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You can send email from payphones in Japan?!? We try the technology trick that shocked the nation
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2019 - Tweet
How are you supposed to type a message without a keyboard or touch screen?
Japanese omamori good-luck charm pouches are here to protect your lips as stylish balm holders
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2019
Over 40 handcrafted designs to choose from, many made with thousand-year-old Fujiyama-ori tradition.
Jamaican-style ramen in Kyoto: A cross-cultural hit, or just jerking your taste buds around?
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2019
Ramen and jerk chicken are delicious on their own, but do they play nice together?
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Skynet sends a Terminator to Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station to future-freak-out commuters【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2019
Cyberdyne adapts to local marketing trends.
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This amazing Buddhist statue cafe in Japan could be a museum all by itself【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 28, 2019
Coffee and culture on both on the order at unorthodox coffee house Kagari.
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- (art • Buddhism • cafes • coffee • COK • cool • crazy • culture • Osaka • religion • restaurants • SNJO • statues)
Japanese tutoring company wants to help your kids get better at video games
- Casey Baseel
Oct 27, 2019
But Gemutore doesn’t care if kids become pro gamers or not, because the company’s goals are deeper, and more heartwarming, than e-sports glory.
Star Wars cafe to open in Tokyo as part of city’s real-life Star Wars Holiday special events
- Casey Baseel
Oct 25, 2019
Star Wars Marunouchi Bright Christmas trees show off the power of the Light and Dark Sides of the Force.
- Japan
- (cafes • Christmas • Christmas trees • COK • cool • food • movies • restaurants • Star Wars • themed restaurants • Tokyo)
17 new designs unveiled in round two of regional Japanese license plates
- Krista Rogers
Oct 25, 2019
These upcoming stylish license plate options showcase regional flavor and points of local pride throughout Japan.
- Japan
- (cars • cool • license plates • tourism • transportation • travel)
Japanese mom/hardcore Zelda fan makes huge hand-drawn map of Breath of the Wild’s world【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 24, 2019
And what’s even more amazing is the incredible way she made it.
- Japan
- (awesome • Breath of the Wild • COK • cool • crazy • moms • nintendo • the legend of Zelda • video games • Zelda)
Nintendo announces grand opening date for new official shop in Tokyo, shows off exclusive merch
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2019
Japan’s first-ever official Nintendo store is almost here, but you can start putting together your shopping list right now.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • nintendo • Nintendo Tokyo • Shibuya • shopping • Tokyo • video games)
Studio Ghibli partners with L.L. Bean for totes adorable Totoro totes【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2019
Hayao Miyazaki’s anime forest spirit and Catbus grace the made-in-the-U.S.A. bags.
- Japan
- (anime • bags • Catbus • COK • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • L.L. Bean • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • tote bags • Totoro)
Oddly epic chicken-tuna battle commercial features two legendary voice actors in animal mode
- Krista Rogers
Oct 23, 2019
“Will you eat, or be eaten?” is the ominous tagline of this land chicken vs. sea chicken animated battle.
- Japan
- (ads • anime • chicken • cool • food • funny • tuna • video • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)
Air Wagashi: New Nike Air Max sneakers are the delicious kicks we’ve all been waiting for
- Oona McGee
Oct 18, 2019
Limited-edition footwear inspired by traditional Japanese confectionery.
- Global
- (cool • design • fashion • Japanese sweets • Japanese tea ceremony • Nike • shoes • sneakers • style • tea ceremony • wagashi)
Japanese Internet thanks the “Underground Temple” that siphoned off Typhoon Hagibis’ torrent
- Katy Kelly
Oct 18, 2019
Users rush to post and gush over photos of the waterlogged caverns beneath Japan’s Metropolitan Area.
- Japan
- (cool • disaster relief • engineering • G-Cans Project • Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel • Saitama • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis)
Japanese company wants you to use a remote-controlled robot to visit Grandma, go shopping【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2019
The technology is definitely there, but are your elderly relatives ready for you to drive robots around their houses?
Coca-Cola Japan releases new Christmas bottles with ribbon labels and music
- Oona McGee
Oct 15, 2019
J-Pop group Little Glee Monster will sing you festive songs as you sip your bow-wrapped Coke this holiday season.
- Japan
- (Christmas • Coca-Cola • Coke • cool • drinks • J-Pop • Little Glee Monster • marketing • music • soda)
Japanese cafe lets customers enjoy random flavors of coffee using capsule vending machines
- Koh Ruide
Oct 14, 2019
Can’t decide what to get? Then leave it all up to gacha.
- Japan
- (capsule machine • city view • coffee • coffee beans • cool • fun • gacha gacha • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Tokyo Tower)
World’s #1 Smash Bros. player takes on random kid in Japan’s Narita Airport
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2019
Local competitive play lets unsuspecting boy rub elbows with the king of Nintendo’s crossover hit.
- Japan
- (cool • e-sports • Narita Airport • nintendo • professional gamers • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)
Japanese snack package craft artist holds first Tokyo exhibition in Ikebukuro, offers autographs
- Katy Kelly
Oct 14, 2019
Make sure to guzzle your fill of snacks beforehand, because these sculptures are mouthwatering.
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- Japan
- (art • COK • cool • exhibition • Harukiru • Ikebukuro Parco • museum • papercraft • snacks)
Japanese artist creates cat banknote alternative: Kittens on 200 yen
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2019
Kitty currency merchandise has us hoping this faux banknote will one day become a reality.
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