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Japanese vending machines will now let your buy things using your face
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2020 - Tweet
Smile for the camera (and the drink).
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cool • drinks • Dydo • facial recognition • technology • vending machines)
New light-up Japanese bar sign capsule toys make drinking at home feel like a night on the town
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2020
Get the look of five types of Tokyo’s back-alley bars in the comfort of your kitchen.
- Japan
- (bars • capsule toys • clever • COK • cool • gachapon • interior • magnets • vending machine toys)
Hankering for a vacation? Try these pseudo-vacations offered in Taiwan and Japan
- Dale Roll
Jul 1, 2020
Whether digital or just a taste of travel, these experiences might help sate a little bit of your wanderlust!
- Japan, Taiwan
- (Air travel • airport • clever • coronavirus • digital • sightseeing • Taiwan • travel • vacation • weird)
Japanese architecture firm creates luxurious “Cat High-Rise Condominium” cat tree【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2020
For different floor for four different aspects of your kitty’s lifestyle.
You can now get stick-on salon masks for haircuts in the coronavirus age in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2020
See-through and strapless, the new masks help getting a haircut in the new normal feel a little more like it did in the old normal.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • coronavirus • hair salons • haircuts • hairstyling • masks)
Coronavirus leads to the creation of haunted drive-in in Tokyo this summer【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 23, 2020
Pandemic is changing how haunted houses work in Japan, but the terrifying show will go on.
- Japan
- (awesome • cars • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • crazy • drive-in • ghosts • haunted houses • scary • zombies)
Japanese bag looks like it’s spouting random English, but has an actual message
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2020
“You’re reading this, aren’t you?”
You play the newest Pokémon game, Pokémon Smile, by brushing your teeth in real life【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 18, 2020
Gotta brush ‘em all!
- Internet, Japan
- (AR • clever • cool • cute • health • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Smile • teeth • video)
Japanese notepads you can eat promise to save you from embarrassing body noises at work/school
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2020
Grumbling stomach? Trumpet-blast fart? It’s the Kamihime to the rescue!
How to stop the itching from a mosquito bite in minutes using a towel and a microwave
- Casey Baseel
Jun 15, 2020
A super easy way to keep the bloodsuckers from spoiling your summer fun.
- Japan
- (bugs • clever • COK • cool • itchy • life hacks • mosquitoes)
Cosplay mosquito repellent? Japan’s new magical-armor-style accessory protects you from bugs
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2020
Because anime heroes shouldn’t have to worry about bug bites.
Japanese dad opens bar inside his house just for him and his kid【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2020
Parent and child bond over oden, all-age drinks.
- Japan
- (bars • clever • cute • funny • kids • moving • oden • Parenting • parents • restaurants • touching • video)
Drum-maker Pearl repurposes hi-hat pedals into alcohol dispensers
- Master Blaster
Jun 9, 2020
A great way to beat COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
- Japan
- (clever • coronavirus • COVID-19 • disinfectant • drum stands • drums • hi-hats • music • musical instruments • Pearl)
How to make a pizza using a pack of ramen noodles【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2020
Here’s what happens when two of the most comforting comfort foods team up.
Got a collection of anime clear files? Then you need these super-cheap frames from Japan’s Nitori
- Casey Baseel
May 27, 2020
Otaku have fallen in love with the affordable solution to a frustrating problem.
Creative Japanese office installs awesome full-size vending machine made out of cardboard【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 26, 2020
Japan has a lot vending machines, but there’s only one like this.
Drink with a Japanese geisha at an online drinking party
- Oona McGee
May 22, 2020
Now you don’t even have to be in Japan to spend time with a geisha.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • coronavirus • culture • drinking party • geisha • Hakone • maiko • Nomikai • tourism)
Hatch dinosaurs by saving your money in new line of Japanese toy coin banks
- Krista Rogers
May 19, 2020
It will be easier to resist the urge to spend that pocket change when you know that you can hatch a prehistoric reptile instead.
- Japan
- (children • clever • coin banks • cool • dinosaurs • money • piggy bank • toys)
How to make a mask out of a coffee filter in just seconds
- Casey Baseel
May 19, 2020
In less time than it takes to brew a cup of java, you could have a new face covering.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • clever • coffee • COK • cool • Daiso • DIY • do it yourself • face masks • Go Hatori • life hacks • masks • SNJO)
Cat taking over your work-from-home keyboard? Japanese YouTuber has super easy solution【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2020
The trick is a trade-off that makes both sides feel like they’ve won the battle.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • clever • cute • funny • life hacks • pets • telecommuting • telework • video • working from home)
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