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Can rhythm games make you a pro drummer? Japanese DrumMania fans investigate【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 29, 2018
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In a recent viral video, gamers test their skills at the local recording studio. Is all of that hot-blooded tapping a step on the way to stardom?

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• (awesome • cool • drums • DumMania • experment • funny • instruments • music • rhythm games • video • video games)

Fangirl your finances! 7-Eleven Bank’s new ATMs will greet you with sexy anime man voices

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 28, 2018

New 7-Eleven ATMs installed at select Animate locations will feature luscious anime pinup art and compelling lines from top-rate voice actors.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • Animate • anime • ATMs • banking • cool • weird)

Gigantic lightning-spitting thundercloud appears in the skies over Tokyo【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2018

Appearance of frightening but beautiful Dragon’ Nest shows that summer isn’t ready to say good-bye just yet.

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• (anime • beautiful • Castle in the Sky • clouds • COK • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • lightning • nature • scary • Studio Ghibli • video)

One of Japan’s dullest-looking restaurants actually has an awesome robot waiter【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2018

Veteran employee has been quietly serving customers for decades.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Okayama • okonomiyaki • restaurants • robots • SNOJ • video • weird)

Awesomely adorable Pokémon subway trains start service in downtown Tokyo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2018

Pikavee Special Trains let you ride the rails with Pikachu, Eevee, and their pals, and can even take you to the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo superstore.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • Eevee • Pikachu • Pokemon • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains • travel • video games)

Japanese knife craftsman turns underwear into a sharp blade, cuts through vegetables【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 24, 2018

Learn how to transform your boxer briefs into a blade with the help of traditional knifemaking techniques.

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• (Attoteki Fushinsha no Kiwami • boxer briefs • cooking • cool • Japanese knives • knives • underwear • videos)

Can you crack this beautifully minimalist comparison of Japan’s big cities and rural countryside?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2018

Designer cleverly shows a big difference between the two and reflects a unique part of Japanese culture.

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• (art • beautiful • cities • cool • countryside • culture • design)

Amazingly beautiful animated fireworks show Japan’s fireworks are on a whole other level【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 23, 2018

Stunningly skillful creations have some saying they look like they’re projection mapped, but it’s all master-level pyrotechnics.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • cool • fireworks • fireworks festivals • video)

Coca-Cola gears up for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with crazy tall vending machine in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 22, 2018

Want a bottle of coke? You’ll have to jump for it!

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • Coca-Cola • cool • drinks • Olympics • sports • Tokyo • Tokyo 2020 • Tokyo Midtown Hibiya • vending machines)

Survey reveals the top reasons why married Japanese people don’t want to go home during Obon

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 20, 2018

Surprisingly “dealing with in-laws” isn’t the number one reason.

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• (cool • family • interesting • Japanese people • Obon • survey)

Blast from the past: cosplayer’s retro otaku outfit hits nostalgic notes with netizens

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 20, 2018

Attendees surprised to find a time-traveling otaku from a bygone era.

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• Japan
• (Comiket • Comiket 94 • cool • funny • retro • time travel)

Master tempura chef in Hamamatsu uses his bare hands to cook with boiling oil【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2018

Who needs tongs when you’ve got five perfectly-good, easily-burned fingers right there?

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• Japan
• (awesome • cooking • cool • crazy • food • restaurants • scary • Shizuoka • tempua • video)

Japanese designers’ brilliant way to stop people forgetting their smartphones in public restrooms

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2018

Browsing while pooping is an internationally loved pastime, so here’s a clever way to make sure you never leave your phone behind.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • cars • clever • COK • cool • design • Hokkaido • life hacks • rest stops • Smartphones • Toilets)

Awesome Japanese rice porridge bread is just about the easiest thing to make in the world【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2018

Okayu bread is so easy that its creator made it by accident.

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• Japan
• (cooking • cool • funny • okayu • rice • rice porridge)

Tokyo Tower Records store helps avert a wedding proposal disaster when it finds a lost love note

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2018

Klutziness can’t foil cupid’s plan, which is saved by clever employees.

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• (cool • funny • marriage • proposal • romance • Tower Records)

This Shinto shrine’s gorgeous glass gateways are the only ones of their kind in all Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2018

Torii gates always have an elegant allure, but none quite like this shrine’s.
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• Japan
• (beautiful • cool • glass • Kyushu • shinto • shrines • torii • travel)

Awesome fan-made stop-motion video using Gundam models is a Gundam fan’s dream come true 【Videos】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 17, 2018

The scene is an exact reenactment of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime, complete with CG special effects.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Gundam • Mobile Suit Gundam • models • robots • stop motion • video)

Time-lapse video shows the awesomely orderly efficiency of otaku lining up at Comiket【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 15, 2018

We can all learn from the extraordinary discipline exhibited by these otaku.

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• Japan
• (anime • Comiket • cool • crazy • otaku • people • summer Comiket 2018 • video)

Japanese musicians create incredible music and visuals using open tape reels【Videos】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 15, 2018

Open Reel Ensemble will blow you away with their internationally acclaimed musical style.

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• Japan
• (cool • music • open reel ensemble • science • tape • video • weird)

The best way to drink Japanese sake? From an edible squid bottle!

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2018

After this taste test, you’ll never want to go back to using regular drinking vessels again.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • drinks • food • ika • Iwate • Japanese rice wine • sake • Sanriku • SNOJ • squid • taste test • weird)

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