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Capcom vs. Osamu Tezuka art exhibit swaps artists for crossover celebration
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2020 - Tweet
Father of modern fighting games teams up with the god of manga.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Capcom • events • exhibitions • manga • museums • Osamu Tezuka • Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum • video games)
This one guy has spent four years making an entire anime on a 3DS, and it looks amazing【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2020
Flipnote Warrior is a labor of love, but it might need your help to get finished.
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • cool • Flipnote • illustration • nintendo • Nintendo 3DS • video • video games)
This isn’t an anime cel – It’s the greatest 3-D CG model of a Studio Ghibli character ever made
- Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2020
Don’t believe us? Come on in and take the 360-degree model of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind for a spin.
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • beautiful • CG • Hayao Miyazaki • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)
Japanese convenience store customers reimagined as gacha game characters
- Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2020
Working at a konbini is like playing roulette with a gacha game mechanic.
- Japan
- (art • clever • convenience store • customer service • customers • gacha • gacha games • games • illustration • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • mobile game)
A chain of “welding theme parks” is opening in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2020
For everyone who finds the sparks from a welding torch more beautiful than any fireworks show.
- Japan
- (art • cool • crafts • metalworking • theme parks • weird • welding)
Tokyo theme park closes down, thanks visitors with touching water graffiti message
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2020
The only thing better than the message itself is the fascinating water printer machine that “prints” it.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • art • COK • cool • graffiti • Harry Potter • movies • Mr. Sato • museums • SNJO • Tokyo • Toshimaen • travel • Warner Bros • Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter • water • Water Printer)
The terrifying monster logo for the Osaka world’s fair is born, immediately gets fan art
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2020
Believe it or not, the design is inspired by cherry blossoms.
- Japan
- (art • crazy • cute • Mascots • Osaka Expo • Osaka Expo 2025 • scary • weird • World Expo 2050)
My Neighbour Totoro storyboards reveal secrets behind the Ghibli anime movie
- Oona McGee
Aug 17, 2020
Totoro’s missing dialogue, Kanta’s final revelation, and… Totoro has a crush on Satsuki?!
- Japan
- (anime • art • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • SNJO • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Beautiful bag designed by leather craftsman specially for carrying watermelons is a work of art
- Dale Roll
Aug 16, 2020
You might think it’s dumb, but after watching the “how it’s made” video, you just might want one after all!
- Japan
- (art • bags • cool • design • fashion • handbags • leather • Tsuchiya Bag Co. • watermelon • weird)
Japanese designer creates dream sneakers that everyone wants to buy
- Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2020
These kicks pay homage to everything from the humble convenience store through to Netflix and even the old-school iMac G3.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • art • artists • design • fashion • Japanese artists • konbini • Netflix • shoes • sneakers • twitter)
Japanese wife/artist solves “I don’t know. What do YOU want to eat?” problem in an awesome way
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2020
A clever solution for those times when both you and your spouse are too hungry to think of anything on your own.
- Japan
- (art • clever • cooking • cool • food • illustration • menu • relationships)
We make a Japanese ice cream vending machine
- Oona McGee
Aug 7, 2020
It’s amazing what you can get free with Japanese magazines nowadays.
New Calpis Water bottle design can only be fully seen after you drink the contents
- Katie Pask
Jul 27, 2020
Keep refreshed and get a glimpse of Japanese high school life with these charming bottle designs.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (art • Calpico • Calpis • cute • cute illustrations • drink • drinks • high school • illustrations • limited edition • nostalgia • school days • SNO • soft drink • summer • summer drink)
Fujisan beer, made with rice grown by water under Mt. Fuji, may have world’s most beautiful can
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2020
Asahi Beer releases limited-run ale made with 100-percent Japan-grown ingredients.
- Japan
- (alcohol • art • Asahi Beer • beautiful • beer • drinks • hokusai • Mt. Fuji • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Busty Japanese brushstroke calligraphy artist shares visual appeal in video series【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2020
Shuji demonstrations teach viewers how to write names of hit anime series, popular kanji.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful women • brush • calligraphy • culture • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • shuji • video)
Ramen face mask from Japan fogs up your glasses, looks like a steaming hot bowl of noodles
- Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2020
If you can’t stop your spectacles from fogging up, you might as well make art with them.
