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Japan’s new apartments for singles with cats let you live with the only companion you need

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2020
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Affordable studio apartments are filled with features to make your cat happy in your new home.

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• Japan
• (animals • apartments • cats • clever • COK • cool • Felissimo • Kobe • pets • Wada Kosan)

How to resurrect a water-damaged book: Japanese bath fan’s freezer life hack

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2020

”Return by Death.”

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• Japan
• (baths • books • clever • COK • cool • life hacks • Re: Zero • water damage)

Genius shows how to turn your car into an anime art itasha for free【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2020

You can give your ride a stealthy otaku makeover without spending a single cent…but the results could be very temporary or very permanent.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cars • clever • COK • cool • funny • itasha • otaku)

How to kill your temptation to go outside this weekend with one piece of paper and some tape

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 4, 2020

Japanese comedian creates a 30-second countermeasure that can help you, and your community, stay safe from the coronavirus.

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• Japan
• (clever • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • funny • health • life hacks • social distancing • Yuriko Koike)

Net user proposes clever changes to 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo in light of one-year delay

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 31, 2020

We’d like to add our own stamp of approval to the ones already there.
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• Japan
• (2021 Tokyo Olympics • clever • hanko • logo • Olympics • twitter)

An edible DIY Japanese rock garden is what we all need to stay sane while working from home【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2020

Soothing to look at and delicious to taste, this is our newest home office amenity.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • culture • cute • food • gardens • SNJO • sweets)

The Lego Super Mario set is way more awesome than it needs to be【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2020

Team-up with Nintendo goes above and beyond by creating a new way to play that’s unlike traditional Legos or video games.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cool • LEGO • nintendo • Super Mario • toys • video • video games)

Anime’s impossible in real-life glasses now possible in real life, thanks to Japanese designers

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2020

Fashion brand brings an anime aesthetic trick into the three-dimensional realm.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • cool • ekoD Works • eyeglasses • fashion • glasses)

Japanese store curses toilet paper supply to protect it from thefts

• Master Blaster
  Mar 11, 2020

Stealing toilet paper is an evil that can only be undone by a greater evil.

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• Japan
• (clever • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • curse • funny • panic buying • shortage • toilet paper)

Unbox Therapy left speechless after trying Japanese toaster【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2020

“World’s most expensive toaster” from Mitsubishi uses rice cooker technology to toast bread to perfection.

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• Japan
• (clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • Mitsubishi • review • taste test • TO-ST1-T • toast • toaster oven • Unbox Therapy • video • YouTube • YouTuber)

Japanese cushion promises to turn video gamers into prisoners, make them happy about it【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2020

Making handheld gaming captivatingly comfy.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • cushions • interior • Thanko • video games)

People in the Tokyo sky, and with no CGI! Photographer’s amazing photo tricks are all in-lens

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2020

46th floor Shibuya observation deck turns out to be a uniquely beautiful place for people-watching.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • clever • cool • observation decks • photography • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble Square • Shibuya Sky)

Japanese Twitter has its sanity saved with lifehack to deal with tissues left in your laundry

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2020

Solution to the most annoying thing that can happen when washing your clothes is probably within arm’s reach of your washing machine.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • fashion • housework • laundry • Lifehacks • washing machines)

Japan’s new hyper-realistic food model is specifically designed to get your coworkers to shut up

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2020

Company behind Cup Noodle creates a bit of culinary camouflage to keep your meal from being the topic of unwanted conversations.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • food • food models • funny • Nissin • onigiri • rice balls • weird)

Japanese company invents a way to let us “drink” potato chips

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 29, 2020

Can also be used to turn other snack foods into snack drinks.

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• Japan
• (chips • clever • cool • food • potato chips • snacks)

We test the new two-in-one curry rice cooker from Japan that’s got everyone talking【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2020

Can this magical Twin Chef cooking machine deliver on taste as well as convenience? 

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cooking • cool • curry • curry rice • food • gadgets • review • rice cookers • SNJO • taste test • Twin Chef)

Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker can give you freshly cooked rice at the office

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2020

High-speed cooking gadget is also great for those living the single life.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • rice • rice cookers • Thanko)

Mitsubishi’s solution for stressed office workers in Japan: fake skylight video displays

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2020

Simulated sky slice might actually be better suited for a different environment, though.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crazy • gadgets • interior • Mitsubishi • skylight • technology • weird • window • Windows)

The anime crush savings plan: Woman explains how to save thousands of dollars, have fun doing it

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2020

Having an anime crush usually drains your wallet, but here’s how your 2-D passion can make you richer instead.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • funny • life hacks • money • otaku • Savings • Touken Ranbu)

Amazing Japanese cup stirs your drinks for you, needs no batteries or charging【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2020

Clever tech trick means you’ll never need to use a spoon when making a cup of hot coffee or tea again.

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• Japan
• (clever • coffee • cups • drinks • gadgets.cool • mugs • tea • technology • video)

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