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What would Sailor Moon be like if the heroines’ sizes matched their planets? Fan chart shows us

Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2018
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The anime heroines might be like a family, but their relative sizes are very different.

Japan
(anime • astronomy • cool • funny • manga • planets • Sailor Moon • science)

This is what a 10,000-yen (US$90) Unagi Sushi Cake looks like

Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2018

A beautifully arranged, blissfully huge order of one of Japan’s favorite summertime foods.

Japan
(awesome • big food • COK • crazy • eel • food • ikura • Kappa Sushi • SNOJ • sushi • unagi)

KFC Japan creates new fried chicken eating gloves to keep grease off your hands and smartphone

Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2018

Second-generation fried food eating aid is available now, makes signature dish glove-licking good!

Japan
(cool • etiquette • fast food • food • fried chicken • gloves • KFC • manners • weird)

New Evangelion anime movie teaser trailer appears after six years of waiting【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2018

Creators throw patient fans a jaw-droppingly gorgeous bone.

Japan
(anime • Evangelion • Evangelion 4.0 • Hideaki Anno • movies • Rebuild of Evangelion • Studio Khara • video)

Cute and comfy women’s-only hotel in Kyoto has everything you need for the perfect girls’ trip

Dale Roll
Jul 28, 2018

This stylish new hotel has plenty of convenient amenities, and a great location to boot.

Japan
(cafe • Cafetel • Japan travel • Kyoto • Kyoto hotel • Kyoto travel • Sanjo • Sanjo Hotel • Women's Hotel)

Surreally amazing Osaka sunset has some seeing the gates of hell, others heaven on Earth【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2018

Unfiltered video is like a scene from a Makoto Shinkai anime or a terrifying horror movie, depending on your perspective.

Japan
(awesome.cool • beautiful • Makoto Shinkai • Osaka • Sunset • video • your name.)

Video of Japanese airport baggage handlers’ amazing service fills rest of the world with jealousy

Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2018

Comparison video shot at Brazilian airport shows huge customer service gap.

Japan
(airports • ANA • baggage handlers • cool • customer service • hospitality • suitcases • travel • video)

Japanese rocker shares granny’s art online, Twitter goes wild, she sends note of thanks in return

Krista Rogers
Jul 27, 2018

Don’t sweat it if you find yourself tearing up at this simple but sweet gesture to get an obaachan the recognition she deserves.

Internet, Japan
(artwork • grandmother • painting • sweet • twitter)

This is what Tokyo’s craziest roast beef ramen looks like…but save room for dessert!

Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2018

Located in Tokyo’s number one ramen district, this restaurant piles on the wagyu Japanese beef and makes mouthwatering desserts too.

Japan
(awesome • beef • COK • crazy • food • meat • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • roast beef • SNOJ • sweets • Tokyo)

Is Tokyo hot enough this summer to cook curry on a car dashboard? We find out!

Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2018

Are laziness, forgetfulness, and Japan’s record-breaking heat the ingredients to a great meal?

Japan
(COK • cooking • crazy • curry • food • funny • heat • hot • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • Soramobile • weird)

Sailor Moon Luna PC cushion plushie is here to adorably stop you from goofing off【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2018

If she can keep the anime heroine from slacking off, she should be able to help you stay focused too.

Japan
(anime • cute • Luna • manga • PC cushions • plushies • Premium Bandai • Sailor Moon)

Japanese police make third arrest in connection with Love Live! anime manhole vandalism spree

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018

Officers establish connection with one other vandal, show there’s nowhere for law-breaking otaku to hide.

Japan
(anime • crime • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole covers • Numazu • otaku • vandalism)

Face-to-cheesy-face with the Marugoto Camembert Burger from Dom Dom

Master Blaster
Jul 26, 2018

It’s an Atkins dream come true in the form of two all-beef patties inside a pair of camembert cheese slabs.

Japan
(burgers • camembert • cheeseburgers • DomDom • fast food • restaurants)

Japan executes six Aum Shinrikyo cultists, bringing hanging total to 13 this month

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018

Number of executions now equals that of Tokyo subway gas attack deaths.

Japan
(Aum Shinrikyo • crime • cults • execution • Shoko Asahara • terrorism • Tokyo sarin gas attack • Tokyo subway gas attack)

Baby Chanco: The Japanese baby with a full head of thick, lustrous hair

Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2018

She might be just seven months old, but her incredible locks have already netted her more than 120,000 followers.

Japan
(babies • Baby Chanco • cute • hair • Instagram • Kawaii)

Japanese manga magazine promises to double its number of bikini model pages going forward

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018

The tail that wags the dog will be wagging even harder.

Japan
(anime • beautiful women • Kodansha • manga • shonen magazine • Weekly Shōnen Magazine)

McDonald’s officially reprimanded by Japanese government for misleading “roast beef” ads

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018

The meat in the 4.9-million Tokyo Roast Beef Burgers and Muffins McDonald’s sold wasn’t quite what people were expecting from their commercials.

Japan
(ads • crime • fast food • food • McDonald's • roast beef • scandal • Tokyo Roast Beef)

We cook a monjayaki Japanese pancake on the hood of a car during Japan’s hottest summer ever【Vid】

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018

Briquette-free barbecuing as the sun turns the hood of Japan’s cheapest car into a hot plate.

Japan
(cars • COK • cooking • crazy • food • funny • heat • hot • monjayaki • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • Soramobile • video • weird)

New Japanese bra liners cause cheers from women, complaints from horny dudes

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018

Pseudo undergarment has some griping that their summer fun has been ruined, but they’re clearly not who the designers are looking to please.