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Son finds an unexpected culinary surprise in his family’s fridge

• Krista Rogers
  May 20, 2019
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There’s definitely something a little bit fishy about the contents of this fridge.

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• (father • fish • fridge • funny • Refrigerator • son • surprise • twitter)

Handsome sunblock studs show off their muscles, lack of sunburns in sizzling Shiseido ad【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2019

Japan’s buff Swedish-born gardener and his bodybuilding buds get sweaty on the beach.

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• Japan
• (ads • Handsome men • muscles • Shiseido • sunblock • sunscreen • video)

The cat returns! Giant cat sells sweet potatoes from a pussy wagon in Japan 【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2019

This cat likes to pull peace poses, stand on two feet and make a living selling hot potatoes.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • Kawaii • mascot • Mascots • Shimane • sweet potatoes • yaki imo)

Facebook Cafe opens for a limited time, offers emoji pancakes and drinks for absolutely free

• Koh Ruide
  May 19, 2019

We visited this one-of-a-kind social media-themed cafe.

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • cafe • facebook • pancakes • pop-up cafes • social media • themed cafes)

Japanese Twitter freaks out over cartoonist’s cute cat freaking out over its tail 【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  May 19, 2019

What better way to start the day than by chasing your butt in a circle?
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• Japan
• (adorable • cartoonist • cat tail • cats • cats of Twitter • cute • twitter)

It’s not cool to play with cosplayers’ nipples without permission, male cosplayer reminds fans

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2019

Pec-tastic cosplayer recounts uncomfortable experience with female admirer.

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• Japan
• (anime • cosplay • cosplayers • Jojo's Bizzare Adventure • Kemono Friends • muscles)

Foreign English teacher in Japan caught hitting 2-year-old child at daycare facility 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2019

Reports say the Canadian teacher regularly spanked children and shoved books into their mouths.

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• Japan
• (abusive teachers • angry teachers • eikaiwa • English teachers • news • Teachers • teaching • teaching English • Teaching English in Japan • videos)

Starbucks’ Tokyo-only Minty Chocolate Tea Frappuccino deliciously disappoints our taste tester

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2019

The new dessert beverage fills Mr. Sato’s heart with sadness, and makes the rest of us want to drink it even more.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • mint chocolate • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

Kyoto’s famous Gion Festival celebrates its 1150th anniversary with…crowdfunding?

• Shannon McNaught
  May 18, 2019

You have the chance to contribute to this festival’s 1,150th anniversary.

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• Japan
• (crowd funding • Gion Festival • Gion Matsuri)

Häagen-Dazs Japan’s 35th anniversary Green Deep Tea ice cream is no ordinary matcha dessert

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2019

Amazingly high-quality tea leaves are the key ingredient in this milestone flavor.

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• Japan
• (food • green tea • gyokuro • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • sweets • tea)

Meet Ibaraki Prefecture’s Virtual YouTuber representative Hiyori Ibara, winning hearts everywhere

• Dale Roll
  May 18, 2019

Japanese fans love her lively personality!

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• Japan
• (cute • funny • Hiyori Ibara • Ibaraki • mascot • virtual YouTubers)

Otaku’s beloved anime-style doll kidnapped, maybe murdered by bird of prey at Japanese beach

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2019

Doll otaku community asks anyone with information to help reunite Sakura-chan with her owner, who’s loved her for more than 20 years.

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• Japan
• (birds • crazy • dolls • Enoshima • figures • otaku • sad • weird)

Man in Tokyo accused of straddling, kissing women he’d never met, says he thought she liked him

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2019

”I thought she was into me” he says after gesture that in no way means that.

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• Japan
• (attack • chikan • COK • crazy • crime • groper • Tokyo)

13 Japanese teen boys caught peeping into girls’ hot spring bath during class trip

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2019

One of Japan’s favorite porn scenarios plays out in real life, prompts apology.

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• Japan
• (class trip • COK • crime • high school • hot springs • Nikko • onsen • peeping • students)

New Tokyo Pokémon Cafe Johto menu items require knowledge of Pokémon lore to order them【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2019

If you don’t know how to evolve one of the most popular Pokémon species, you might not get the food you want.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • food • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • themed restaurants • video games)

Noel Gallagher, on tour in Japan, asks fans to buy High Flying Birds merch…in a way only he can

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2019

The former Oasis frontman throws in a f***ing cuss word, reminds everyone how extra he is, and Japanese fans love it.

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• (bands • Britpop • High Flying Birds • Liam Gallagher • music • Noel Gallagher • oasis • tours • twitter • videos)

Studio Ghibli anime films get American comic book style update with new glassware collection

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2019

Speech bubbles and pops of bright colour add a new comic twist to movies like My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away.

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• Japan
• (anime • Comics • DC Comics • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • glasses • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Marvel Comics • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Porco Rosso • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • whisper of the heart)

Real-life Evangelion apartment in Japan is ultra-cheap, ultra-anime【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2019

Floor plan and renter regulations allow you to accurately recreate Shinji’s lifestyle.

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• Japan
• (anime • apartments • awesome • cool • crazy • Evangelion • Gunma • Living in Japan • otaku • weird)

Every move you make, every step you take, this Japanese drug store will be watching you

• Master Blaster
  May 17, 2019

This store either has a lot of faith in their security cameras or no faith at all.

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• Japan
• (cosmos • drug store • overkill • security camera • shoplifting • wtf)

Tree swallows sign in Japan, proves nature is hungry by continuing to eat it for 12 years

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2019

Photos of other hungry forest trees are now beginning to surface online.

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• Japan
• (cool • forest • forests • nature • signs • squirrels • trees • wow)

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