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Love letters from little sisters on sale from Japanese gacha vending machine【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2019 - Tweet
Handwritten letters contain messages of bittersweet passion and homicidal jealousy.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • crazy • gacha toys • gachapon • love letters • vending machines • weird)
Japanese man hears scratching inside his walls, finds adorable surprise instead of zombies【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2019
Feline destiny comes knocking in an unusual way.
Twin girls have awesome twin cosplays featuring creepy and cool anime, movie, and TV characters
- Dale Roll
May 8, 2019
They may be young, but they can pull off some fantastic costumes.
- Japan
- (anime • Anime Cosplay • cool • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayer • cute • Dragon Ball • spirited away • twins)
Six-year-old Japanese farm boy goes viral for doling out comments on dating like an old grandpa
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2019
The proud self-professed farmer speaks and acts like an old man trapped in a young boy’s body.
- Japan
- (children • dating • farmers • farming • Japanese farmers • LOL • love • relationships • Shunsuke Nakamura • videos)
Capsule hotel in Tokyo offers spa stay, with sauna and infrared foot bath to wash stresses away
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2019
Get away from it all at this oasis in the heart of the city.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Akasaka • capsule hotels • hotels • Tokyo • travel • women only • women only capsule hotel)
Japanese cities warned not to run out of beer for foreign visitors during Rugby World Cup
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2019
Beer shortages could damage host cities reputation on international social media, organizers worry.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • COK • hospitality • rugby • Rugby World Cup • society • sports)
The most vandalised vending machines in Japan? We check out a grungy duo at America Village
- Oona McGee
May 7, 2019
This pair turns heads on the street, but do they even work?
- Japan
- (America Mura • COK • drinks • graffiti • Mr. Sato • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • SNOJ • vending machines)
Girls spotted crying in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood for a startling, invisible reason
- Krista Rogers
May 7, 2019
Net users largely sympathize with a pair of girls in Tokyo’s popular youth culture shopping district over the reason for their tears.
Handsome host sushi bar opens in Tokyo with 14-year host veteran pressing the pieces
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2019
Tokyo’s biggest club district has an all-night sushi joint where the chef is also a working host.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Handsome men • host bars • hosts • Kabukicho • restaurants • SNOJ • sushi)
Yokosuka’s Statue of Liberty gives the word liberty a whole new meaning
- CJ
May 7, 2019
The famous symbol of freedom gets a new twist in Yokosuka as torch and tablet are replaced by nakedness and fist pumps.
Japanese PM Abe installing Canadian door knocker mesmerizes the globe【Video】
- Master Blaster
May 7, 2019
There’s something extremely relaxing about a world leader doing simple DIY.
- Japan
- (Akie Abe • beaver • canada • DIY • door knocker • Instagram • politicians • politics • prime minister • Shinzo Abe • twitter • video)
Gundam anime creator’s greatest sadness is not being able to “crush Hayao Miyazaki”
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2019
Father of anime’s real robot genre expresses desire to destroy/deep appreciation for Studio Ghibli directors Miyazaki and Takahata.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Gundam • Hayao Miyazaki • Isao Takahata • Studio Ghibli • Yoshiyuki Tomino)
Japanese man proposes to girlfriend with huge flash mob in a shopping mall 【Video】
- Oona McGee
May 6, 2019
The very public display of affection brings shocked girlfriend to tears.
- Australia, Japan
- (Australia • Brisbane • dance • dancers • engagement • flash mob • love • marriage • proposal • romance • weddings)
We tried out the new Starbucks Cold Brew “Lime” coffee and it tasted unexpectedly refreshing
- Koh Ruide
May 6, 2019
Many things go well with coffee, but zesty lime has got to be one of the boldest combinations.
Osaka teens tie rope across road for fun, get charged with attempted murder
- Master Blaster
May 6, 2019
Come to think of it, maybe kids actually should stay indoors and online all day.
Does Reiwa Beer capture all the fun and excitement of entering a new era?
- Master Blaster
May 6, 2019
Mr. Sato finds that it indeed does, under the right circumstances.
- Japan
- (Akita Prefecture • beer • craft beer • drinking • Isetan • Kohan No Mori • Mr. Sato • Reiwa)
Japanese electronics store cleverly disguises its elevator to make it look exactly like a train
- Koh Ruide
May 6, 2019
Feels almost like an amusement park ride.
- Japan
- (advertisement • Bic Camera • cool • elevator • illusion • station • train)
Solid Sakura: Gorgeous photos show cherry blossom season’s grand finale at Japanese castle
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2019
The castle is one of Japan’s top cherry blossom destinations, and these photos show why.
- Japan
- (beautiful • castles • cherry blossoms • flowers • Hirosaki • Hirosaki Castle • photography • photos • sakura • Tohoku)
Kabuki and food join forces for the ultimate collaboration in the form of soy sauce plates
- CJ
May 5, 2019
A collaboration that brings one of Japan’s oldest traditions and food culture together, in the form of tableware.
Detective Pikachu zaps us with mega-volts of cuteness!【Review, Pics】
- Kay
May 5, 2019
CG-generated 3D Pikachu is too adorable not to see on the big screen.
- Japan
- (anime • Detective Pikachu • live-action movie • movies • Pokemon • SNO • video games)
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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