Asahi: Sprucing up security with stylish surveillance cameras
For law-abiding citizens, being filmed by a security camera can seem intimidating...Surveillance cameras are now a common feature of public spaces, building entrances and stores in all major cities, but operators of prestigious restaurants, fashionable shops and other businesses are increasingly wary about installing such stark reminders of the dangers that are lurking...Their answer is custom-made cameras with less imposing or even fashionable designs... At the parking lot of the exclusive ryotei Japanese restaurant Rangetsu in Kyoto...a surveillance camera perches atop an elaborate bamboo fence...To the surprise of restaurant visitors and potential vandals alike, the camera's outer body is made of wood with light colored grain so that it sits in harmony with the surrounding scene...more...
"Stylish surveillance camera" is one of the most sinister labels I've ever heard.
