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Manga teaches how to fall asleep in just 10 minutes with near-absolute certainty

Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2018
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Six simple steps to slumber require no breathing apparatuses, hard liquor, or any other sleep aids.

Japan
(clever • cool • health • life hacks • manga • sleep • twitter)

Japanese designers’ brilliant way to stop people forgetting their smartphones in public restrooms

Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2018

Browsing while pooping is an internationally loved pastime, so here’s a clever way to make sure you never leave your phone behind.

Japan
(bathrooms • cars • clever • COK • cool • design • Hokkaido • life hacks • rest stops • Smartphones • Toilets)

Travel through Japan with no suitcase? That’s the goal of new item-sharing travel service Locarry

Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2018

Tokyo-based company has a clever solution to one of the most common problems visitors face when traveling in Japan.

Japan
(clever • cool • Locarry • suitcases • travel)

Depressed Japanese gamer brightens his days by giving himself a log-in bonus for his real life

Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2018

Rather than run away to a virtual world, he figured out a way to take something fun about video games and use it to fight off daily drudgery.

Japan
(clever • cool • funny • society • video games)

New Japanese bra liners cause cheers from women, complaints from horny dudes

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018

Pseudo undergarment has some griping that their summer fun has been ruined, but they’re clearly not who the designers are looking to please.

Japan
(bras • clever • cool • fashion • lingerie)

This two-second self-check from a Japanese nurse helps you know if you’re in dehydration danger

Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2018

Japan is dangerously hot this summer, and dehydration can sneak up on you without warning, so stay safe with this easy tip.

Japan
(clever • cool • dehydration • health • heat • hot • self-check • summer)

Japanese cat lover has an ingenious plan to keep your cat from hogging your bed all night

Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2018

Tired of sleepless nights from your cute kitty pushing you around the bed? Here’s a quick and clever solution.

Japan
(animals • cats • clever • cool • cute • funny • life hacks • pets)

How to defeat mosquitoes using a chemical-free, super-cheap cleaning product

Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2018

With mosquito season here, Japanese Twitter learns a quick and easy way to deal with the pests.

Japan
(bugs • clever • cool • life hack • mosquitoes)

Twitter user suggests creative idea to prevent umbrella theft, receives ovation from netizens

Koh Ruide
May 16, 2018

A computer chip on a rainy day keeps the thieves away.

Japan
(anti-theft • clever • funny • Japanese Twitter • umbrella)

Cover commanding Japan “stop staring at smartphones and read a book” doesn’t really hate tech

Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2018

Contents are actually an ironic jab at Japan’s holier-than-though critics of digital media consumption.

Japan
(clever • cool • ekoD Works • funny • smartphone cases • Smartphones • technology)

Visionary itasha design gives us a glimpse of what might become the newest trend for anime cars

Casey Baseel
Apr 17, 2018

An amazingly simply but cool idea to really help your itasha anime characters’ eyes “pop.”

Japan
(anime • clever • cool • Gran Turismo • GT-R • itasha • nissan • otaku • Pop Team Epic • video games)

Genius shares the magic phrase to instantly shut down sales pitches in Japan

Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2018

Four little, and polite, words are all you need to instantly convince a pushy salesman to move along and leave you alone.

Japan
(clever • COK • funny • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • shopping)

Breakup story has perfect response to Japanese women who treat their boyfriend like an ATM

Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2018

Love is complicated. Math is simple.

Japan
(ATMs • clever • dating • funny • relationships • romance • society)

This Valentine’s Day, tell him you don’t love him with Japanese women’s “chocolate maggot” recipe

Casey Baseel
Feb 14, 2018

A tasty, clever way to say “We’re just friends” in a country where women give chocolate to both lovers and platonic male acquaintances on February 14.

Japan
(chocolate • clever • cooking • food • funny • giri choco • gross • obligation chocolate • sweets • Valentine's Day)

Japanese travel provider has a clever psychological solution to reclining seat aggravation

Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2018

Whether the person in front of you adjusting the seat angle is a good or bad thing is all a matter of perspective, Tokyo-bound overnight bus shows us.