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All heart, no CG in beautiful, mind-bending Pocari Sweat video【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2021 - Tweet
You might just shed a tear watching this amazing ad from Pocari Sweat.
- Japan
- (ads • awesome • beautiful • CG • CGI • cool • drinks • moving • pocari sweat • sports drinks • touching • video)
Real-life Demon Slayer? A visit to the legendary split boulder of Haban Shrine【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2021
This shrine’s anime-level boulder has an anime-level backstory.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • culture • Demon Slayer • Himeji • Kimetsu no Yaiba • shinto • shrines • SNJO • travel)
These amazing, ultra-pink photos of Tokyo are NOT of cherry blossom trees【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2021
Pretty in pink on a spring afternoon might have you imagining sakura, but there’s something else going on.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • cherry blossoms • cool • crazy • photography • sakura • Tokyo Tower)
Kimono genius turns obi sash into the head of Evangelion Unit-01【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2021
Also recreates anime’s Angel aliens and Spear of Longinus.
Massive manga mural takes over Tokyo station to celebrate Jujutsu Kaisen【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2021
The cast of the hottest shonen series show up in Shibuya.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Jujutsu Kaisen • manga • mural • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • stations)
Gigantic Evangelion Spear of Longinus appears stabbed in the ground at the Tokyo Skytree【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2021
Anti-Angel weapon installed to celebrate the end of the Eva anime franchise.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • Evangelion • Spear of Longinus • Tokyo Skytree)
Rice cooker cooking: Bacon onion rice is amazingly easy, awesomely delicious
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2021
Japanese Twitter chefs fall in love with a hassle-free way to make an entire meal with only about a minute of work.
The Titan-Sized Attack on Titan manga is freakishly huge, breaks world record for largest comic
- Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2021
Collected volume is sized to fit the hands of the Titans themselves.
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • awesome • cool • crazy • Kodansha • manga • world record)
Living the hotel life across Japan – Monthly plan lets you jump between 35 hotels, 12 prefectures
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2021
Want to hop between Tokyo, Kyoto, and everywhere else between Hokkaido and Kumamoto? This is the plan for you.
Japanese man donates bags of cash to local schools, disappears without a trace
- Katie Pask
Mar 1, 2021
The school staff even chased after him, but to no avail.
- Japan
- (awesome • crazy • donation • generous • money • Nara • random acts of kindness • school • Tiger Mask)
Japanese luxury hotel’s new month-long stay plan lets you live Yokohama life with amazing twist
- Casey Baseel
Feb 27, 2021
Bayside hotel’s deal is already great, gets even better if you and your friends work together.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • deals • hotel • long stay • Minato Mirai • monthly stay • travel • Yokohama • Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel)
New world record – Tokyo capsule toy shop will have more machines in one spot than anywhere else
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2021
Sunshine City set to shine even brighter with opening of Bandai Namco’s Gashapon Department Store.
- Japan
- (awesome • Bandai • capsule toys • cool • gacha • gachapon • gashapon • Ikebukuro • Namco • Sunshine City • toys)
Highest-ever Tokyo homes announced, will be as far from the street as tip of Tokyo Tower
- Casey Baseel
Feb 20, 2021
Amazing views for a sky-high price.
- Japan
- (awesome • condominiums • cool • crazy • expensive • homes • Living in Japan • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower)
Foreigner convenience store clerk in Japan saves elderly woman from scammers with quick thinking
- Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2021
Refuses to give up when senior doesn’t realize she’s being taken advantage of.
- Japan
- (awesom • awesome • convenience stores • crime • e-money • foreigners in Japan • fraud • fraudsters • scammers • scams • seniors)
Mr. Sato orders a 5-kilogram, 12,000-calorie rice bowl with a pile of meat on top
- Dale Roll
Feb 16, 2021
Kitchen Origin’s “Meat Castle” is not something that can be easily conquered–but by Jove, he’ll try.
- Japan
- (awesome • bento • big food • COK • crazy • food • karaage • Kitchen Origin • meat • Meat Day • Mr. Sato • SNJO • tonkatsu • yakiniku)
World’s most enthusiastic security guard caught on camera, inspires Twitter【Video】
- Katie Pask
Feb 15, 2021
No one loves his job more than this happy guy!
Tokyo Tower lights up with hope in first-ever event celebrating Chinese New Year
- Katie Pask
Feb 11, 2021
It’s the first time in the tower’s history for such an event to happen.
- China, Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • China • Chinese New Year • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hope • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba desserts are some of the most beautiful anime sweets ever【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2021
When a master of nerikiri turns his attention to the phenomenal anime hit, desert magic happens.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • beautiful • cool • Demon Slayer • gyuhi • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • mochi • nerikiri • sweets)
It’s not anime, it’s real! Amazing life-size Gundam statue photos look like anime source material
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2021
Gundam awesomeness comes full circle in photo series that shows full-size real-world statue looking like amazing illustrations.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • full-size Gundam • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • life-size Gundam • photography • robots • RX078 Gundam)
All aboard Japan’s new Super Mario Nintendo World train!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2021
A very special train to carry fans to Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • nintendo • Osaka • Super Mario • trains • travel • Universal Studios Japan • video games)
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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