The largest origami lei measured 5,700 m (18,700 ft 9.44 in) in length and was created by Saint-Care Holding corporation (Japan), at the Ishinomaki Sogo Centre ‘Big Bang’, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on 19 November 2011. The origami lei is made 177,520 indivudual pieces of origami. The patients and staff of Saint-Care Holding made all the pieces of origami and the members of staff had assembled the lei. There were a total of 8,766 participants that took part in this record attempt and it Continue reading →

The largest parade of alternative fuel powered vehicles consited of 300 cars and was achieved by Consumers Co-Operative Sapporo (Japan) in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan, on 26 September 2010. All the vehicles used by CO-OP Sapporo’s home delivery service are biodiesel trucks. They collect and use old vegetable oils used for tempura.

The record for the largest parade of Ferrari cars is 490 and was achieved by Cornes & Company Limited at the Fuji Speedway Circuit, Shizuoka, Japan on 11 May 2008.

The largest parade of Honda cars consisted of 569 Honda Beat cars and was achieved by MEET THE BEAT! (Japan) at Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on 9 May 2010. The event MEET THE BEAT! has happened annually since 1994.

The largest peak ground acceleration measured in an earthquake was 4,022 cm/s2. The measurement was recorded by a soil-surface observation site operated by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (Japan) during the Iwate-Miyagi earthquake in northeast Honshu, Japan, on 14 June 2008.

In February 2005 a 2,600 mm (8 ft 6 in) wide valve was installed on a 2,600 mm (8 ft 6 in) wide water pipe in Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo, Japan. The procedure was carried out without interrupting the flow of water under pressure.

The largest plastic advertising hoarding measures 165.95 m (544 ft 5 in) long, 27,59 m (90 ft 6 in) tall and was created by Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. (Japan). It was presented and measured at the Meiji Seika Kaisha Factory in Osaka, Japan, on 8 February 2011. The hoarding is in the shape of a chocolate bar, entitled “Big Milch”. Milch is German for milk.

The largest serving of fried chicken weighed 1,076 kg (2,372 lb 2.72 oz) and was produced by NOAS FM (Japan) at the 4th Karaage Festival at AEON Mall Sanko in Nakatsu City, Oita, Japan, on 23 September 2011. Karaage is a Japanese fried chicken dish that uses boneless chicken and a potato starch batter. It is becoming increasingly popular in some parts of the western United States where it is colloquially referred to as ‘JFC’ (Japanese Fried Chicken).

The largest sheet of handmade washi paper measures 13.9 m x 6.9 m (45 ft 7 in x 22 ft 7 in) and was made for an event organised by Masaki Takahashi, the mayor of Takaoka City, and Kazuki Maeda from Toyama University (both Japan) at Takaoka Municipal Festival Hall, Takaoka, Toyama, Japan, on 19 August 2009. Washi is a type of paper made in Japan. It is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia papyrifera), or Continue reading →

The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) is native to the mountains of Japan and can grow to be 5.5 cm (2.2 in) long, with a wingspan of approximately 7.6 cm (3 in). Its sting is about 0.6 cm (0.25 in) long and can inject a venom so powerful that it dissolves human tissue.