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Tokyo disaster tip: How to make a diaper with just two items you have in your home
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2017 - Tweet
Disaster preparedness team’s tip could save your nostrils.
- Japan
- (babies • clever • cool • diapers • disaster preparedness • disasters • earthquakes • lifehack • safety • typhoons)
Japan’s Disguise Ice Cream is an ingenious way to keep roommates from stealing your desserts
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2017
The best way to protect your tempting treasure is by making it look like something no one would want to eat.
An easy way to stop people from stealing your umbrella in Japan, plus put smiles on a few faces
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2017
Simple technique requires only a printer, some tape, and maybe an anime reference.
Shinkansen travel tip: A clever way to keep your suitcase from rolling around on the bullet train
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2017
Quick and clever maneuver eliminates one of the few hassles about high-speed rail travel in Japan.
Creeps bugging saleswomen at anime convention? Here’s a clever plan to discreetly call for help
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2017
System is easy for allies to understand, but invisible to everyone else.
- Japan
- (anime • anime conventions • clever • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • dojinshi • manga • otaku)
Cosplay catastrophe countermeasure: How to keep your makeup nice at a sweaty anime convention
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2017
Many fans say anime isn’t for little kids, but this cosplay solution makes use of something that is.
Sinisterly simple math puzzle for elementary school kids stumps Japanese Twitter adults
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2017
Get out your thinking caps, and get ready to possibly lose some of your grown-up pride.
Take a close look at this cosplayers chest, and you’ll learn those actually aren’t gigantic boobs
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2017
There’s plenty of skin on display, but not from where most people were expecting.
Luggage service lets travelers drop bags at cafes and shops in Japan via English-language website
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2017
Boasts a number of advantages over taking your chances with coin lockers at the train station.
Never misclick on your smartphone again with Japanese Twitter user’s awesome life hack
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2017
Tip is a God-send for Net surfers and illustrators alike, and all you need is a pen (but you won’t be using it as a stylus).
- Japan
- (art • clever • cool • illustration • life hacks • Smartphones • tablets • touchscreens)
Keep cockroaches at bay with Japanese bug-hater’s clever, non-chemical idea
- Casey Baseel
Apr 22, 2017
Home-made “bombs” aren’t lethal, let you swap insect invaders for a pleasant smell.
- Japan
- (bugs • clever • cockroaches • life hack)
Japanese cosplayer achieves amazing cyber legs look using wet stockings【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2017
Low-tech idea yields high-tech-looking results.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • clever • cosplay • cosplayers • cyborgs • robots • stockings)
Japanese supermarket sushi becomes even more awesome with cool new packaging innovation
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2017
Sushi from the grocery store gets an extra touch of class thanks to one tiny tweak.
Clever cosplay trick hardly costs a cent, will give you slender yet muscular anime hero shoulders
- Casey Baseel
Apr 11, 2017
If you’re looking to bulk up for a cosplay or crossplay session, you don’t have to hit the gym as long as you raid the cupboard.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • cosplay • crossplay • Final Fantasy XV • video games)
Japanese gamer shows off the absolute best configuration to play the Nintendo Switch in
- Casey Baseel
Mar 7, 2017
Why isn’t Nintendo marketing its new system like this?
- Japan
- (clever • funny • interior • lazy • nintendo • nintendo switch • video games)
Toilet teaching – Japanese programmer explains key concept with clever bathroom snapshot
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2017
This may look like a bathroom crisis, but it’s actually an educational opportunity.
Clever Japanese mom creates unbeatable iPad ad-blocker that requires no downloads or updates
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2017
No programming skills? No problem for this inventive mother.
- Japan
- (ad-blocker • clever • cool • funny • ipad • moms • tblets • technology)
Artist discovers way to strip his anime-style characters’ clothes off using a hair dryer 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2017
That’s pretty hot.
Twitter user finds incredibly clever way to reuse Japanese capsule toy containers
- Casey Baseel
Dec 16, 2016
Sure, the toys are cool, but it turns out their cases can be pretty useful too.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • clever • cool • eco-friendly • gachapon • mikan • recycling • toys)
Clever trick fights soy sauce stains, is a godsend for people clumsy with chopsticks 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2016
Method involves no chemical cleaners, one household appliance.
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