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Japanese candy factory plays “thank you” constantly over speakers so its snacks will taste good

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2018
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Video shows how 1,500 thank yous per minute go into the making of Tamago Boro.

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• Japan
• (cool • food • funny • sweets • video • weird)

Bizarre construction project features giant Godzilla with roller coaster running through mouth

• Koh Ruide
  Apr 5, 2018

Combining urban innovation and entertainment in epic proportions, Japanese netizens are hoping developers make this a reality.

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• Japan
• (April fool • cool • gallery • Godzilla • joke • poster)

Nintendo replaces almost all of gamer’s broken 3DS, hardly charges him anything for the parts

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2018

Video game giant continues to be a customer service titan as it restores fan’s original model 3DS.

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• Japan
• (3DS • awesome • cool • customer service • nintendo • video games)

Japan’s knife-crafting master is back with razor-sharp blades made from…pasta?!?【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 3, 2018

Cutlery that you can use to make, and be, your dinner.

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• Japan
• (Attoteki Fushinsha no Kiwami • cooking • cool • crazy • knives • pasta • video • weird)

Bizarre or brilliant? Takoyaki and okonomiyaki rice balls available in convenience stores now

• Koh Ruide
  Apr 2, 2018

New Japanese snacks lets you enjoy the spiritual food of Osaka with onigiri.

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• Japan
• (convenience store food • cool • food • okonomiyaki • onigiri • SNJO • takoyaki)

Japanese company makes virtual shadow boyfriends to help protect women who live alone【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2018

Silhouettes of karate fighters, bodybuilders, and domestically dedicated dudes make would-be criminals think you’ve got a live-in boyfriend.

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• Japan
• (cool • crime • shadows • technology • video)

New anime figure line boasts hyper-realistic skin, super-shapely butt on its debut release【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2018

Clever production innovation lets designers create amazingly convincing contrast between skin and other textures.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Bandai • cool • Figure-rise Labo • figures • Gundam)

Suntory releases new Pepsi soft drinks only available in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2018

The three new beverages have been developed to specifically suit Japanese tastes.

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• Japan
• (Cola • cool • drinks • pepsi • Pepsi Zero • soft drinks)

Morbidly brilliant “Death Cafe” in Thailand makes customers ponder about their mortality

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 24, 2018

Discounts are available for the brave who dare lie in a coffin for three minutes.

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• SE Asia
• (cafe • cool • creepy • death • drinks • Thailand)

Salaryman with sick wife pulls no punches in verbal smackdown of boss who won’t let him go home

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2018

Think Japanese businessmen don’t care about their wives? This one does, and he’s got no time for anyone keeping him from taking care of her.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • funny • marriage • romance • salarymen • society • working in Japan)

Tokyo just got a brand-new Pokémon megastore, and here’s a massive look at its exclusive items

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2018

Ninja, sumo, and kabuki Pikachu are hiding in plain sight right next to Tokyo’s Pokémon Cafe.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • Pokemon Center • SNO • Tokyo • video games)

Cosplay as a sexy shadow warrior with the new Ninja Bikini from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2018

One of Japan’s top cosplayers introduces us to the hidden wonders of the two-piece bathing suit.

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• Japan
• (bikinis • cool • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fashion • Mocolle • Ninja)

Beautiful cosplaying takoyaki chef is so talented it’s tearing eyes off her anime outfit【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2018

Blazing speed and precision of Osaka restaurant owner shows that even when she’s cosplaying, she’s still hard at work.
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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cosplay • food • Idolmaster • Osaka • restaurants • takoyaki • video)

Go from friends to lovers with the new “sharecoat” from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2018

Carefully designed features promise to keep you warm and bring you closer together at outdoor events.

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• Japan
• (coats • cool • couples • dating • fashion • love • outdoor events • outdoors • romance • sports • winter)

Pokemon’s Eevee will visit your real-life office in Japan for best day at work ever【Pics, Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2018

Adorable guest is sure to boost Poké-productivity.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • Eevee • funny • King Jim • Pokemon • video • video games)

Love great anime and the great outdoors? Then you need an anime girl ita-tent

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2018

Tokyo college kid is ahead of the merchandising curve as he goes beyond itasha to show his love for this season’s hit camping anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • camping • cool • itasha • Laid-Back Camp • nature • otaku • Yuru Camp)

Japanese fashion brand Trove releases first-ever unisex range of modern samurai coats and pants

• Oona McGee
  Mar 19, 2018

You don’t have to be a man to dress like a cool samurai warrior this season.

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• Japan
• (clothes • coats • cool • fashion • genderless fashion • hakama • haori • jackets • kimono • samurai • Trove • Wa Robe)

Thousands of anime fans gather for public screenings of new Dragon Ball episode in Latin America

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2018

Fans in North, Central, and South America cheer on Goku in his latest fight, but rights holder Toei isn’t nearly as happy.
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• Mexico, S America
• (anime • awesome • cool • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • piracy • video)

Robot performs traditional Japanese tea ceremony, serves up frothy matcha in seconds 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 19, 2018

This is like no other tea ceremony we’ve ever seen.

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• Japan
• (chado • cool • green tea • Japanese tea ceremony • matcha • robots • sado • tea ceremony)

Ninja-themed sneakers are the perfect footwear for the contemporary shadow assassin

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 18, 2018

If ninja wore sneakers, they would be rocking this limited-edition sleek pair of kicks.

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• Japan
• (ASICS • cool • footwear • Ninja • sneakers)

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