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“Drinkable cream puffs” arriving in Japan, courtesy of new beverage from Beard Papa
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2017 - Tweet
Just when you thought Japanese vending machines couldn’t get any more awesome, here comes an awesome-sounding dessert drink.
- Japan
- (awesome • Beard Papa • cool • cream puffs • drinks • sweets)
Tokyo’s giant Gundam statue dismantled in anime-like scene that’s warming the hearts of fans
- Oona McGee
Mar 14, 2017
The significance of the event is being felt by everyone, even the workers who stopped to pose with photos of the mecha’s gigantic detached body parts.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • life-size Gundam • odaiba • robots • statues • Tokyo • travel)
Tokyo is getting a new giant Gundam robot statue this fall and it’ll be even bigger than the last
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2017
The original Gundam statue is no more, but dry your tears, anime fans, because a new mecha is on the way.
Nintendo hid a secret message on the Switch’s Pro Controller
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2017
Gamers have been searching for secrets in Nintendo games for decades, but this time there’s one waiting for them on the hardware.
- Global, Japan
- (awesome • cool • message • nintendo • nintendo switch • secret • video games)
Japan’s coffee-flavored toast spread is now on sale, but how does it taste? We find out
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2017
Who’s ready to eat their morning coffee?
Instead of waiting for Nintendo’s Switch, this awesome gamer made his own portable Super Famicom
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2017
Sure, Nintendo’s upcoming hybrid system looks cool, but retro gamers are already gushing over this cool customization of a classic console.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • nintendo • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • technology • video • video games)
Sliced chocolate is coming back to Japanese grocery stores, and it’s bringing a new flavor!
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2017
Somehow, chocolate sandwiches are about to become even more awesome.
Awesome otaku room has a huge secret: It’s an amazingly detailed miniature!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 20, 2017
You might not think you have enough space in your home to display all these anime and movie robots, but you’re wrong.
Japanese student breaks Guinness record for fastest finger snapping
- Master Blaster
Feb 20, 2017
Beating this record certain wasn’t a snap for Satoyuki Fujimura – it was 296 snaps.
- Japan
- (awesome • funny • Guinness Word Record • snap • talent • Tante! Knightscoop • video)
Now you can spread coffee on your toast in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Feb 16, 2017
Add a caffeine boost to your toast and sandwiches with this new spread from a popular Japanese coffee brand.
Beautiful frozen waterfall in Japan is an awe-inspiring reason to brave winter’s cold【Pics/Vids】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2017
Visitors are drawn to the serene stillness of the icy Fukuroda Falls.
- Japan
- (awesome • beauitful • cold • crazy • frozen • Ibaraki • nature • video • Waterfalls • weird • winter)
Anime artist dad turns young sons’ sketches into awesome animation character designs
- Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2017
Concept art was apparently too good to just put up on the family fridge.
Have a moving Hatsune Miku come to life inside your computer desktop background
- Scott Wilson
Jan 6, 2017
Oh, hello there. What are you doing outside of the computer?
- Internet
- (awesome • computers • Hatsune Miku • Idols • Steam • virtual idols • vocaloids)
Gigantic 81-foot Evangelion statue goes up in Shanghai
- Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2017
Recreation of anime’s Unit-01 sets very specific Guinness World Record.
- China, Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Evangelion • Guinness World Record • robots • Shanghai • statues)
Here’s what a 10,000-yen Sushi Cake from Japan looks like
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2016
Sure, frosting and strawberries are great, but today we’re chowing down on a “cake” topped with premium tuna and actual gold.
- Japan
- (awesome • cake • food • Kappa Sushi • sushi • Sushi Cake • weird)
Japanese TV show guest finds heirloom tea bowl is one of only four pieces like it in the world
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2016
Centuries-old ceramic vessel could be worth as much as 1.6 billion yen (US$13.7 million).
Japan’s Prime Minister has team of gloved officials that operates as his personal turn signal【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 20, 2016
Here’s how the Prime Minister of Japan going for a drive is different from when you or I do it.
- Japan
- (awesome • cars • cool • crazy • funny • politicians • politics • prime minister • Shinzo Abe • video)
Japanese Star Wars fan builds amazing levitating Millennium Falcon model【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 17, 2016
No strings or CG here; it’s all science and craftsmanship.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • levitation • maglev • Millennium Falcon • models • movies • science • Star Wars • video)
First look at Universal Studios Japan’s Nintendo World shown in official concept art
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2016
Well now, that looks awesome.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • nintendo • Super Mario • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • video games)
Japanese subway puts up posters of middle-aged men saying how Dragon Ball changed their lives
- Scott Wilson
Dec 11, 2016
Goku taught me everything I know… including how to fire a kamehameha wave.
- Japan
- (advertisements • awesome • Dragon Ball • JR East • trains)
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