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Beautiful woman stuns Japanese Internet, no one will ever know her name because she’s a painting

Casey Baseel
May 14, 2018
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Breathtaking artwork form Hiroshima artist looks more like photography than oil paintings.

Japan
(art • awesome • COK • cool • painting • portraits)

Domino’s Pizza Japan now sells curry to dip its pizza crust in, and we want it so bad

Casey Baseel
May 10, 2018

Clam chowder and chili dips also available, and are enticing alternatives to Japanese pizza with mayo.

Japan
(awesome • curry • dominos pizza • food • pizza • weird)

Maths professor from Japan’s optical illusions will have you doubting your own eyes【Video】

Richard Simmonds
May 10, 2018

Perplexing perspectives: when left is right, and right is right, our brains melt but we’re impressed nonetheless.

Japan
(awesome • crazy • Kokichi Sugihara • optical illusions • science • video • weird)

Dragon Quest virtual reality attraction opens in Tokyo, and we join the adventure

Casey Baseel
May 4, 2018

VR Zone Shinjuku dedicates a huge room to bringing the classic RPG to virtual life.

Japan
(awesome • cool • Dragon Quest • video games • virtual reality • VR • VR Zone Shinjuku)

85-year-old Japanese granny wows internet with amazing piano performance【Video】

Dale Roll
Apr 28, 2018

She has trouble standing and taking a bow after her performance, but her hands glide like the wind across the keys.

Japan
(awesome • elderly • music • piano • piano performance • seniors • video)

Japan now has a transforming giant robot/car that two full-sized adults can ride in【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2018

Anime becomes reality with help from the creator of the original Gundam, and it even has a strange, hard-to-pronounce anime mecha-style name!

Japan
(anime • awesome • cars • cool • crazy • Gundam • J-deite RIDE • robots • technology • video)

This amazing suit of samurai armor is made of five-yen coins, and you can make your own too【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2018

Beautiful mother/son work of art meets a bittersweet end at the hands of the one enemy it can’t defeat.

Japan
(armor • art • awesome • coin craft • coins • cool • crafts • five-yen coin • samurai)

Muscle idol’s amazing Chun-Li photos shows gym is as important as sewing table for cosplay【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2018

Hardcore cosplayers make their own costumes, and for Reika Saiki, that includes building her body to get Chun-Li’s thighs.

Japan
(awesome • beautiful women • bodybuilding • Chun-Li • cosplay • fitness • Idols • muscles • Reika Saiki • Street Fighter • video games)

Awesome cosplay tip lets you create an anime power barrier without using any CG whatsoever

Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2018

Anime itself may have gone all-digital, but you can still use amazing practical effects as the finishing touch for your cosplay photos.

Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • cosplay • glow sticks • photography)

Japan’s master knife maker returns with a razor-sharp blade made out of plastic wrap【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 17, 2018

Possibly the world’s first knife where the soft grip wrapping and slicing edge are made of the same thing.

Japan
(Attoteki Fushinsha no Kiwami • awesome • cooking • cool • crazy • Japanese knives • knives • plastic • science • video)

Nintendo replaces almost all of gamer’s broken 3DS, hardly charges him anything for the parts

Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2018

Video game giant continues to be a customer service titan as it restores fan’s original model 3DS.

Japan
(3DS • awesome • cool • customer service • nintendo • video games)

Anime Love Live! makes good on April Fools’ promise by actually creating giant panty-clad figure

Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2018

Does that make the giant inflatable schoolgirl idol an April Geniuses’ gag?
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Japan
(anime • april fools • awesome • crazy • figures • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • otaku • weird)

New anime figure line boasts hyper-realistic skin, super-shapely butt on its debut release【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 30, 2018

Clever production innovation lets designers create amazingly convincing contrast between skin and other textures.

Japan
(anime • awesome • Bandai • cool • Figure-rise Labo • figures • Gundam)

The dramatic conclusion to the Find Seiji a Girlfriend Project【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 27, 2018

This is it. Two years after the start of the project, SoraNews24’s most consistent bachelor takes one last shot at romance as he meets Mimi.

Japan
(awesome • COK • Find Seiji a Girlfriend Project • moving • romance • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • touching)

Salaryman with sick wife pulls no punches in verbal smackdown of boss who won’t let him go home

Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2018

Think Japanese businessmen don’t care about their wives? This one does, and he’s got no time for anyone keeping him from taking care of her.

Japan
(awesome • cool • funny • marriage • romance • salarymen • society • working in Japan)

Tokyo just got a brand-new Pokémon megastore, and here’s a massive look at its exclusive items

Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2018

Ninja, sumo, and kabuki Pikachu are hiding in plain sight right next to Tokyo’s Pokémon Cafe.

Japan
(anime • awesome • COK • cool • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • Pokemon Center • SNO • Tokyo • video games)

Beautiful cosplaying takoyaki chef is so talented it’s tearing eyes off her anime outfit【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2018

Blazing speed and precision of Osaka restaurant owner shows that even when she’s cosplaying, she’s still hard at work.
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Japan
(anime • awesome • cool • cosplay • food • Idolmaster • Osaka • restaurants • takoyaki • video)

Tokyo’s crazy huge sakura sweet bean bun makes Mr. Sato happier/fuller than we’ve ever seen him

Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2018

SoraNews24’s crack reporter might miss all cherry blossom season with a food coma, but it’s still worth it to enjoy three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of sweets!