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January, 2016 (Page 8)

An increasing number of pets are being left to fend for themselves as Japan’s population ages

Cara Clegg
Jan 20, 2016
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Japan’s ageing population is resulting in more and more pets being left to fend for themselves after their elderly owners pass away.

Japan
(aging society • animal welfare • cats • dogs • living alone • pets)

Japanese confection maker offers students support with lucky four-leaf clover rice cakes!

Kay
Jan 20, 2016

Confectionary maker Suehiroan is hoping these daifuku rice cakes decorated with a four-leaf clover will provide encouragement for students taking entrance exams!

Japan
(daifuku • exams • food • lucky • mochi • students • sweets)

Make your own Castle in the Sky, have an excuse to play with your food with this simple trick

Mike
Jan 20, 2016

A magically floating Castle in the Sky – of Studio Ghibli fame – made from yakisoba and a whole head of broccoli is making the Japanese Twitter rounds. And you can make one, too!

Japan
(anime • Castle in the Sky • cooking • food • Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli)

Young Chinese man placates angry girlfriend by cleverly rolling on the ground【Video】

Jessica
Jan 20, 2016

Pay attention, guys. A bad pun might save your relationship some day.

China
(dating • funny • love • puns • video)

Terrifying Japanese dentist’s office shows us why stuffed animals shouldn’t have realistic teeth

Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2016

And just like that, we’re scared of the dentist again.

Japan
(anime • Anpanman • dentist • funny • puppets • scary • teeth • toys)

Traditional craftsmen create smartphone case fit for a legendary samurai warrior

Oona McGee
Jan 20, 2016

It’s a modern-day sheath made in honour of the samurai known as the “Crimson Demon of War”.

Japan
(cool • craftsmen • crowdfunding • Makuake • Osaka • samurai • Smartphones • taiga drama • traditional crafts • Wakayama)

New Toyota ad answers the age-old question: How is a sumo wrestler like a car?【Video】

Preston Phro
Jan 20, 2016

Seven sumo wrestlers, one car. The similarities are almost too numerous to list them all!

Internet, Japan, USA
(cars • Sumo • TOYOTA • wtf)

New line of skirts promises to give you the slim waist and long legs of an anime heroine 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2016

Clever cues from 2-D fashion help turn heads in the 3-D world.

Japan
(anime • fashion • manga • skirts • Village Vanguard)

Olympic boxer who misplaced bronze medal in 2013 finally finds it…at home

Preston Phro
Jan 20, 2016

Reported as stolen at one point, Satoshi Shimizu’s 2012 bronze Olympic medal has been recovered. The boxer found it while unpacking after moving!

Japan
(boxing • Olympics • Satoshi Shimizu • wtf)

Worst birthday present ever? Japanese brother’s gift puzzle leads to a “fabulous” prize

Scott Wilson
Jan 20, 2016

It’s gotta be worth it, right?

Japan
(Birthday • picross • pranks • present • puzzles • qr code • troll)

What a powerpoint presentation by the Tokugawa Shogunate would look like in Edo period Japan

Oona McGee
Jan 20, 2016

In an era of executions and forced suicides, this is one presentation you wouldn’t want to doze off in.

Japan
(animation • computer • culture • design • Edo • funny • GIF • history • samurai • Tokugawa)

Eat like a big kid at this Kyoto cafe with their “Kids’ Special” just for grownups!

Evie Nyan
Jan 20, 2016

Want to eat like a big kid, only with more grace and style? This restaurant in Kyoto offers a “Kids’ Special – for Adults”! Naturally we had to go and scoff—er, try—it for ourselves…

Japan
(food • Japanese food • kids lunch • Kyoto • Restaurant • taste test)

Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke goes Art Nouveau in amazing fan art treatment

Mike
Jan 20, 2016

Studio Ghibli fan and Part-time artist Hannah Alexander created this dazzling Art Nouveau version of Princess Mononoke from Hayao Miyazaki’s classic animated film.