"MAKE" magazine meets "Gakken"

What a wonderful day, it was!

It has been the dream of me, Hitoshi Hokamura and Chris Stone to have people from "MAKE" magazine meet Gakken, a Japanese publisher who has been making educational toys and kits for the kids for almost four decades.

Thanks to Fumi Yamazaki of Joi Ito Lab and Saharu Kondo, we could actually make it happen today!

We brought Phillip Torrene of "MAKE" magazine and Limor Fried to Gakken's headquarter.

Phillip has known about Gakken for quite some time now. He has even been blogging about Gakken a few times:
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/06/gakken_cup_phonograph_and_vacu.html
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/11/gakken_steam_en.html

Limor said she also fell in love with Gakken and it has been her dream to come here.

I am so glad that I could take a part in this visit.

It was almost like Steve Jobs meeting Larry Tesler at Xerox PARC or Ry Cooder visiting Buena Vista Social Club.
It was such a fun meeting and it gave so much good vibes to me.

They instantly knew what they are up to or what kind of challenges they had, etc.
They have also been stimulating each other so much. I saw sparks filling the room.

That was a one milestone meeting in the history of scientific toys.

I think it would be a start of a very good, positive, constructive relationship.

I can't wait to see that.

Here are some pictures and videos. I will be adding a few more videos at later date when I have more time.