Ryukyu Lacquerware USB memory by Origami Inc.

Written by: Michael Keferl on September 14, 2007 at 5:06 am | In Technology & Gadget Trends |

Stylish and expensive USB memory sticks have been a highlight of the past year, and they just keep coming. This time, instead of Swarovski, we’re seeing USB memory in pure Japanese style.

Starting only from last month, Origami Inc. has released some amazingly beautiful lacquerware USB memory sticks that are completely handcrafted in Naha and Itoman in Okinawa.

Boasting Okinawan images and style, the Ryukyu Lacquerware USB memory sticks contain high quality materials (including real gold) and gold 1GB of flash memory. Not a lot of storage, but if you’re buying these purely to hold data you have some strange priorities. This is pure style.

Electronics in Japanese lacquerware style (such as these Lumix cameras) are not overly common, but are part of a still-emerging “back to Japan” attitude that is popping up in many industries.

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