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Japanese inventors create robot girlfriend hand for lonely people to hold and walk with【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2020
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A ton of thought went into the clever device, which actually has some heartwarming goals.

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• (clever • cool • crazy • funny • science • technology • video • virtual girlfriend • weird)

Cheap cosplay: How to make an awesome magic sword slash for just three bucks【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2020

A cool and clever idea that Demon Slayer fans, and kids too, will love.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • cool • cosplay • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Turn any table into a kotatsu with new adhesive heater from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2020

Stay warm all winter with this heated furniture hack.

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• (clever • cool • furniture • heater • heaters • heating • interior • kotatsu • Nitori • telecommuting • warm • work from home)

Put down the frying pan – You can make amazing pancakes with a sandwich maker, Japan learns【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 22, 2020

Genius idea has the potential to get even better in the next batch.

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• (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • food • pancakes • sandwich maker • sandwich press)

Fan-made Ghibli Caption Maker lets you put your own spin on famous anime scenes

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 19, 2020

Works with images from Spirited Away, Whisper of the Heart, and more.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • cool • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Ponyo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya • whisper of the heart)

Your mistakes will transform into Mt. Fuji with this cool art eraser from Japan【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Oct 15, 2020

Every mistake is another step on the path towards success, and also towards seeing Japan’s most famous mountain.

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• (art • clever • COK • cool • illustrtion • Mt. Fuji • SNJO)

Kentucky Fried Chicken installs fried chicken pick-up lockers in Tokyo, two other cities【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2020

A no-wait way to get your fried chicken take-out fix.

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• (clever • cool • fast food • food • Kentucky • KFC • technology • video)

Japanese Twitter has an ingenious way to cool down overheating electronics

• Katie Pask
  Oct 10, 2020

Keep your laptop (and thighs!) nice and cool with this nifty trick.

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• Japan
• (clever • coins • COK • computers • cool • laptops • life hacks • SNO • technology • yen)

How to escape when you’re trapped in a bathroom with a broken door【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2020

Japanese Twitter user’s advice is especially handy if you live by yourself.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • clever • door • life hacks • trapped)

A winter work-from-home essential from Japan: The kotatsu desk【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2020

A traditional piece of Japanese furniture gets a modern update to make telecommuting extra cozy in the cold part of the year.

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• (clever • cool • furniture • interior • kotatsu • telecommuting • warm • work from home)

Japanese gamer has brilliant, cheap way to keep you from rage-smashing your expensive controller

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2020

Before you ignore the future consequence, take a moment to remember something important from the past.

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• (clever • funny • life hack • nintendo switch • video game controllers • video games)

How to make a beautiful matcha cheesecake using a microwave, toaster oven, and hardly any effort

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2020

A gorgeous and delicious world of sweets is waiting for even the most inexperienced home chefs.

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• (beautiful • cakes • Cheesecake • clever • cooking • cool • food • green tea • ice cream • matcha • sweets)

Company uses empty buses to create giant maze after tours drop due to COVID-19【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2020

A very different kind of bus tour for tourists.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • buses • business • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hato Bus • marketing • maze • Tokyo • tours • travel • video)

Beautiful highway in Japan has terrifying traffic safety reminder

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2020

The open road might tempt you to step on the gas, but being so far from traffic means you’re far from something else too.

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• (cars • clever • driving • Hokkaido • scary • signs • traffic safety • travel)

Japanese video arcade introduces free punching service for sore versus game losers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2020

Tired of the dai pan problem, arcade seeks to channel fists towards more appropriate target.

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• (Arcades • clever • funny • game centers • Gundam • Gundam Extreme Vs. • video games • weird)

Japanese office workers getting boost by giving themselves anime ending theme at end of workday

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2020

Get Wild taikin puts a swaggering period on the end of the day, and Guren shukkin helps on the other end.

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• (anime • anime songs • Attack on Titan • City Hunter • clever • Get Wild • J-Pop • life hacks • music)

Japan’s sweet/terrifying face cakes are here as we order a batch of Kao Dorayaki【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 16, 2020

Our reporter couldn’t make it home to visit Mom and Dad, so she wanted to let them eat her face instead.

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• (clever • crazy • dorayaki • face cakes • food • K. Masami • Kao Dorayaki • SNJP • sweets • weird)

How to turn a classic Japanese noodle dish into Studio Ghibli’s Totoro

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 12, 2020

Tororo turns into Totoro.

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• (anime • clever • cooking • cool • cute • food • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Noodles • soba • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

New panties from Japan can transform into cats【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2020

Four different kitties are waiting to live in your lingerie drawer.

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• Japan
• (cats • clever • cute • fashion • Felissimo • lingerie • underwear)

Japanese convenience store customers reimagined as gacha game characters

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2020

Working at a konbini is like playing roulette with a gacha game mechanic.

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• (art • clever • convenience store • customer service • customers • gacha • gacha games • games • illustration • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • mobile game)

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