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One artist takes Dungeons & Dragons battle armor to the next level with her playful Eevee class evolution designs, and cosplayers are taking notes.

Europe, USA
(cosplay • crossovers • Dungeons & Dragons • Eevee • fanart • gaming • Pokemon)

Singapore appears to have had a special place in David Bowie’s heart

Jamie Koide
Jan 31, 2016

Singaporeans remember David Bowie fondly, as well as his 1980s documentary in which the Southeast Asian city-state appeared.

SE Asia
(1980s • David Bowie • documentary • film • Ricochet • Singapore • video)

Heavy-sleeping Japanese cat refuses to wake up even when surrounded by ridiculous number of mice

Scott Wilson
Jan 30, 2016

I guess the cat must be feline really sleepy.

Japan
(cats • cute animals • funny animal photos • pets • twitter)

Japanese Buddhism in 10 minutes【Rocketpedia】

Amy Chavez
Jan 30, 2016

Today we’re introducing you to the basics of Japanese Buddhism, plus highlighting some of the Buddhist images you’ll see in Japan and help you distinguish them from Shinto ones.

Japan
(Buddhism • Buddhism made simple • enlightenment • religion • religion in Japan • shinto • Zen)

Four-century-old Japanese leatherworker creates stylish line of Pac-Man lacquer wallets, pouches

Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2016

Forget Pac-Man fever, it’s time for Pac-Man fashion!

Japan
(cool • crafts • fashion • lacquer • leather • pac-man • pouches • tradition • video games • wallets)

“Korean girls try to open their eyes” in hilarious, disturbing beauty video【Video】

Meg Murphy
Jan 30, 2016

“Ah… I can see a bigger world…” Weird tools and makeup techniques make for hilarious results.

Korea
(Asian beauty • Asian fashion • double eyelids • funny • videos • YouTube)

“Tail scarves” are the latest cute cat trend to warm our hearts this winter【Pics】

Oona McGee
Jan 30, 2016

Cats are melting hearts around the country by wrapping tails around their legs, necks and heads to fight the winter chill.

Japan
(animals • cats • cute • cute animals • pets • tail scarf • winter)

Did you know your electric kettle is also an instant noodle-maker?

Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2016

Cooking udon, or any other kind of fresh pasta, just got a whole lot easier.

Japan
(cooking • cool • electric kettle • kettle • Noodles • T-fal • udon)

Mother’s note to son in the final bento of his high school life gives Twitter the feels

Evie Nyan
Jan 30, 2016

When this high-school kid opened up the last hand-made bento lunch of his high school life, he found a note from his mother with a sweet and surprising message…

Japan
(bento • high school • parents)

We chow down on new cheesecake ice cream bar made with real cream cheese

Evie Nyan
Jan 30, 2016

It’s cold and frosty in Tokyo! Perfect weather for taste-testing the newest frozen cheesecake ice cream bar!

Japan
(Cheesecake • ice cream • sweets • taste test)

Kimono-clad Hatsune Miku figure proves she’d have looked just fine in the pre-computer era

Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2016

Exquisitely painted figure reimagines the digital idol in traditional garb.

Japan
(anime • figures • Hatsune Miku • Idols • J-Pop • music • virtual idol • vocaloids)

Crying assemblyman Ryutaro Nonomura returns—shaven-headed and with a bizarre new move

Master Blaster
Jan 29, 2016

Following his tear-drenched press conference and constant ear cupping, disgraced assemblyman Ryutaro Nonomura finally gets his day in court—and shocks the public yet again with a new trademark move.

Japan
(court • crime • law • Ryutaro Nonomura • scandal • strange)

7 odd behaviors in Japan as seen by Chinese tourists

Master Blaster
Jan 29, 2016

Last year about 5 million Chinese tourists visited Japan, and Chinese website NetEase was kind enough to compile a list of seven of Japan’s most unusual habits according to them.

China, Japan
(bicycles • culture • customs • fast food • miniskirts • strange • travel)

Nestlé Japan to release sake-flavoured Kit Kats this February

Oona McGee
Jan 29, 2016

Now you can enjoy a break with a Kit Kat and a shot of Japanese rice wine all rolled into one.

Japan
(alcohol • chocolate • cool • Kit Kats • Nestle Japan • news • nihonshu • sake • souvenirs)

“Snow White” book banned from school for being obscene, no one sure of the part in question

Meg Murphy
Jan 29, 2016

A reasonable complaint, or unreasonable parent? The internet weighs in.

Global
(book bans • international schools • Monster parents • Qatar)

The top 7 weirdest Japanese capsule toys of January 2016

Cara Clegg
Jan 29, 2016

What bizarre plastic tat has been popping out of capsule machines in Japan this month?

Japan
(capsule toys • gacha • gachapon • Japanese toys • roundup • toys • weird)

Japan’s trendy eringi mushroom pasta recipe: As eye-catching as it is labor-intensive 【Photos】

Mike
Jan 29, 2016

The recipe calls for meticulously sticking dry noodles into numerous mushroom stalks. Uppercutting the entire dish into the atmosphere out of sheer frustration at the difficulty of that step is, we presume, optional.