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Overwhelmed by modern social media? Japanese company is bringing back pagers with an emoji-twist
- Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2024 - Tweet
Sega’s emojam wants to keep messages short and sweet, plus within your circle of close friends.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • emojam • gadgets • pagers • Sega • social media • society • technology)
How to power up the coolest cheap souvenir from Nintendo’s official shop with a trip to Daiso
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2024
Let’s a-go to Nintendo Kyoto and then Daiso!
- Japan
- (Animal Crossing • clever • COK • cool • crafts • Daiso • DIY • erasers • nintendo • Nintendo Kyoto • Nintendo official store • Nintendo Osaka • Nintendo Tokyo • Pikmin • SNJO • Splatoon • Super Mario • video games)
Nintendo made an interactive alarm clock, and it’s awesome in so many ways【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2024
Motion-sensing Alarmo wants to make you feel like you’re waking up in the game worlds of Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, and more.
- Japan, USA
- (alarm clock • Alarmo • awesome • clever • cool • gadgets • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • sleep • Super Mario • video games • wellness)
Kyoto company developing autofocus glasses for sufferers of presbyopia and other conditions
- Master Blaster
Oct 1, 2024
Let your glasses focus your eyes so you can focus on the important things in life.
- Japan
- (2025 Osaka World Expo • clever • cool • Elcyo • eyesight • glasses • Kyoto • liquid crystal • Osaka University • presbyopia • technology)
Super-cheap, super-convenient rice-cooking mug is a new kitchen gadget all-star from 3 Coins
- Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2024
A perfectly cooked single-serving of rice with just this mug and a microwave, no rice cooker needed.
- Japan
- (3 Coins • 3COINS • clever • cooking • cool • food • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice cookers • SNJO)
Pronto Pokémon cafe collaboration in Japan gives us themed food and drinks…and free merch!
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2024
Pikachu takes us on a culinary adventure with some legendary stars along for the ride.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • food • Ogerpon • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pronto • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Terapagos • video games)
Peachy keen life hack! Japan’s Zen-Noh shares an ingeniously easy way to pit a peach in seconds【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2024
The fastest, easiest way possible to get a prized peach ready to eat.
Is this 7-Eleven sign in Japan really 711 metres from the store?
- Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2024
Testing the integrity of the famous Japanese convenience store chain.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • Ahiruneko • billboards • clever • convenience stores • cool • countryside • funny • investigation • investigative journalism • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese countryside • LOL • marketing • Saitama • signs • SNJO)
CLBSCBSCSPSSCUCHCAVDSMSBIASEPONWCAFG-FLSSV Back Sunshade is a cheap high-pride cost way to stay cool
- Casey Baseel
Jun 26, 2024
Field-testing the summer cool-down cape in the fields.
- Japan
- (Amazon cheap product testing • Amazon product • Amazon product testing • clever • COK • heat • sfunny • SNJO • weird)
Pronto Pokémon cafe collab brings exclusive merch and a clever way to take photos of your food
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2024
Beach and mountain summer fun from the comfort of an air-conditioned cafe.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • clever • cool • drinks • food • Pikachu • Pronto • restaurants • video games)
Secret-identity J-pop singer Ado to hold handshake event with surreal setup to hide her face
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2024
Fans have never seen Ado’s face, and that won’t change even after they shake her hand.
- Japan
- (Ado • anime • clever • crazy • handshake • handshake events • J-Pop • music • One Piece • weird)
The Ghibli Park real-world Totoro house’s kitchen and bath actually get used by staff【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 13, 2024
Studio Ghibli theme park shares a secret for the lived-in feel of the real-world Mei and Satsuki’s house.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • clever • cool • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • Mei and Satsuki's House • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Totoro)
The dream of a Totoro group hug is now a reality with this cushion【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2024
Totoros come in for a squeeze when you sit down.
- Japan
- (clever • cushion • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • Totoro)
These Tokyo train ticket machines have a cool way of helping you if you bought the wrong ticket
- Casey Baseel
May 25, 2024
West Tokyo rail operator’s video shows clever design feature.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • Keio Line • tourism • train tickets • trains • transportation • travel • video)
Japan now has a convenience store that can be towed by a car【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2024
What’s more convenient than a convenience store that can come to you?
- Japan
- (awesome • cars • clever • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • video)
Japanese cosplayer creates amazing outfit: Sailor Moon’s transformation sequence!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 3, 2024
10 years of creative energy turn into something magical.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • manga • Sailor Moon)
Love yakiniku but dining solo? Here’s what it’s like to eat alone at Yakiniku Like
- Krista Rogers
Mar 20, 2024
Experiencing solo yakiniku for the first time at a popular chain specializing in yakiniku-for-one.
- Japan
- (alone • clever • COK • cool • food • Korean barbecue • meat • restaurants • Saya Togashi • SNJO • solo dining • yakiniku • Yakiniku Like)
Final Fantasy VII art team reveals old-school way they got the game’s sandwiches looking so good
- Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s sandwiches look good enough to eat, which makes sense considering how they were created.
- Japan
- (clever • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • food • sandwiches • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • video games)
Suika Game can now help you stay in shape with new exercise version of the smash-hit game【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2024
Why be a couch potato when you can be a fruit exerciser instead?
- Japan
- (clever • cool • exercise • fitness • Suika Game • video • video games)
Funny signs in Japan: 7-Eleven enters the ring with a humorous notice for drivers
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2024
A clever way to draw attention to an off-the-beaten-path Japanese convenience store location.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • billboards • clever • convenience stores • cool • funny • LOL • marketing • Saitama • signs • SNJO)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
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This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Thief mails 460 million-yen watch back to Tokyo store he stole it from, says “I’m sorry”
Weekly
- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Yearly
Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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