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Feline affinity test! Can you see the kitty hiding in plain sight on this Japanese home’s floor?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2019
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Wait, do cats come with optic camouflage now?

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• (animals • camouflage • cats • cool • cute • funny • pets)

Japanese grandpa swings golf club so hard it sets field alight, onlookers yell “fire” not “fore”

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 8, 2019

If this steel-swinging senior was in an anime, we know what his ultimate move would look like.

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• (cool • fire • Golf • grandpa • weird • Yamagata)

Japanese schoolgirl kimono roomwear line expands with new color options for old-school comfort

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2019

Don’t know how to tie a kimono sash? No problem, because the clever design of these garments means you don’t have to.

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• (cool • fashion • kimono • Mocolle • roomwear • schoolgirls • Taisho period • Taisho Roman)

We’re not sure who the intended market was for this crazy Hello Kitty toy, but we love it anyway

• Dale Roll
  Mar 7, 2019

It’s like a fidget spinner, but amped up by about 1,000 percent.

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• SE Asia
• (cool • funny • Hello Kitty • toy • weird toys)

Anime star Captain Tsubasa takes over Tokyo train station, turns ticket gate into soccer field

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2019

Beloved anime about the beautiful game inspires awesome station.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Captain Tsubasa • COK • cool • manga • Oshiage • SNOJ • soccer • sports • stations • Tokyo • trains)

“Face Hiring”: Japanese cosmetics company Isehan’s new hiring campaign is causing a stir

• Dale Roll
  Mar 7, 2019

The company is impressing people with its interest not in beauty, but in personality!

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• Japan
• (cool • fashion • Isehan Group • job hunting • makeup • recruiting • unique)

Genius Japanese dad designs T-shirt that tricks your kids into giving you a massage as they play

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2019

Is your child going through a train phase? Then it’s time for you to get aboard the free massage express just by putting on this shirt.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • cute • funny • kids • massage • parents • t-shirts • trains • video)

Manga Art Hotel Tokyo: What it’s like to spend a night surrounded by 5,000 Japanese manga

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2019

Welcome to a dreamworld where you can stay up all night reading manga on a bed inside a bookshelf. 

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• Japan
• (anime • capsule hotels • cool • hotels • manga • Tokyo • travel)

VR Ninja Dojo: Battle as a shadow warrior at new virtual reality world in Tokyo 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 4, 2019

Learn ninjutsu techniques and then use them to slay monsters in the VR world.

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• Japan
• (cool • games • gaming • Ninja • Ninjutsu • Tokyo • tourism • tourist attraction • tourist spots • tourists • travel • VR)

Awesome Japanese light gun uses your smartphone to turn real world into huge first-person shooter

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2019

X-Tag features 64-player battle royales, multiple weapons, and power-ups, but it’s a game you play in the real world, not on a screen.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • laser tag • smarpthones • Takara Tomy • toys • video games • vido • X-Tag)

Women’s high school soccer team wins Mie Prefecture championship with only 70 percent of a team

• Master Blaster
  Feb 28, 2019

You’d probably have expected their 8-on-11 matches to be bloodbaths, and they were…

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• Japan
• (awesome • championship • cool • high school • high schools • Kagoshima • Kamimura Gakuen • Mie • moving • soccer • sports)

Nescafe opens permanent sleep cafe in Tokyo in time for Sleep Day, blends catnaps with caffeine

• Katy Kelly
  Feb 27, 2019

Nestle’s new sleep cafe offers the most luxurious nap experience you can find in Tokyo – doze to your heart’s content!

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • cool • Nescafe • Nestle • sleep • Tokyo • weird • World Sleep Day)

A visit to Tokyo’s Pokémon Shirts store, and what all 150 original species patterns look like

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2019

Pokémon fashion comes to Harajuku, and we’ve got a massive photo preview to help you decide how to customize your dress shirt.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • dress shirts • fashion • Harajuku • Original Stitch • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Shirts • shirts • SNO • video games)

Breathtaking Tokyo hotel’s minimalist Zen design shows capsule hotels can be beautiful too【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2019

Starkly striking wabi-sabi sensibilities are the perfect match for this micro-hotel in the heart of Tokyo.

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• (beautiful • capsule hotels • cool • hotels • Tokyo • travel)

Engraved sword nameplates can now adorn Japanese houses, bring Arthurian style to the suburbs

• Katy Kelly
  Feb 26, 2019

If a simple metal nameplate isn’t eye-catching enough for your house, try one of these gigantic engraved swords for size.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • decorations • hyosatsu • interior • Mino Craft • nameplates • swords • weird)

What?!? You can play the Super Mario theme by writing three numbers on a piece of paper?【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2019

You don’t need musical instruments to play the famous Nintendo theme’s opening, just writing instruments.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • funny • Mario theme song • music • nintendo • Super Mario • video • video games)

Beautiful onsen complex opens in downtown Osaka, lets you live onsen dream in heart of the city

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2019

Gigantic facility is a genuine onsen drawing water from a spring deep below the building.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • hot springs • onsen • Osaka • SNOJ • travel)

Japanese Penis Festival 2019: Everything you need to know for this year’s Kanamara Matsuri

• SoraNews24
  Feb 22, 2019

Special penis shrine books will even be available for the first time this year.

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• Japan
• (cool • culture • fertility • festivals • Japanese religion • Kanamara Festival • penis festival • religion • shrines • temples • travel • weird • wtf)

Shiba-sip your beverages with adorable glasses from Japan that turn your drink into a Shiba Inu

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2019

Or celebrate another iconic symbol of Japan with a 3-D cherry blossom art glass.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cool • cute • dogs • drinks • glass • Goodglas • interior • sakura • shiba • Shiba Inu)

Midwinter “cherry blossoms” are making one of Japan’s best castles even more stunning【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2019

Tokyo is still waiting for its sakura to start blooming, but Hirosaki Castle, in the frozen north, is already beautifully pink.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • castles • cherry blossoms • COK • cool • Hirosaki • Hirosaki Castle • sakura • snow • travel)

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