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January, 2016 (Page 4)

New Japanese-developed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game’s trailer looks amazing 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2016
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We don’t know whether to shout “Cowabunga!” or “Hallelujah!”

Japan, USA
(Activision • PlatinumGames • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • video • video games)

McChoco Potato: We try McDonald’s Japan’s new double-chocolate fries【Pics】

Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2016

Salty potato fries covered in two types of chocolate sauce? We’re lovin’ it!

Japan
(chocolate • fast food • food • french fries • McDonald's • sweets)

Old man chases dentist with metal rod, threatens to make him “taste the same pain”

Master Blaster
Jan 26, 2016

Like something in a badly written comedy sketch, the elderly man allegedly began chasing his dentist around the room, shouting: “I’ll make you taste the same pain!”

Japan
(Chiba • crime • dentist • metal rod • threat • Tomisato • weird news • wtf)

Grab your formalwear, gamers! Full-orchestra Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy concerts coming soon

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2016

Two-concert event to cover decades of video game musical history.

Japan
(concerts • events • Final Fantasy • Kingdom Hearts • music • orchestra • Square Enix • video games)

Drunk Russian man face-plants in the snow, decides it’s easier to just stay there【Video】

Krista Rogers
Jan 26, 2016

No matter how terrible of a day you’re having, there’s a good chance that this fellow’s having a worse one.

Internet, Russia
(drunk • face plant • funny • snow • video)

Get your calculator ready! Twitter user shows how to transform Anpanman into Doraemon using math

Preston Phro
Jan 26, 2016

Hate math class? Well, maybe this clever Japanese Twitter user might change your mind!

Internet, Japan
(Anpanman • Doraemon • fun • math • twitter)

Japan can’t stop looking at modeling idol’s big, beautiful…muscles! 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2016

Buff beauty boasts bewitching biceps.

Japan
(beautiful women • exercise • fitness • Idols • models • muscles)

Express your love this Valentine’s season…with udon noodles topped with a humongous heart!

Kay
Jan 26, 2016

Your significant other not big on sweets? Then these udon noodles filled with a lot of “heart” may be the perfect treat this Valentine’s Day!

Japan
(heart • Noodles • Osawaya • udon • Valentine's Day)

Dress like your favourite Lupin III character with suits and kimono designed by Japanese tailors

Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2016

A new collection of menswear based on anime characters Lupin, Zenigata, Jigen, and Goemon will soon be available at Japanese department store Isetan.

Japan
(anime • fashion • hakama • kimono • lupin III • Lupin the Third • suits • traditional clothes)

Clever cooking hack shows how easy it is to make sushi with an ice cube tray

Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2016

This is the fastest and easiest way to make sushi we’ve ever seen.

Japan
(cooking hack • food • funny • Japanese food • life hack • recipes • sushi)

Japan’s favorite Shiba is winning even more fans with his adorable stuffed polar bear friend

Preston Phro
Jan 26, 2016

Marutaro, Japan’s most beloved shiba inu, not only shares his name with a hedgehog — he also shares his nappy time with an adorable stuffed polar bear!

Internet, Japan
(adorable • cute • Japan news • Kawaii • Marutaro • shiba • Shiba Inu)

Fashion brand Super Groupies releases bags and shoes for fans of Rozen Maiden anime series

Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2016

Now humans can feel what it’s like to walk in doll shoes.

Japan
(anime • bags • cosplay • cute • fashion • manga • shoes • Super Groupies)

Ever wondered how small a plate of food looks to a sumo wrestler? 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2016

Everyone thinks of big bellies when they envision sumo wrestlers, but it turns out the pros have gigantic hands too.

Japan
(food • funny • photos • sumo wrestler)

Move over character bentos, we’re creating adorable otter doughnut holes!

Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2016

Turn plain doughnut balls into mounds of smiling edible otters with just a few crafty chocolate moves.

Japan
(animals • cooking • cute • donuts • doughnuts • Otters • sweets)

Japanese kitty’s reaction to seeing snow for the first time captured in cute video 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2016

This cat isn’t too cool for a little sub-zero fun.

Japan
(animals • cats • cute • funny • pets • snow • video)

Watch as Korean pro gamer recreates Japanese player’s legendary full parry in Street Fighter V

Krista Rogers
Jan 26, 2016

Korean pro gamer Infiltration replicates The Beast’s legendary moves in this recent tweet of him playing the yet-to-be-released Street Fighter V.

Japan, Korea
(arcade • Daigo Umehara • fighting • Infiltration • Seon-Woo Lee • Street Fighter V • twitter • video game)

Pokémon’s full minute-long version of epic Super Bowl ad streamed to celebrate 20th anniversary

Anime News Network
Jan 26, 2016

Short version of live-action ad to air on February 7.

Japan, USA
(commercial • full video • Pokemon ad • Superbowl • video • video games)

Hokkaido’s Shikaribetsuko Kotan — the beautiful village of ice that melts away in the spring

Kay
Jan 26, 2016

Imagine a beautiful remote lake in Hokkaido. Now, how would you like to stay there in a village made entirely of ice that exists only for one winter season?