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Japanese “Rainbow Fire” lets you camp in style with multicolored flames!【Photos】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Nov 10, 2020
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We highly suggest only seeing, and not tasting, this particular rainbow.

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• (beautiful • campfire • camping • cool • experiment • glamping • Instagrammable • outdoors • Saya Togashi)

Cyberpunk kimono fashion hits the streets of Akihabara, complete with neon sign obi【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 9, 2020

Wearable neon light tubes look set to become the fashion statement of the season.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • cool • cyberbrain • cyberpunk • fashion • futuristic • Ghost in the Shell • kimono • NEON • neon lights • neon signs • obi • Tokyo • travel • twitter • weird • yukata)

How to stop thieves using your cash cards when you lose your wallet

• Oona McGee
  Nov 9, 2020

Simple hack from a former bank clerk in Japan.

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• Japan
• (anti-theft • bank • cash card • clever • COK • cool • lost and found • lost property • money • PIN • theft • wallet)

Sushi fabric maker Maison Sushi adds chic new card and coin cases, shoulder bags to lineup

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 6, 2020

What’s not to love when the world of fashion is also your sushi?
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• Japan
• (bags • clothing • cool • fabric • fashion • food • Maison Sushi • products • sushi)

Beautiful 3-D puzzle kit lets you build Ghibli’s Spirited Away bathhouse with no tools, glue【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 6, 2020

Includes cameo appearances by some of the stars of the Hayao Miyazaki masterpiece.

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• Japan
• (Aburaya • anime • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • models • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Exploring the tastes and textures of Forbidden Yukimi Toast【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Nov 6, 2020

Combination of two popular Japanese brands promise a “forbidden” level of tenderness.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cool • crazy • daifuku • food • ice cream • mochi • recipe • recipes • SNO • SoraKitchen • sweets • toast • weird • Yukimi Daifuku)

Japanese museum to hold “wonder” exhibit packed with marvelous curiosities from nature

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 6, 2020

Come to the Kadokawa Culture Museum to witness wonders like this guy’s big, blue face!

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• Japan
• (art • biology • cool • doodles. weird • Hiroshi Aramata • Kadokawa Culture Museum • museum • museums • Saitama • science • weird)

Handsome Japanese rickshaw drivers get hot and steamy in their new music video

• Katie Pask
  Nov 5, 2020

All to promote Japanese culture, of course.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • bath • cool • culture • Handsome men • muscles • music • rickshaw • rickshaw drivers • single • Tokyo • tokyo rickshaw • video)

Japanese inventors create robot girlfriend hand for lonely people to hold and walk with【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2020

A ton of thought went into the clever device, which actually has some heartwarming goals.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crazy • funny • science • technology • video • virtual girlfriend • weird)

There’s now a moving Gundam anime robot model that you can control with your brain【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2020

Psycommu technology goes from anime sci-fi to real-world science.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gunpla • models • robots • science • technology • video)

Cheap cosplay: How to make an awesome magic sword slash for just three bucks【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2020

A cool and clever idea that Demon Slayer fans, and kids too, will love.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • cool • cosplay • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Pokémon Shirts launches new face mask range in Japan【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 30, 2020

151 unique pocket monster designs to choose from!

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • dress shirts • face masks • fashion • masks • Original Stitch • Pikachu • Pokemon • shirts • video games)

Giant bottles of Coca-Cola are floating above Shibuya Scramble, looks like something out of Blade Runner

• Katie Pask
  Oct 30, 2020

The installation hopes to bring fun and excitement to Shibuya Scramble.

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• Japan
• (Billboard • Coca-Cola • cool • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • technology • Tokyo)

You can use anime mecha weaponry to open your mail with this awesome Gundam letter opener【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 30, 2020

It’s how Char would handle his fan mail.

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• Japan
• (anime • Char Aznable • cool • Gundam • letter openers • mecha • Premium Bandai • robots)

Anime girl holograms to start working as hotel staff at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel”【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2020

The Idolmaster cast will be waiting to serve travelers.

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• Japan
• (anime • Asakusa • COK • cool • Henn na Hotel • hotels • idol singers • Idolmaster • Idols • Tokyo • travel • video games • weird)

Japan’s “new normal” train manners poster: 7 steps for safe travel during the pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2020

Beloved character Doraemon fronts new manners campaign for trains in and around the Kyoto region.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • art • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Doraemon • JR West • manga • posters • stations • trains • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

Turn any table into a kotatsu with new adhesive heater from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2020

Stay warm all winter with this heated furniture hack.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • furniture • heater • heaters • heating • interior • kotatsu • Nitori • telecommuting • warm • work from home)

Japanese clothing brand Graniph releases new stylish Pokémon collection

• Dale Roll
  Oct 28, 2020

Deck the whole family out in cool and stylish Pokémon garb this winter!

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• Japan
• (clothing • cool • fashion • Graniph • graphic T-shirts • Pikachu • Pokemon • stylish)

This gigantic faux Switch is exactly how we want to play Nintendo games【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 28, 2020

Since there’s already a Switch Lite, should we call this the Switch Heavy?

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • crazy • interior • nintendo • nintendo switch • video games)

How to make tonkotsu ramen at home 【SoraKitchen】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2020

Easy recipe for delicious pork broth noodles with pro tips from a Japanese chef.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • food • Japanese recipe • Noodles • pork • ramen • recipe • recipes • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)

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