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Gigantic lightning-spitting thundercloud appears in the skies over Tokyo【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2018
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Appearance of frightening but beautiful Dragon’ Nest shows that summer isn’t ready to say good-bye just yet.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • Castle in the Sky • clouds • COK • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • lightning • nature • scary • Studio Ghibli • video)

A brilliant way to save money: Treat your favorite anime character like a stripper

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2018

Why spend your cash on anime merch when you can stuff it down your favorite character’s pants instead?
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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • funny • money • otaku • saving money • video games • weird)

A ranking of Tokyo’s 10 best train and subway lines for spotting handsome men

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2018

Even when you’re underground, there’s still scenery to be checked out, list’s creators say.

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• Japan
• (Handsome men • relationships • romance • subways • Tokyo • trains)

Mayor of Japan’s Conan Town to Conan O’Brien “If you want the money, come visit”【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 27, 2018

Also demands 15 thousand hamburgers, one for each resident, as part of settlement over Detective Conan/Conan O’Brien name battle.

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• (anime • Case Closed • celebrities • Conan O'Brien • Conan Town • Detective Konan • funny • Hokuei • manga • video)

Drunk man wants free ride home from police by claiming that he stole gun, gets arrested instead

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 27, 2018

Did he really think they’d pat him on the back and quietly drive him home?

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• Japan
• (arrest • drunk • gun • pistol • police)

Typhoon alert goes off on train commuters’ phones, tourists mistake it for Godzilla attack

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 27, 2018

You can’t blame them. It was a monster storm after all.

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• Japan
• (alerts • Godzilla • J-Alert • phone • smartphone • typhoons)

Shinkansen safety staff made to sit right next to bullet trains running at 300km/h

• Master Blaster
  Aug 27, 2018

Is fear the best teacher?

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• Japan
• (business • employment • JR West • safety insepction • shinkansen • training • trains)

One yen camera: we bought an extremely cheap camera off Yahoo! Auctions and tested it out【Pics】

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 27, 2018

It’s amazing what you can do with a $0.01 film camera.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cheap • Go Hattori • photography • retro)

Woman suffers burns after aluminium can explodes at Shinjuku Station

• Oona McGee
  Aug 26, 2018

Police were called to the scene early this morning.

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• Japan
• (Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • news • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • Tokyo • train stations • trains)

Manga delves into the connection between McDonald’s Japan’s milkshakes and breast milk

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 26, 2018

Claims that when you’re drinking a McShake, it’s supposed to feel like you’re nursing, but that can’t be right…can it?!?

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • drinks • McDonald's • McShakes • milkshakes • sweets • The Idolmaster • video games • weird)

Japanese cheater learns why you should never try to lie to your train otaku girlfriend

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 26, 2018

Relationship is derailed as rail geek girl uses her amazing powers of deduction to catch her boyfriend in a lie.

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• (cheating • COK • crazy • funny • relationships • romance • tetsu ota • train otaku • trains)

Tokyo Disney will give New Year’s Eve visitors the chance to party for 26 straight hours!

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 26, 2018

See in the New Year with some Disney magic, and maybe some sleep deprivation.

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• Japan
• (Disney • New Year's Eve • Tokyo Disneyland • Tokyo DisneySea)

Convenience store clerk accidentally puts something in customer’s bag they shouldn’t have…

• Scott Wilson
  Aug 25, 2018

Um, I don’t remember buying that. I’m not even sure if I CAN buy that.

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• Japan
• (conbini • convenience stores • Family mart • funny • twitter)

Japanese idol singer too sick to dance in music video gets replaced by CG, manga drawings【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2018

AKB48 couldn’t give her spot to another idol, so they found a way to put her in the video even if she wasn’t physically present.

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • idol singers • Idols • music • SKE48 • video)

One of Japan’s dullest-looking restaurants actually has an awesome robot waiter【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2018

Veteran employee has been quietly serving customers for decades.

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• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Okayama • okonomiyaki • restaurants • robots • SNOJ • video • weird)

Packs of pig vaginas for sale at Japanese market disgust/intrigue Internet【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2018

Flat-grilled pig vaginas! They’re…[censored]-lickin’ good?

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • gross • pork • weird)

Sashimi supplement pouches are here to help your body get the nutrients/sashimi it needs

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2018

Definitely more delicious than a handful of multivitamin capsules.

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• Japan
• (COK • dietary supplements • fish • food • health • sashimi • sushi)

Google opens haunted house in Tokyo for one week only

• Master Blaster
  Aug 24, 2018

Admission is free – just ask the friendly Google ghost you didn’t know was hiding inside your smartphone.

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• Japan
• (event • Google • Google Assistant • haunted houses • Omotesando • Tokyo)

Awesomely adorable Pokémon subway trains start service in downtown Tokyo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2018

Pikavee Special Trains let you ride the rails with Pikachu, Eevee, and their pals, and can even take you to the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo superstore.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • Eevee • Pikachu • Pokemon • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains • travel • video games)

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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