above Quake-resistant dome houses are pictured at the Aso Farm Land resort in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. (Photos by REUTERS)ASO, Japan: Nestled near a volcano in southern Japan, 450 quake-resistant dome houses put up by a health resort and decorated with flowers and dinosaurs are drawing visitors from across Asia. "Wind and earthquakes do not easily damage the dome houses because they have no beams that can be broken,'' Konishi said. A girl from Singapore comes out of a quake-resistant dome house. Japan Dome House Co Ltd, the company that makes the polystrene pieces used in the structures, says that after the 2016 earthquakes, sales spiked two to three-fold.

Source: Bangkok Post November 07, 2017 03:56 UTC