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Whimsical new Vietnamese bridge looks like it’s held up by the hands of gods

• Dale Roll
  Aug 2, 2018
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It looks like it could be a set from The Lord of the Rings!

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• SE Asia
• (archetecture • awesome • bridges • cool • crazy • Da Nang • Golden Bridge • travel • Vietnam • Vietnam travel)

One Piece anime katanas recreated as exquisite letter openers by Japan’s swordsmith legacy heirs

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2018

Slice through your paper foes like Zoro and Law would.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Katana • letter openers • manga • One Piece • Seki • swords)

7-Eleven’s reverse-colored watermelon popsicle might be the crazy snack we all need this summer

• Koh Ruide
  Jul 30, 2018

Turns out that the old switcheroo is also a good way to beat the summer heat.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • convenience store food • cool • ice cream • popsicle • reverse • watermelon)

What would Sailor Moon be like if the heroines’ sizes matched their planets? Fan chart shows us

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 28, 2018

The anime heroines might be like a family, but their relative sizes are very different.

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• Japan
• (anime • astronomy • cool • funny • manga • planets • Sailor Moon • science)

KFC Japan creates new fried chicken eating gloves to keep grease off your hands and smartphone

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 28, 2018

Second-generation fried food eating aid is available now, makes signature dish glove-licking good!

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• Japan
• (cool • etiquette • fast food • food • fried chicken • gloves • KFC • manners • weird)

Video of Japanese airport baggage handlers’ amazing service fills rest of the world with jealousy

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2018

Comparison video shot at Brazilian airport shows huge customer service gap.

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• Japan
• (airports • ANA • baggage handlers • cool • customer service • hospitality • suitcases • travel • video)

New Japanese bra liners cause cheers from women, complaints from horny dudes

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 26, 2018

Pseudo undergarment has some griping that their summer fun has been ruined, but they’re clearly not who the designers are looking to please.

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• Japan
• (bras • clever • cool • fashion • lingerie)

Here’s how one Tokyo neighborhood mixes modern technology and traditional culture to beat the heat

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 25, 2018

Nihonbashi’s beautiful “minamo fireworks” and tempting goldfish sweets are part of its plan for fun even in record-breaking heat.

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• Japan
• (bon dance • bon-odori • cool • culture • events • fireworks • heat • hot • kimono • Nihonbashi • Tokyo • yukata)

This Love Liver’s anime armor may be the most extreme otaku outfit ever conceived

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2018

Hardcore Love Live! fan celebrates birthday of his pick for best girl by wearing a merchandise mountain that’s big enough for eleven people.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • crazy • funny • Idols • love live • Love Livers • Nico Yazawa • otaku • otaku armor)

Kyoto Ninja Run tour can add over 100 ninja missions to your itinerary if you’re tired of temples

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2018

English-language programs don’t let you just dress like ninja, but act like one too.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Fushimi • Kyoto • Ninja • tours • travel)

This gorgeous hot spring is actually part of one of Japan’s most convenient airports【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2018

New Chitose Airport Onsen isn’t just convenient and gorgeous, it’s an amazingly cheap place to spend the night too!

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• Japan
• (airports • cool • Hokkaido • hot springs • hotels • New Chitose Airport • onsen • Sapporo • SNOJ • travel)

This two-second self-check from a Japanese nurse helps you know if you’re in dehydration danger

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2018

Japan is dangerously hot this summer, and dehydration can sneak up on you without warning, so stay safe with this easy tip.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • dehydration • health • heat • hot • self-check • summer)

Japanese train travel isn’t all packed cars and gropers, old man’s flash-formed relay team proves

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2018

When this senior citizen saw someone drop their wallet in a crowded station, he used the power of teamwork to return it.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • elderly • moving • seniors • touching • trains)

Hello Kitty adds Japanese exorcism to her work repertoire, Twitter baffled and amused

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 20, 2018

Is there anything Kitty can’t do? She can spiritually purify your house or room with salt now, so tell your ghost stories without fear of retribution!
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• Japan
• (cool • culture • ghosts • Hello Kitty • occult • salt • shinto • weird)

We go to Kyushu’s Miyazaki Prefecture to feel like giants in (on?) a tiny party train【Photos】

• Richard Simmonds
  Jul 19, 2018

Going slightly loco-motive in the stunning scenery of Japan’s southern Kyushu island, with bubbles!

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • history • Kyushu • Miyazaki • SNOJ • Takachiho • trains • travel • weird)

Saying a prayer can open a passage between men’s and women’s baths at this Japanese hot spring

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2018

Love can start in the tub at this romantic onsen that puts the power in ladies’ hands.

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • COK • cool • hot springs • hotels • inns • Nagano • onsen • relationships • romance • ryokan • SNOJ • travel • weird)

Real life Baby Driver! Taxi driver speeds Japanese Twitter user’s pregnant wife to hospital

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 18, 2018

Anyone would be excited for the birth of their own child, but this taxi driver elevated the special event into a scene worthy of an action movie.

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• Japan
• (awesome • babies • cool • maternity • mothers • moving • pregnancy • taxi drivers • taxis • touching)

Walking under the ocean between two of Japan’s main islands via the Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel

• Master Blaster
  Jul 18, 2018

If you want an unforgettable way to go between Kyushu and Honshu, look no further.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel • Kanmon Straits • Kitakyushu • Kyushu • Shimonoseki • SNOJ • travel • tunnel • Yamaguchi)

7-Eleven thrills Japan by announcing self-serve draft beer machines, then breaks our hearts

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 17, 2018

Shockingly, a Japanese company deems it’s possible for it to be too easy for people to get beer.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • alcohol • beer • controversy • conveneince stores • cool • Kirin)

Japanese town’s beautiful rice paddy art salutes Osamu Tezuka anime characters, Audrey Hepburn

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 17, 2018

Photos show rural Aomori town’s continuing tradition of artistic agriculture with convenient access for travelers.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • anime • Aomori • Astro Boy • cool • farming • Inakadate • manga • Osamu Tezuka • rice • rice field art • rice paddy art)

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