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Japan’s Cats and Dominos video warms the heart, makes us want to stay home and watch it all day【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2020
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Not going anywhere for a while? Let this awesomely adorable video keep you company!

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• Japan
• (animals • awesome • cats • cool • cute • dominoes • pets • video)

Japan’s gothic lolita fashion rental shop gives our reporter her first taste of lolita life【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2020

Dozens of options and delivery to your door lower the entry barrier for first-timers.

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• Japan
• (cool • fashion • gothic lolita • Lolita fashion • Natsuki Gojo • rental • SNJO)

Six-button Switch! Japanese gadget company turns Nintendo’s console into retro arcade controller

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2020

A throwback solution to a modern problem with the Nintendo system.

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• Japan
• (cool • gadgets • nintendo • switch • Thanko • video games)

We test out Honda’s free rental motorbike program and eat disease-thwarting mochi【Photos】

• Eli Pang
  Mar 21, 2020

Cruise around town and experience a different side of Kyoto in style and comfort.

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• Japan
• (cool • Honda • HondaGO • Kyoto • motorbike • tourism • travel)

An edible DIY Japanese rock garden is what we all need to stay sane while working from home【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2020

Soothing to look at and delicious to taste, this is our newest home office amenity.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • culture • cute • food • gardens • SNJO • sweets)

VR cherry blossom parties: 360-degree video series provides beauty, dates for those stuck indoors

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2020

If your Japan travel plans fell through due to coronavirus, or you’re here but stuck inside, these gorgeous videos are the next best hanami option.

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• Japan
• (360 degree video • beauitful • cherry blossoms • cool • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • hanami • sakura • video • VR)

Beautiful Magikarp necklaces show your Pokémon-loving lover you’re in it for the long haul【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2020

Japanese accessory maker sees the true beauty of the Water-type Pokémon, and knows that good things come from commitment.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • cool • cute • fashion • Koiking • Magikarp • necklaces • Pokemon • U-Tresure • video games)

Robot noodle chef starts working in Tokyo train station, serves up taste of the future【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 18, 2020

Our resident noodle expert tries out the robo soba.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Noodles • SNJO • soba • stations • technology • trains)

Best telecommuting option ever? Seven hours in private room at gourmet Tokyo/Kyoto restaurants

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2020

Why ride a packed train to the office when you can work in luxurious seclusion while dining on sukiyaki?

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• Japan
• (cool • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • food • restaurants • telecommuting • telework)

Japanese mom wows us with her ‘eggstraordinary’ food art

• Katie Pask
  Mar 16, 2020

Simply put, it’s an eggstravaganza!… sorry.

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• Food & Drink, Internet, Japan
• (art • bento • boxed lunch • chara-ben • cooking • cool • cute • eggs • food • food art • funny • kyara-ben)

New 800-yen bill artist concept brings Shiba Inu to canvas of Japanese currency

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2020

Previous 500-yen Shiba design also gets a sakura spring makeover.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • currency • cute • dogs • illustraton • money • Shiba Inu • yen)

The Lego Super Mario set is way more awesome than it needs to be【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2020

Team-up with Nintendo goes above and beyond by creating a new way to play that’s unlike traditional Legos or video games.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cool • LEGO • nintendo • Super Mario • toys • video • video games)

One of video gaming’s greatest composers owes his name-recognition fame to his mom

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2020

The heartwarming tale of how Yuzo Koshiro became famous in an era when game developers worked in obscurity also has a Studio Ghibli connection.

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• Japan
• (cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Jo Hisaishi • moms • music • musiciians • parents • Sega • Streets of Rage • Studio Ghibli • video games • Yuzo Koshiro)

It’s a-me, a Lego! Nintendo and Lego to collaborate on a new project【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 12, 2020

Lego’s Twitter announcement shows Mario being built out of little blocks instead of bashing them to get coins.

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• Japan
• (cool • LEGO • Mario • nintendo • Super Mario • toys • video • video games)

Tokyo’s Kabukicho turns into a deserted ghost town during coronavirus outbreak【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 12, 2020

Looks like a yakuza fight is about to go down in Kamurocho. 

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Kabukicho • photography • photos • shinjuku • Tokyo • yakuza)

Brand-new Pokémon manhole covers have Sandshrew welcoming you to an often forgotten part of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2020

Region famous for its sand dunes gets beautiful public art pieces featuring more than a dozen different Pokémon species.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • manhole covers • manholes • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • sandshrew • Tottori • travel • video games)

Anime’s impossible in real-life glasses now possible in real life, thanks to Japanese designers

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2020

Fashion brand brings an anime aesthetic trick into the three-dimensional realm.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • cool • ekoD Works • eyeglasses • fashion • glasses)

Edo Rice shows you what rice tasted like in the samurai era by continuing centuries of tradition

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2020

A Tokyo time trip for your taste buds.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • Edo • Edo period • food • history • rice • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Unbox Therapy left speechless after trying Japanese toaster【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2020

“World’s most expensive toaster” from Mitsubishi uses rice cooker technology to toast bread to perfection.

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• Japan
• (clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • Mitsubishi • review • taste test • TO-ST1-T • toast • toaster oven • Unbox Therapy • video • YouTube • YouTuber)

Japanese knife pro makes world’s allegedly thinnest sandwich【Video】

• Eli Pang
  Mar 10, 2020

Rather than using edge for Internet comments, use it instead for making thin sandwiches.

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• Japan
• (cooking • cool • food • Japanese knives • Jikko • knife • sandwich)

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