With power saving once again a priority, and electricity bills about to rise, it’s going to be another hot and very unpleasant summer in Tokyo. Fortunately, the Cool Biz campaign means that many people won’t have to suffer in a suit, but the ultimate in cool clothing — in a purely functional rather than fashion sense — has to be this air-conditioned jacket.
A garment I’d previously only seen on the internet, but unlike attractive young ladies gagging for middle-aged men, or improbably generous Nigerians, it’s actually genuine.
That’s certainly cool (the jacket rather than the ruined plans)!
Not something I’d fancy wearing when out and about, but I’d definitely like to try one on and see how well they actually work.
They should take it one step further, increase the size of the fans in the back and start moving about like hovercrafts; now that would be cool!
It would indeed. I’d be first in line to get one no matter what they looked like!
Fabulously silly idea, oneof those crazy inventions the Japanese do so well. Nice pic. Damon
Cheers, Damon. Yeah, totally agree, and it was doubly fun to see one for real.
Or, he could just take the jacket off.
Very true!
So interesting!! I wondered will it be heavy with these fans plus battery?
No idea to be honest, Winnie. For it to be any use at all though, the fans would have to be fairly powerful, so a good few batteries would probably be needed.