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This Smash Bros.-loving cat from Japan is the world’s most adorable gamer【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019
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Cat joins the battle! Feline fighter frolics with Piranha Plant, other characters from the Nintendo hit.

Japan
(animals • cats • cute • funny • nintendo • pets • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video • video games)

Poop Campus now accepting students to learn Japanese kanji through steaming piles of fun

Master Blaster
Feb 9, 2019

The Internet just got a whole lot crappier.

Japan
(books • education • Japanese language • kanji • Poop Campus • Unko Gakuen • Unko Kanj Drill • websites)

Japan’s Whipped Cream Burger is a fistful of sweet dairy and a mouthful of complete honesty

Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019

The most decadent, least healthy, and absolute craziest vegetarian burger we’ve ever tried.

Japan
(awesome • burgers • COK • crazy • cream • food • sandwiches • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • whipped cream)

You have One Piece creator’s official permission to have sexy fantasies about his characters

Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019

Manga/anime legend Eiichiro Oda muses on the relationship between creators and fans.

Japan
(anime • Eiichiro Oda • manga • Nami • One Piece)

Otaku finds a cleverly pervy way to add breasts to clear file anime characters

Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019

”Clear files” aren’t really clear, which is what makes this optical alteration possible.

Japan
(art • clear files • clever • illustration • KanColle • Kantai Collection • Lawson • optical illusion • otaku • weird)

Tokyo-area love hotel’s sushi room allows you to consummate your relationship in a unique way

Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019

Satisfyingly sexy sushi room has foreign travelers writing thank-you letters to the staff.

Japan
(crazy • food • hotels • Kawagoe • love hotels • Saitama • sushi • travel • weird)

The Marie Kondo story: How a Japanese girl became an overnight celebrity with a hit show on Netflix

Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2019

From her grandmother’s home in Miyazaki to the homes of A-list celebrities, Kondo has been sparking joy for decades.

Japan
(Konmari • Konmari method • Marie Kondo • Netflix • Tidying Up with Marie Kondo)

Don’t forget to eat your special sports fish sausage if you’re exercising in Japan

Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2019

Why settle for protein bar flavors like chocolate or peanut butter when you can enjoy the performance-boosting nutritional goodness of compacted fish paste?

Japan
(Chikuwa • crazy • fish • fish cakes • fish sausage • fitness • food • kamaboko • nutrition • sports • weird)

Independent bar offers Dragon Ball takoyaki, won’t sell all seven in one order

Katy Kelly
Feb 8, 2019

A patron was delighted by the super adorable octopus balls masquerading as Dragon Balls. But why was there one missing?

Japan
(bar • Dragon Ball • drinking • funny • octopus balls • Shenron • takoyaki)

Japanese convenience store mascot is an otaku who lives with his mom, stuck in an entry-level job

Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2019

Oh, and 29-year-old Famichiki Senpai is also an anthropomorphic piece of fried chicken with beefy human arms.

Japan
(convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • fried chicken • funny • mascot characters • Mascots • sad • video • weird)

Starbucks Japan releases new cherry blossom travel mugs, glasses and goods for 2019

Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2019

Two different ranges with totally different blossoms and colour tones.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • drinks • drinkware • hanami • mugs • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs)

Got Talent tourist Mr. Uekusa heads to Spain, narrowly avoids first-round disaster

Master Blaster
Feb 8, 2019

The Japanese comedian shows Spain what he’s got and narrowly avoids showing them what he’s got down there.

Europe, Japan
(America's Got Talent • Britain's Got Talent • comedy • Got Talent Espana • Kazuhisa Uekusa • Mr. Uekusa • Spain • Wes-P)

Breast-flattening bra for cosplayers, women who want less bust-focused attention on sale in Japan

Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2019

Petamune Maker promises to give your chest petamune.

Japan
(bras • cosplay • fashion • lingerie)

Sexy Japanese model famous for curvaceous butt wins praise for photos of her otaku-style bathroom

Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2019

They call her the Butt Craftswoman, but it’s the place where she parks her backside that has people excited today.

Japan
(awesome • bathrooms • beautiful women • cool • Dragon Quest • interior • Square Enix • video games)

Ariana Grande stops learning Japanese following backlash over her “7 Rings” BBQ grill tattoo

Oona McGee
Feb 7, 2019

People in Japan now fear Grande hates their country and their language.

Japan, USA
(Ariana Grande • Japanese • Japanese language • kanji • shichirin • tattoo fails • tattoos • twitter)

It’s WAR! Susaki City demands Chiitan suspend all activities over copyright violation

Master Blaster
Feb 7, 2019

This is an otter travesty.

Japan
(Chiitan • copyright • Kosaku Kusunose • Mascots • Shinjo-kun • Susaki • yurukyara)

Pokémon Wedding Plan being offered in Japan, complete with beautiful Pikachu wedding cake

Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2019

Organizers hint that the beloved anime/video game franchise’s mascot himself might make an appearance on your special day.

Japan
(anime • cake • chapels • cool • cute • marriage • Pikachu • Pokemon • romance • video games • wedding plan • weddings)

Dozens of new Pokémon dress shirt designs revealed as maker confirms women’s sizes available too

Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2019

Japanese fashion label also shares videos showing the ridiculously huge number of customization options that ensure your shirt won’t look exactly like any other Pokémon fan’s.