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Lazy stay-home innovation from Japan: the addictive cloud nap mat

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2020
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Work hard, nap soft.

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• Japan
• (Belle Maison • cool • crazy • interior • sleep • weird)

Evangelion movies get special 4-D theater screenings to rock your body as they blow your mind

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2020

If you’ve ever wanted to get sprayed in the face while watching Eva, this is your chance.

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• Japan
• (4-D • anime • cool • Evangelion • movies • Rebuild of Evangelion • Toho Cinemas)

Miniature sento bathhouse range is this season’s must-buy gacha capsule toy collection

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2020

Relieve stress with the soothing setting of a Japanese public bathhouse. 

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• Japan
• (capsule toy • capsule toy machine • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Kenelephant • public baths • sento • SNJO • vending machines)

120-meter Godzilla statue opens in Japan, fans can now zipline into the kaiju king’s mouth【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2020

It’s Godzilla! But for once, people aren’t screaming and running away, but cheering and drawing near.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • awesome • COK • cool • Godzilla • kaiju • life-size • movies • Shin Godzilla)

Save your favorite characters and a small part of Tokyo in The Benza’s free RPG

• Shannon
  Oct 12, 2020

This toilet-seat themed comedy just went retro.

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• Japan
• (Benza English • cool • free • free downloads • funny • RPG • The Benza • The Benza RPG • video games)

Telecommute from a ferris wheel at this Japanese amusement park

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2020

Theme park adapts to the new normal with special remote work plans for visitors.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • COK • cool • Ferris wheel • remote work • telecommuting • teleworking • theme parks • Tokyo • work from home • Yomiuriland)

New Tokyo vending machine has nothing but apple juice, but all different kinds from Japan’s north

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2020

A taste tour of Tohoku is waiting inside two Tokyo train stations.

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• Japan
• (Aomori • apples • cool • East Japan Railways • Japanese vending machines • JR • JR East • juice • Tokyo Station • Ueno Station • vending machines)

Amazing new exhibits from Japanese art team TeamLab coming to life in the U.S.A.

• Ingrid Tsai
  Oct 12, 2020

An imagination-defying visual arts exhibition set to open by the end of this year.

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• Japan, USA
• (art • beautiful • COK • cool • digital art • exhibitions • Florida • museums • Team Lab)

This Gunpla builder designs amazingly life-like Gundam dioramas out of plastic model kits

• Dale Roll
  Oct 11, 2020

This is the mark of a truly dedicated hobbyist!

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • cool • dioramas • Gundam • Gunpla • models • robots)

Japanese Twitter has an ingenious way to cool down overheating electronics

• Katie Pask
  Oct 10, 2020

Keep your laptop (and thighs!) nice and cool with this nifty trick.

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• Japan
• (clever • coins • COK • computers • cool • laptops • life hacks • SNO • technology • yen)

Totoro discovered in Japanese forest【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 9, 2020

A hidden secret off the tourist trail is now attracting attention around the country.

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• Japan
• (anime • Aomori • beautiful • cool • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • nature • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • travel)

A Pokémon glitch no one discovered in 18 years has been found…by a pet fish in Japan?!?【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2020

Lala the Siamese fighting fish finds something fishy in the Seafloor Cavern.

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• Japan
• (animals • cool • crazy • fish • funny • glitches • Mutekimaru Channel • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire • video • video games)

Opening season announced for Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 7, 2020

Park finally has a timetable to let us start racing Mario Karts, punching question blocks, and eating Luigi’s hat.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)

Hey! You Can Drink Sweet Potatoes, says Japanese beverage maker with new drink

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 6, 2020

Yakiimo-style drink is just the thing for autumn in Japan.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • sweet potatoes • sweets • weird • yakiimo)

Japan’s all-anime-themed hotel previews rooms, is ready to welcome guests

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2020

Five popular franchises are the first batch of tie-ups at the Tokorozawa Sakura Town hotel.

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• Japan
• (A Certain Scientific Railgun • anime • cool • EJ Anime Hotel • hotels • Saitama • Tokorozawa • travel • Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out)

Which Pokémon will you evolve into? The official quiz, and how to take it in English

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2020

Choosing four keywords tells if you’re on the path to becoming Raichu, Gyarados, or one of more than 30 other Pokémon, and how to level up in life.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • personality quiz • Personality test • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • quiz • video games)

Japan’s JAXA wants to build a fuel processing plant on the surface of the moon

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2020

Project would lead to easier exploration of lunar surface.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • JAXA • moon • science • space)

Mos Burger teams up with Nintendo’s Kirby, charms Internet with adorable burger wrappers and bags

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2020

The video game star who’s always ready to eat wants to share your lunch.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • cute • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kirby • Mos Burger • nintendo • video games)

A winter work-from-home essential from Japan: The kotatsu desk【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2020

A traditional piece of Japanese furniture gets a modern update to make telecommuting extra cozy in the cold part of the year.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • furniture • interior • kotatsu • telecommuting • warm • work from home)

Tokyo train stations to host Super Mario box/character art displays to celebrate 35th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2020

Nintendo’s flagship franchise reaches a milestone.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • Japan Railways • JR • nintendo • Shinjuku Station • stations • Super Mario • Tokyo Station • trains • video games)

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