pets girl on the head (3 min) – 1,000 yen
- Customer and girl stare at each other (1 min) – 1,000 yen
- Girl changes clothes (1 time) – 1,000 yen
- Girl gives customer foot massage (3 min) – 1,000 yen
- Customer gives girl foot massage (3 min) – 2,000 yen
- Customer sleeps with head on girl’s lap (3 min) – 1,000 yen
- Girl sleeps with head on customer’s lap (3 min) – 2,000 yen
[via Japan Today via Geekologie]
Oct 09
Hugs make bad days more bearable. But what do you do if you live alone or don’t really have anyone close by who’s willing to hug you?
I know that sounds sad, but don’t get too upset because Melissa Kit Chow, Andy Payne, and Phil Seaton from MIT have come up with a solution for you: virtual hugs.
The puffy vest might look like something you’d see on an avant garde fashion runway, but it’s got a techie touch. It’s actually called the Like-a-Hug, and for a good reason: it inflates and gives the wearer a ‘hug’ every time someone ‘likes’ a status, photo, or video that the wearer has posted on Facebook.
Like-A-Hug is a wearable social media vest that allows for hugs to be given remotely, bringing us closer despite physical distance. Hugs can also be sent back to the original sender by squeezing the vest and deflating it.
It’s just an art installation but it’s not very hard to figure out what its deeper meaning is.
[via Neatorama]
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