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Japanese kid turns dad’s retro game collection into awesome Dragon Quest clock【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2022
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Because no matter what time it is, it’s always time for Dragon Quest, right?

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • clocks • cool • Dragon Quest • interior • kids • retro games • video games)

Japan’s new ramen vending machine cooks noodles in just 90 seconds, serves four different types

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2022

The wonders of the Yo-Kai Express sound like a myth, but they’re real.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • food • Haneda Airport • Noodles • ramen • vending machines)

Amazingly organized Sailor Moon treasure drawer is inspiration to anime fans and neat freaks【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2022

Totally mature adult on the outside, 100-percent magical girl on the inside.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • interior • Sailor Moon • video)

Giant Gundams occupy Yokohama as part of Gundam Port Yokohama art project【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2022

Full-scale reproduction of anime’s Last Shooting finale and more draws fans to the bayside city.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • Gundam • Minato Mirai • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • SNO • Yokohama)

A self-driving car that delivers ramen is Nissan’s newest automotive innovation【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2022

Speeds up and down the counter without spilling a drop.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cars • cool • food • gadgets • nissan • Noodles • ramen • technology • video)

Freakishly muscular life-size statues of Grappler Baki anime/manga cast intimidate and amaze【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2022

Special exhibition recreates Underground Arena to celebrate the martial arts series’ 30th anniversary.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • Baki • COK • cool • crazy • events • exhibition • figures • Grappler Baki • manga • SNJO)

This is chalk?!? Yep, and it’s a touching Pokémon goodbye from a Japanese teacher to his students

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2022

Teacher bookends three years with his class with two stunning pieces of chalkboard art.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • chalkboard art • cool • Dragon Quest • education • illustrtion • moving • Pokemon • Pokémon Arceus • Pokemon Legends Arceus • schools • Teachers • touching • video games)

Bandai is raising all full-time employees’ salaries by roughly 30 percent

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 1, 2022

Giant robot toymaker gives workers giant raises to boost motivation, with one possible catch.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Bandai • COK • Gundam • Gunpla • moving • society • touching • working in Japan)

Japanese full armor cosplayers head to their local Adventurer’s Guild for a fantasy feast【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2022

Thankfully there were no random monster encounters along the way.

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• Japan
• (armor • awesome • cool • cosplay • crazy • Dark Souls • Fantasy • knights • restaurants • themed restaurants)

We visit a train station in historical ninja town, see ninja trick art, and become ninjas ourselves

• Katie Pask
  Feb 24, 2022

Koka City was once home to the legendary Koga Ninja Clan, and the local station pays homage with some fun trick art! 

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • Haruka • haruka takagi • Koga • koga ninja • koka • Ninja • ninjas • Shiga • Shiga Prefecture • shinobi • SNJO • train station • trains • trick art)

Ferry takes trip halfway across Japan… without anyone steering it

• Katie Pask
  Feb 12, 2022

Unmanned cargo ship travelled from Hokkaido to Ibaraki, and netizens have mixed feelings.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • AI technology • autonomous • autonomous vehicles • awesome • cargo ships • ferry • Hokkaido • Ibarakai • ship • Sunflower ferry • technology • unmanned)

American sports website promotes upcoming Super Bowl via…Attack on Titan?

• Katie Pask
  Feb 3, 2022

American football is cruel and unforgiving, and yet it is also beautiful.

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• Japan
• (anime • AoT • art • Attack on Titan • awesome • Eren • Eren Yeager • Japanese Twitter • Super Bowl • super bowl 2022 • twitter)

Cosplay company creates fantasy RPG-style memorial altars for the ashes of your ancestors【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2022

Takumi Armory helps you give family members a resting place and sendoff fit for a hero.

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• Japan
• (altar • anime • awesome • Buddhism • butsudan • cool • cosplay • culture • religion • Takumi Armory • video games)

Cloud’s Buster Sword is becoming an awesome real-world clock for Final Fantasy fans

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2022

Hey, Buster, tell me what time it is!

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• Japan
• (awesome • clocks • cool • crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • interior • Square Enix • video games)

Japanese festival says thank you and goodbye to daruma good-luck dolls…with fire【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2022

A dramatic send-off at a mountain temple.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • culture • festivals • fire • good luck charms • Gunma • temples.daruma)

An amazing icicle world waits just an hour and a half outside downtown Tokyo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 24, 2022

Annual event in Chichibu is worth getting out of the city and venturing into the cold for.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • beautiful • Chichibu • COK • cool • crazy • ice • icicles • Saitama • SNJO • travel)

How to cancel a floor on a Japanese elevator

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2022

Cool hack will save you time and keep you in everyone’s good books.

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• Japan
• (awesome • buttons • COK • cool • elevators • hacks • Hitachi • knowledge • life • life hacks • Lifehacks • lifts • manufacturing • Mitsubishi • SNJO • society)

One of Japan’s coolest castles looks even cooler this winter with laser mapping art event【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2022

There’s never a bad time to take a look at the Crow Castle, but this winter is an especially good one.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • beautiful • castles • COK • cool • laser • light up • Matsumoto • Matsumoto Castle • Nagano)

Gorgeous Pokémon sculpture made from beer bottles and crystal candy

• Katie Pask
  Jan 11, 2022

Creative YouTuber also makes Pokémon that actually charge phones, act as speakers, and more.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • clay • creative • figure • figurine • figurines • froslass • Pokemon • rare Pokémon • sweets • technology • toys)

Gray-sky Gundam photo will brighten the hearts of anyone who loves anime or awesomeness

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2022

Yokohama’s life-size Gundam always looks incredible, but on this day the timing was just right to take it to a whole other level with an incredible wide-angle shot.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • beautiful • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Minato Mirai • Mobile Suit Gundam • photography • robots • Yokohama • Yokohama Gundam)

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