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One Piece announces Tony Tony Chopper bridal rings, DIY jewelry service

• Shannon McNaught
  Dec 27, 2018
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One Piece and accessory store U-Treasure had two awesome announcements just in time for the holiday season.

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• (cool • custom jewelry • DIY • jewelry • One Piece • wedding ring • workshop)

Japanese museum that’s kept child’s lost stuffed animal for 30 years gets adorable new resident

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2018

One of the year’s most touching stories gets a very special Christmas episode.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • cool • customer service • Disney • Donald Duck • moving • museums • stuffed animals • touching)

Gigantic real-life Dragon Quest video game slime to appear in Japan this Christmas

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 19, 2018

The city of Yokohama adds an awesome, eight-meter (26.3-foot) tall attraction to convince people to come down from Tokyo for the afternoon.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Dragon Quest • dragon quest builders • Minato Mirai • Square Enix • statue • video games • Yokohama)

New Final Fantasy sake from “Black Dragon” brewery features awesome Yoshitaka Amano illustration

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 18, 2018

200-year-old sake brewery teams up with Final Fantasy’s legendary designer for a very special crossover.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • art • cool • dragons • drinks • Final Fantasy • Kokuryu • sake • video games • Yoshitaka Amano)

We visited Tokyo’s samurai-period style cat cafe, and here’s why you should too【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2018

The Edo Neko Chaya has a beautiful interior, charming kitties, and a heartwarming mission.

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• Japan
• (animal welfare • animals • cat cafes • cats • COK • cool • Edo Neko Chaya • Edo period • moving • pets • rescue animals • rescue cats • SNOJ • Tokyo • touching)

Freakish Twitter video shows phone walking on its own, no human attached

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 13, 2018

“Don’t walk with your phone! …Oh, **your phone is…Walking anyway…**Um…Carry on.”
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• Japan
• (6-Second Shop • arukisumaho • cell phones • cool • creepy • robotics • safety • smart phone)

Sumo wrestlers are back to slap out autographs at a powerful tempo【Videos】

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 13, 2018

The hand-stamp assembly line is back in full force in these strangely soothing Twitter videos, featuring top-ranked sumo stars.

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• Japan
• (autographs • cool • Hakuho • soothing • Sumo • Takuyasu Akira • tegata)

Anime-style magic circles summon vocabulary for you in this language-learning app from Japan【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 13, 2018

Free app Spell Master turns you into a linguistic sorcerer.

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• Japan
• (apps • AR • augmented reality • awesome • clever • cool • learning English • learning languages • linguistics • magic circles • technology • video)

Tokyo’s fried-chicken cooking robot is here, and here’s a guide to help you use it【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2018

Mr. Sato puts the culinary skills of Lawson’s Karaage-kun Robo to a taste test.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • cool • crazy • food • fried chicken • karaage • karaage kun • Lawson • robots • SNOJ • taste test)

Nifty Japanese rice wine kit lets you brew your own tasty sake in the comfort of your own home

• Koh Ruide
  Dec 12, 2018

Now you can make awesome sake like a pro, too.

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• Japan
• (alcoholic beverages • Christmas gift • cool • DIY • gift • home brewing • Japanese rice wine • kit • sake)

Japanese museum holds on to child’s lost stuffed animal for 30 years, gives it bath, new clothes

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2018

Beyond-kind lost and found corner still hopes it can find original owner.

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• Japan
• (cool • customer service • Disney • Donald Duck • moving • museums • stuffed animals • touching)

Japanese Knife Man creates a gorgeous blade with UV resin that looks like slice of the ocean【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2018

The man who can make knives out of pasta and underwear is back with his most beautiful idea yet.

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• Japan
• (art • Attoteki Fushinsha no Kiwami • awesome • beautiful • cooking • cool • crafts • crazy • Japanese Knife Man • knives • science • video • YouTube)

Sato Style: Our ace reporter gets a fashion makeover at Tokyo’s most colorful menswear shop【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2018

SoraNews24’s Mr. Sato is no ordinary guy, and so no ordinary clothes will do.

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• Japan
• (Ameya Yokocho • Ameyoko • COK • cool • fashion • funny.crazy • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • Tokyp • Ueno)

Man finds incredible “door to another world” right in the middle of Tokyo【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2018

While out for a stroll in Ginza, he found a portal that seemed to take him not just to another place, but another time…twice.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Ginza • shinto • shrines • Tokyo • video)

Fried chicken-cooking robot to start working at Japanese convenience store

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 7, 2018

Forget Gundam. This is Japan’s greatest robotic feat.

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• Japan
• (awesome • conveneince stores • cool • food • karaage • karaage kun • Lawson • robots • technology)

Fed-up Japanese city hires a hawk to chase occupying army of crows away from city hall【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2018

Matsuyama has a difficult bird problem, but now it has an awesome bird solution.

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• Japan
• (animals • awesome • birds • cool • crazy • crows • hawks • matsuyama • Shikoku • video • weird)

A visit to Tokyo’s fanciest coffeehouse for a 16,200 yen (US$143) bottle of coffee【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 4, 2018

This Ginza cafe treats its coffee like fine wine, so we sent Mr. Sato to sample a vintage.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • cool • drinks • expensive • Ginza • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNOJ • Tokyo)

Exclusive hand-painted Louis Vuitton-Azur Lane secret collaboration project mystifies netizens

• Koh Ruide
  Dec 3, 2018

That is one amazing custom-made luxury bag.

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• Japan
• (Azur Lane • bag • collaboration • cool • Japanese Twitter • Louis Vuitton • Luxury)

Autonomous AI security robot spotted patrolling Tokyo train station【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 1, 2018

Self-controlled robo guard scans for dangerous individuals and suspicious packages, would probably look adorable with a police officer’s uniform.

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• Japan
• (AI • awesome • COK • cool • crime • robots • Seibu Railway • shinjuku • SNOJ • technology • trains)

Nostalgic video combines Japanese Pokémon Rap with clips of Let’s Go! Pikachu buddy Pokémon

• Dale Roll
  Nov 30, 2018

Learn all the Japanese names of the Kanto Pokémon while watching them all run around in the new game!

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• Japan
• (cool • Japanese Twitter • Let's Go! Pikachu • Pokédex • Pokemon • Pokemon rap)

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