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Full-size Evangelion statue appears at Japanese theme park with entry plug synchronization tests

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2020
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Nerv’s Kyoto branch says its looking for pilots.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • awesome • cool • Evangelion • Evangelion Unit 01 • Kyoto • robots • statues • theme parks • Toei Eigamura • Toei Kyoto Studio Park)

Is this Tokyo, or Final Fantasy? Rainy season night makes for incredible Skytree view【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2020

Nighttime photography specialist is in the perfect spot at exactly the right time.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • cool • Final Fantasy • night • photography • photos • Skytree • Tokyo)

Flying scarecrow in Japanese countryside scares people across Japanese Internet【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2020

Dad’s do-it-yourself project is cleverly terrifying.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • crazy • scarecrows • scary • video • weird)

Pac-Man sake series coming to salute the video game star’s 40th birthday

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 26, 2020

Raise a glass to the gaming hero who can’t stop eating.

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• (alcohol • cool • drinks • nihonshu • pac-man • sake • video games)

Do the new Uniqlo summer face masks really deserve bad reviews?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 25, 2020

We test the Airism product for three days in a range of conditions. 

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• Japan
• (Airism • cool • design • face masks • fashion • limited edition • marketing • masks • SNJO • Uniqlo)

Japanese tactical face mask lets you weather the coronavirus storm while looking awesome【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2020

Japan Self-Defense Forces supplier’s mask is also surprisingly comfortable.

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• (awesome • cool • face masks • fashion • Japan Self-Defense Forces • JSDF • masks • tactical)

Oh shiitake! How to grow your own with Japan’s super-easy mushroom cultivation kit【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2020

Home gardening doesn’t get any easier, or much quicker, than this!

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • gardening • interior • mushrooms • shiitake • SNJO)

Coronavirus leads to the creation of haunted drive-in in Tokyo this summer【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2020

Pandemic is changing how haunted houses work in Japan, but the terrifying show will go on.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cars • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • crazy • drive-in • ghosts • haunted houses • scary • zombies)

High-price face mask boutiques open in Tokyo, where masks are fashion statement, not political

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2020

If a mask is like underwear for your face, why settle for something rough, cheap, and boring?

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• Japan
• (cool • face masks • fashion • masks • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo)

Japanese bag looks like it’s spouting random English, but has an actual message

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2020

“You’re reading this, aren’t you?”

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• Japan
• (bags • clever • cool • fashion • funny • linguistics)

Japanese chef creates gorgeous Monet impressionist cake【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2020

An edible piece of literal art.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • cakes • cooking • cool • food • impressionism • Monet)

Ghibli fans for Ghibli fans! Anime studio’s new line of Japanese sensu, uchiwa arrives for summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2020

Totoro and No-Face want to keep you company and keep you cool this summer.

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• (anime • bags • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fans • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Uchiwa)

Customers race to Uniqlo for new summer face masks, but are they really worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 20, 2020

We try out the cool sold-out Airism product everyone’s been waiting for. 

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• Japan
• (Airism • cool • design • face masks • fashion • limited edition • marketing • masks • SNJO • Uniqlo)

Tokyo art gallery encourages visitors to steal its art

• Katie Pask
  Jun 20, 2020

Become a real life art thief without any consequences!

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• Japan
• (art • art exhibition • art gallery • art museum • awesome • cool • crazy • exhibition • gallery • museum • Tokyo)

No screaming allowed on Japanese roller coasters, and new video shows it can be done【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2020

Top bosses of Japan’s most popular thrill ride park sit down and shut up.

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• (Amusement Parks • cool • coronavirus • crazy • fuji-q highland • funny • roller coasters • theme parks • thrill rides • video • weird)

Cat lovers can now put a canned ring on it with new line of capsule toys

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 19, 2020

Because who can judge what high fashion is?

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• (accessories • canned food • capsule toys • cat food • cats • cool • cute • fashion • gacha gacha • gachapon • pets • rings • toys • weird)

Japanese condoms now have their own anime: Condom Battler Goro!

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2020

Superhero characters promote safe sex in new anime series.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • crazy • funny • health • manga • Okamoto • weird)

You play the newest Pokémon game, Pokémon Smile, by brushing your teeth in real life【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2020

Gotta brush ‘em all!

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• Internet, Japan
• (AR • clever • cool • cute • health • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Smile • teeth • video)

Japanese notepads you can eat promise to save you from embarrassing body noises at work/school

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 17, 2020

Grumbling stomach? Trumpet-blast fart? It’s the Kamihime to the rescue!

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crazy • food • funny • paper • video • weird)

How to stop the itching from a mosquito bite in minutes using a towel and a microwave

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2020

A super easy way to keep the bloodsuckers from spoiling your summer fun.

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• Japan
• (bugs • clever • COK • cool • itchy • life hacks • mosquitoes)

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