- Japan
- (art • coronavirus • design • face masks • food and drink • funny • Japanese food • masks • Noodles • ramen • twitter)
Testing Japan’s gacha capsule toy calligraphy brushes – tranquility for just 200 yen【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2020
Paired with a mini goshuincho, this is a small-size, small-price way to experience the inner calm of traditional Japanese arts.
- Japan
- (art • calligraphy • capsule toys • COK • cool • culture • gacha • gachapon • goshuincho • shuji • SNJO • vending machine toys)
Posable “Nude” vending machine capsule toy is a better choice for artists than perverts
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2020
Gacha mannequin makes for a compact and affordable reference tool.
- Japan
- (art • capsule toys • cool • figures • gacha • gahapon • vending machine toys)
Real cops get called to fake art theft event at Tokyo gallery in the middle of the night【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2020
OK-to-steal art exhibition’s guests/thieves attract lots of attention.
Japan’s leading maker of giant cat heads needs your help!
- Master Blaster
Jul 12, 2020
Donate to the Japan Wool Art Academy’s crowdfunding and get a great deal on wearable giant wool cat heads and more.
- Japan
- (art • campfire • cats • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crowdfunding • giant cat heads • Housetsu Sato • Japan Wool Art Academy)
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- Japan’s middle-aged fairy man character stole our reporter’s heart in a hot spring town
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Burger King goes viral in Japan for opening new store in a Japanese-style building
Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
7-Eleven Japan’s Ramen Machine is a viral hit, but there’s one glaring problem
Japanese pudding gets a massive big-eats upgrade at this Tokyo cafe
Mt. Fuji may soon require off-season climbers to register with government or pay for their rescues
TeamLab is building a new Tokyo museum, and it’s the digital art group’s biggest ever
Visiting Fukui can teach travelers how to make, and smash, Japanese kawara tiles [Photos]
Starbucks Japan unveils first-ever vending machine, with an exclusive coffee drink
Japanese mayors challenge each other to nighttime ninja battle, now recruiting participants
Japan’s middle-aged fairy man character stole our reporter’s heart in a hot spring town
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween
Japan’s Suica Penguin character is “graduating”, and you can choose its successor
Two American women attempt to smuggle US$1 million worth of cannabis into Tokyo for a free trip to Japan- Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
New Shinkansen platform vending machine sells local-flavor treats from 127-year-old snack maker
Tokyo ward looking to change lodging laws, ban more than half of its Airbnb-style rentals- Mt. Fuji may soon require off-season climbers to register with government or pay for their rescues
Megadeth guitarist becomes voice of reason regarding tourists dancing at shrine in Japan
Mister Donut releases new sweet potato doughnuts in Japan, and we’ve ranked them from best to worst
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12-year-old British girl who went missing in Tokyo found safe after visiting anime sites around Yokohama
7-year-old boy left behind on Mt. Fuji by his own dad
Japan’s final Penguin Suica train cards have already shipped, and when they’re gone, they’re gone
Sushi Bus: Japan’s first conveyor-belt bus lets you eat sushi while sightseeing around Tokyo
Studio Ghibli unveils new anime calendars and diary planners for 2027
Japan approves foreign resident visa renewal fee increases of up to 967 percent, starts soon
Japan tripled its departure tax to fund tourism but is using the money on cherry blossoms and bears
Solo travel in Japan: Hidden beer garden in Tokyo is a haven for single visitors
Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono
Hobonichi unveils new 2027 planners, diaries and stationery with One Piece, Suica Penguin, Hello Kitty and a must-buy Mini Techo
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
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Japanese mayors challenge each other to nighttime ninja battle, now recruiting participants
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Join Naked in the Niwa garden: Kyoto Station’s newest spot to craft traditional art
Don Quijote ear cleaner sucks, and was criticised by customers, but is the new version any better?
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