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Send a mini Japanese army in the mail using these unique message cards
- Katie Pask
Sep 16, 2020 - Tweet
Because who doesn’t look forward to receiving a battalion of samurai in the mail?!
- Japan
- (awesome • battle • culture • history • samurai • sekigahara • Sengoku • stationary)
This insane motorized scorpion computer chair is perfect for work-from-home supervillains【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2020
This is what happens when megalomania meets ergonomics.
- China
- (awesome • chairs • cool • crazy • furniture • gaming chairs • gaming PCs • interior • scary • scorpions • video)
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)
Is this the most beautiful anime character shrine any otaku has ever created?【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2020
Super-fan celebrates character’s birthday in grand style.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • otaku)
Downtown Tokyo hotel makes its rooms absolutely free in exchange for one small favor
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2020
All it takes is a few seconds to earn a free night, and they’ll even give you complimentary beer and sashimi.
Awesome Japanese wife “kidnaps” her husband as he leaves work…for his own good
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2020
Doesn’t tell him where they’re going or why, but has a very good reason.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • crazy • hot springs • marriage • moving • onsen • relationships • romance • spouses • touching)
World record set for most crane games in one arcade with new game center in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2020
Guinness World Records representative awards honor at grand opening of new Taito Station.
- Japan
- (Arcades • awesome • cool • crane games • game centers • Guiness World Record • Taito • Taito Station • UFO catchers • video games • world record)
Move over, dartboards – Japan now has shuriken machines for ninja fun!
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2020
Ninja Trainer Arcade earns Japan Ninja Council’s blessing.
- Japan
- (Arcades • awesome • cool • darts • Japan Ninja Council • Ninja • Ninja Trainer • Sega • shuriken • throwing stars • video games)
Man sheds half his body weight, looks like a handsome model in just one year
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2020
Impressive weight loss transforms this man’s body and mind, but it’s his new face that’s blowing everyone away.
- Japan
- (awesome • body fat • diet • health • makeover • videos • weight • weight loss • weight training)
Lightning storm photos of the Skytree show the Tokyo symbol in a whole new light【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2020
The awesome power of nature makes for an awesome sight.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • cool • lightning • photography • photos • Skytree • storm • Tokyo Skytree)
Why stay at a hotel in Japan when you can rent this entire mountain instead?【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2020
Yes, you get a cabin too, but the real appeal is having an entire mountain to yourself.
We visit a new Tokyo bar where nobody speaks and writing is the only way to communicate
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2020
In amongst the noise and bright lights of Shinjuku’s Kabukicho is a quiet oasis where you can hear the sound of pencil on paper.
Unit K-1, Japan’s brand-new ramen waiter robot, is bringing the future to our stomachs
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2020
Innovative ramen chain creates contactless service system.
- Japan
- (awesome • clever • COK • cool • coroanvirus • food • Korakuen • Noodles • ramen • robots • technology)
Conjure a magical barrier to block virus particles with an anime magic circle-inspired partition
- Ingrid Tsai
Aug 25, 2020
Be rest assured that the first law of alchemy, equivalent exchange, won’t be applicable here.
Tokyo Video Gamers, a new bar with free-to-play arcade games, opens in Akihabara
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2020
Game on and drink up at this Tokyo cafe where the staff are so friendly they’ll fight you.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • alcohol • awesome • cafes • cool • drinks • food • restaurants • Sega • SNK • video games)
Pokémon manhole covers finally come to Tokyo with awesome Gen-1 designs【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2020
A new batch of Kanto Pokédex Pokéfuta for the real-life Kanto region.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Machida • manhole covers • parks • Pikachu • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Tokyo • video games)
Professional basketball meets Cowboy Bebop in awesome NBA playoffs/anime video【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 20, 2020
National Bebop Association?
- Japan, USA
- (anime • awesome • basketball • cool • Cowboy Bebop • NBA • Shinichiro Waanabe • sports • video • Yoko Kanno)
New Japanese rice cooker cuts carbohydrates at the push of a button
- Oona McGee
Aug 17, 2020
Now you can lose weight just by eating rice.
- Japan
- (awesome • carbohydrates • clever • cooking • cool • diet • food • gadgets • health • healthy food • nutrition • rice • rice cookers)
Japan’s first-ever ramen restaurant, which closed 44 years ago, is reopening this fall!
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2020
Historic ramen restaurant Rairaiken starts serving ramen again in a very appropriate location.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • food • history • Noodles • ramen • Ramen Museum • restaurants • Yokohama)
The first stage of anime park Nijigen no Mori’s Godzilla attraction is now open for a limited time
- Dale Roll
Aug 13, 2020
Get a glimpse of the Godzilla Museum, which pays homage to the giant monster’s legacy.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • Godzilla • kaiju • movies • museum • Nijigen no Mori • theme park)
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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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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
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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