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Disney knows what yokai are, teaches Japanese vocabulary word to Donald Duck【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2020
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Kappa and kasa obake are among the creatures menacing Donald and his feathered friends.

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• Japan, USA
• (cool • culture • Disney • Donald Duck • Japanese language • kappa • Legend of the Three Caballeros • linguistics • video • yokai)

Japanese vending machines now have the strangest thing we never knew we needed: hot bottled water

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2020

We had our reasons to be suspicious, but it turns out this is a great idea.

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• Japan
• (Cheerio • COK • cool • drinks • hot drinks • SNJO • vending machines • water • weird)

Get your Insta on with pop-up bar’s sakura pool and sakura-flavored sake【Photos】

• Eli Pang
  Feb 22, 2020

This pop-up puts the extra in extraordinary. 

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• Japan
• (alcohol • bars • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2020 • cool • Instagrammable • sake • sakura • sakura 2020 • Shibuya • Tokyo)

Sliced mayonnaise and white chocolate now exist in Japan, bringing sandwiches to glorious new era

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2020

Four different options to make your toast savory or sweet.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • cooking • cool • crazy • food • mayonnaise • toast • weird)

Cool automated Rubik’s cube found at Maker’s Faire floats, solves itself, blows our minds

• Dale Roll
  Feb 19, 2020

How does it even work?!

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Maker's Faire • programming • rubik's cube • self-solving Rubik's cube • technology)

Beyond rice balls: How to make an edible onigiri rice cat【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2020

Innovative chef shows us how to create a feline friend who’s cute and delicious to boot.

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• Japan
• (cats • cooking • cool • cute • food • onigiri • rice • rice balls • video)

These apartments are crazy-small even by Tokyo standards, and super-popular with young people

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2020

Ququri studio apartments offer just 4.64 square meters (49.94 square feet) of usable floor space, but with prices this low, it’s all some people need.

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• Japan
• (apartments • cool • Japanese apartments • Living in Japan • microhomes • minimalism • small • Tokyo)

Japanese student creates Traditional Japan Bicycle, brings new life to centuries-old craft

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2020

Lattice work seen in tea ceremony rooms finally gets to see the city streets.

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• Japan
• (art • art student • bicycle • bicycles • bikes • cool • culture • design • Kitsure • kitsuregoshi • lattice work • shopping • traditional Japanese craft • wood • woodworking)

We test the new two-in-one curry rice cooker from Japan that’s got everyone talking【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2020

Can this magical Twin Chef cooking machine deliver on taste as well as convenience? 

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cooking • cool • curry • curry rice • food • gadgets • review • rice cookers • SNJO • taste test • Twin Chef)

Can you solve this crazy difficult, super satisfying math puzzle from a Japanese middle schooler?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2020

Strap on your thinking caps, because there are 20 blanks to fill in, and only one way to do it right.

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• Japan
• (awesome • brain teasers • cool • crazy • math • puzzles • students)

Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker can give you freshly cooked rice at the office

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2020

High-speed cooking gadget is also great for those living the single life.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • rice • rice cookers • Thanko)

Final Fantasy VII Remake cafe opens in Tokyo, and we stop by for Cloud and Sephiroth mocktails!

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2020

Edible Buster Swords, Materia dumplings, and Moogle desserts are all on offer at Square Enix’s rebooted Akihabara eatery.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • awesome • COK • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • restaurants • SNO • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • themed restaurants • Tokyo • video games)

Final episode of Cup Noodle commercial Hungry Days featuring One Piece finally shows Luffy’s face

• Dale Roll
  Feb 11, 2020

The iconic rubber-limbed main character’s high school version is…surprisingly normal-looking.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • awesome • commercial • cool • Cup Noodle • food • Hungry Days • Instant Ramen • Luffy • Nissin • One Piece • ramen • video)

Mitsubishi’s solution for stressed office workers in Japan: fake skylight video displays

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2020

Simulated sky slice might actually be better suited for a different environment, though.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crazy • gadgets • interior • Mitsubishi • skylight • technology • weird • window • Windows)

Japan Ninja Council produces first-ever official hotel room in Tokyo’s Ueno

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2020

Spacious eight-person room makes a perfect base for shinobi missions in Tokyo, but passing up sushi counter room is a hard choice.

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• Japan
• (cool • hotels • Japan Ninja Council • Ninja • sushi • Tokyo • travel • Ueno)

Japan’s smallest sumo wrestler has clever message of inspiration if you look carefully

• Dale Roll
  Feb 6, 2020

Sometimes a little change in perception is all you need. 

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• Japan
• (advertisement • cool • Enhou Akira • inspirational • Poetry • Sumo)

Japanese Twitter users surprised by overseas story of neighbors not complaining about loud noises

• Dale Roll
  Feb 3, 2020

Because it’s hardly ever acceptable to play a musical instrument in an apartment complex in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (cool • music • musical performance • musician • neighbors • piano • society)

Japanese comedian’s fan tribute to Lizzo also celebrates recent wedding announcement【Video】

• Eli Pang
  Feb 3, 2020

You can’t break out the champagne without breaking out a homage to one of America’s most dynamic rap stars.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • fan tribute • Lizzo • Natsu Ando)

Kit Kat’s crazy new cocoa pod dessert is only available at its Tokyo cafe【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2020

Mouthwatering dessert uses part of the cocoa pod that most people forget about, but not the Kit Kat Chocolatory chefs.

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• Japan
• (cafes • chocolate • COK • cool • crazy • desserts • food • Ginza • Kit Kat • Kit Kat Chocolatory • Kit Kats • sweets)

Mini karate-chop roof tiles you can actually destroy are Japan’s newest capsule toy【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2020

Compact stress-reliver easily fits on desks for when you need a high-impact break from work or study.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • cool • crazy • gachapon • karate • kawara • martial arts • Tama Kyu • video)

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