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August, 2018 (Page 5)

Thighs of Autumn: Japan’s number-one thigh photographer’s new exhibit has over 1,000 legs【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2018
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Following spring cancellation of Tokyo event, artist’s new exhibition shows that the concept still has legs.

Japan
(beautiful women • events • photography • photos • Yuria)

Cosplay at the pool with new fairytale swimming costumes from Japan

Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2018

Three iconic styles for three famous storybook heroines.

Japan
(Alice in Wonderland • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fairytales • Japanese women • Little Mermaid • Little Red Riding Hood • Mocolle • swimming costumes)

U.S. Marines perform Japan’s hottest dance craze, share video through official account【Video】

Casey Baseel
Aug 20, 2018

When the song’s chorus is “C’mon baby, America!” how can the Japan-stationed men and women of the United States Marine Corps not start dancing?

Japan
(Da Pump • dance • funny • J-Pop • Marines • military • music • video)

TeamLab Planets: Walk up a waterfall and catch koi fish at new digital art museum in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2018

Just when we thought we’d seen the best from this talented Japanese art collaborative, they come out with another mind-blowing museum in Tokyo.

Japan
(digital art • digital art museum • museums • SNO • TeamLab • TeamLab Planets • Tokyo • tourist sites • Toyosu • travel)

Japanese kimono parka combines traditional fashion with modern streetwear

Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2018

Popular Japanese cosplayer models the new hoodie with kimono sleeves in three different colours.

Japan
(crowdfunding • fashion • hanten • Japanese clothes • kimono • Mocolle • parkas • samurai)

Survey reveals the top reasons why married Japanese people don’t want to go home during Obon

Koh Ruide
Aug 20, 2018

Surprisingly “dealing with in-laws” isn’t the number one reason.

Japan
(cool • family • interesting • Japanese people • Obon • survey)

Japanese supermarket’s recruitment ad is so stringent, it’s probably looking for a robot

Koh Ruide
Aug 20, 2018

Because no sane person would want to work in this environment.

Japan
(recruitment posters • supermarket • twitter • working in Japan)

Defector: Gaming culture is alive and well in North Korea, popular titles include GTA V and FIFA

Master Blaster
Aug 20, 2018

Fourteen-year-old who fled North Korea says all his friends have played western games.

North Korea
(censorship • FIFA • Grand Theft Auto • IGI • LAN party • smuggling • video games)

Show off your love for Ponyo and Totoro’s Catbus with these Studio Ghibli baseball jackets

Koh Ruide
Aug 20, 2018

Strut your stuff and showcase Ponyo’s cute little sisters and the iconic Catbus.

Japan
(Catbus • clothes • fashion • My Neighbor Totoro • Ponyo • Studio Ghibli)

N64 controller cable tie-styles have Japanese Twitter harking back to a golden age of gaming

Richard Simmonds
Aug 20, 2018

A blast of nostalgia with a N64 game controller cable guide.

Japan
(controllers • gaming • N64 • nintendo • twitter • video games)

Blast from the past: cosplayer’s retro otaku outfit hits nostalgic notes with netizens

Koh Ruide
Aug 20, 2018

Attendees surprised to find a time-traveling otaku from a bygone era.

Japan
(Comiket • Comiket 94 • cool • funny • retro • time travel)

Japanese gamer clears entire Puyo Puyo screen in a single 47 chain combo【Video】

Master Blaster
Aug 19, 2018

Where do we go from here?

Japan
(chain combo • combo • Puyo Puyo • puzzle games • video • video games)

Master tempura chef in Hamamatsu uses his bare hands to cook with boiling oil【Video】

Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2018

Who needs tongs when you’ve got five perfectly-good, easily-burned fingers right there?

Japan
(awesome • cooking • cool • crazy • food • restaurants • scary • Shizuoka • tempua • video)

Japanese designers’ brilliant way to stop people forgetting their smartphones in public restrooms

Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2018

Browsing while pooping is an internationally loved pastime, so here’s a clever way to make sure you never leave your phone behind.

Japan
(bathrooms • cars • clever • COK • cool • design • Hokkaido • life hacks • rest stops • Smartphones • Toilets)

Tokyo’s Nakano district doesn’t just have an Obon Dance, it has an Obon Jovi Dance!

Master Blaster
Aug 18, 2018

The west Tokyo neighborhood’s take on the centuries-old event is like bad medicine, and bad medicine is what I need.

Japan
(Bon Jovi • bon-odori • festivals • funny • holidays • Livin' on a Prayer • music • Obon • video • weird)

Adorable baby goat doesn’t know how to drink from a bucket, dunks whole head in【Video】

Dale Roll
Aug 18, 2018

This kid is determined to get as much milk as possible, and it’s darn cute.

Japan
(cute animal video • cute animals • goat • goat milk • goats • Japanese farm)

Solo-traveling Japanese woman gets romantic pep talk from Hawaii immigration officer

Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2018

When the airport employee found out she was in the islands alone, he gave her a tongue-in-cheek romantic worksheet to finish before heading home.