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Clever Japanese sticker defeats junk mail flyers, lets mail you actually want get through【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2021
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Designers say it’s completely solved their junk mail problems in a delicious way.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • food • funny • junk mail • mail • pizza)

Japan creates gaming chopstick holder, because gaming doesn’t always stop when it’s time to eat

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2021

Or is that eating doesn’t always stop when it’s time to game?

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• Japan
• (chopsticks • clever • cool • food • snack foods • video games • weird)

Class up your campsite with these Japanese sake pouches designed for the outdoors

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 27, 2021

These cute pouches will fit right alongside your campfire cookware!

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• Japan
• (alchohol • camping • clever • COK • cool • drinks • glamping • outdoors • sake)

Osaka pachinko parlor volunteers to become public vaccination center

• Master Blaster
  Aug 26, 2021

The machines will be turned off at the time, so no need for earplugs.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • Osaka • pachinko • vaccinations • vaccine)

Japanese stores create clever anti-scalper policies for Pokémon cards, Gundam model kits

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2021

Making sure they end up in the hands of Pokémon Trainers and mobile suit fans, not resellers.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • collectible trading card games • Gundam • Gunpla • models • plastic models • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • resellers • robots • scalpers • video games • Yodobashi Camera)

New interior necessity: Japanese dining table with a hole for your cat right in the middle【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2021

If your cat is already the master of the house, it may as well have its own place at the table, right?

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • clever • cool • furniture • interior • pets)

Japanese Sumi Toaster brings charcoal cooking technology to sliced bread

• Oona McGee
  Aug 17, 2021

A new way to create the perfect slice of toast.

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• Japan
• (bread • charcoal • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • hot plate • review • SNJO • taste test • toast • toaster • toaster oven)

Enjoy the pleasure of endless bubble wrap with Infinity Bubble Wrap AIR

• Master Blaster
  Aug 16, 2021

The future of stress relief is now.

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• Japan
• (Bandai • bubble wrap • capsule toys • clever • COK • gachapon • SNJO • stress relief • toys)

Why do elevators have mirrors in them? Japan Elevator Association has the answer

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2021

There’s an important reason, and no, it’s not so you can see how good you look.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • design • elevators • mirrors • SNJO • society • wheelchairs)

Daiso has awesome, and super-affordable, background boards for your anime figure photos!【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2021

Japan’s favorite 100 yen shop helps solve an otaku problem (two if you count leaving us with more cash to buy new figures).

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• Japan
• (100-yen stores • anime • clever • COK • cool • Daiso • figures • otaku • photos • SNJO)

Google made a free-to-play ninja cat RPG to celebrate the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s awesome!

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 23, 2021

The Google Doodle for the Tokyo Olympics’ start offers retro fun, insight into Japanese culture, and a skateboarding tanuki.

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• Internet, Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • awesome • clever • cool • culture • cute • Google Doodle • Olympics • retro games • sports • Tokyo Olympic • video games)

We create a Japanese izakaya pub at home with an amazing all-in-one kitchen gadget

• Oona McGee
  Jul 13, 2021

Join us for a Japanese-style pub meal at our place, complete with hot sake and snacks that are super easy to make!

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• Japan
• (atsukan • clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • izakaya • japanese cooking • Japanese food • kitchen gadgets • Lithon • pubs • sake • snacks • SNJO)

Japanese dad turns ordinary photos of his daughter into amazing fantasy world scenes【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2021

Image editing transports her from the living room to a world of amazing beauty and magical creatures.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • clever • cool • Parenting • parents • photography • photos)

Mysterious hand figures turn out to be our new favourite Japanese capsule toys

• Katie Pask
  Jul 1, 2021

Confusing? Yes. Cool? Very.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • clever • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toy • gachapon • shadow art • shadow puppets • SNJO • toys • weird)

Japanese art has never looked quite as beautiful as when it’s made out of Japanese beef【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 21, 2021

Ukiyo-e meets wagyu in this culturally culinary crossover.

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• Japan
• (art • beef • clever • culture • food • funny • hokusai • meat • omi beef • ukiyo-e • Wagyu)

Honda has created a GPS navigation system for your shoes【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2021

Ashirase sounds great for anyone who gets lost easily, but there’s another group of people Honda has in mind.

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• Japan
• (blind • clever • cool • disabilities • Honda • mobility • navigation systems • shoes • technology • video)

Rolled up balls of paper win 1st and 3rd place in Tokyo Tech paper airplane contest

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2021

Lazy like a fox.

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• Japan
• (clever • contest • education • engineering • paper airplane • Tokyo Institute of Technology • Tokyo Tech • weird)

Are you brave enough to wear Thanko’s new Folding Umbrella Sometimes Poncho?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2021

When staying dry is more important than the way you look.

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• Japan
• (backpacks • clever • COK • funny • gadgets • inventions • rain • rainy season • SNJO • Thanko • umbrella • umbrellas • weird)

Final Fantasy VII silicone mold lets you make Buster Sword chocolates, ice cubes in your freezer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2021

Cloud’s iconic weapon is ready to help quench your thirst and satisfy your sweet tooth.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Buster Sword • chocolate • clever • cooking • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • ice cubes • Square Enix • video games)

Japanese sento bathhouse creates genius system to show how busy the baths are

• Oona McGee
  Jun 7, 2021

Anxious over how many people will be seeing your naked body? This cute and clever system will ease your nerves.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • bathing • clever • cute • onsen • public baths • rubber ducks • sento • twitter)

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