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Father of the bride gets laughs telling everyone his hard rock background, then begins to sing…

• Master Blaster
  Mar 16, 2018
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Every hard rocker needs at least one tender ballad in their repertoire.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Deep Purple • Miyuki Nakashima • music • parents • video • weddings)

Amazing hologram-style Pokédex is waiting for fans to try at Tokyo’s new Pokémon megastore【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2018

Japan’s newest mecca for real-world Pokémon Trainers gives the Pokédex a jaw-dropping UI overhaul.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Pokémon Center Nihonbashi • Tokyo • video • video games)

Oregon as a Studio Ghibli film – Gorgeous tourism video shows the state as a Miyazaki wonderland

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2018

Inspired by the works of Japan’s most celebrated anime icons, short animated video captures the magic of the state across the Pacific.

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• (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Oregon • Studio Ghibli • travel • video)

Turning Tokyo techno-cool with a quick and awesome smartphone camera trick【Videos, photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2018

Even SoraNews24 headquarters looks amazing when it’s recast as a virtual computer realm.

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• Japan
• (apps • awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • photography • Smartphones • SNOJ • technology • video)

Amazing ad from Japan stars 72 actresses each showing one year of a woman’s life in one second

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2018

Maker of Pocky reminds us that life moves fast, but it’s the slow moments that make it beautiful.

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• Japan
• (ads • awesome • commercial • cool • Glico • moving • Pocky • touching • video)

6.6-foot-wide rideable Lapras sofa: The plushie Pokémon furniture adult fans have been hoping for

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2018

Recreate Ash’s voyage around the Orange Archipelago without ever leaving your living room.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • furniture • interior • Lapras • plushies • Pokemon • video games)

This detailed Gundam “sketch” is actually an unbelievably colored 3-D model kit!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2018

One of Japan’s most talented anime modelers continues to create works of art that look more 2-D than most actual drawings.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • beautiful • cool • Gundam • models • optical illusions • robots)

Enjoy hanami cherry blossom viewing on the Ginza Line Sakura Train in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Mar 8, 2018

The special train will only be in operation for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (Asahi • beer • cherry blossoms • cool • Japanese beer • Japanese trains • sakura • trains)

Final Fantasy Universal Studios Japan VR roller coaster shown off in cool rider experience videos

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2018

Airships, crystals, Cid, and even Chocobo popcorn buckets are part of the tie-up between the theme park and video game giants.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • cool • Final Fantasy • roller coasters • Square Enix • theme parks • Universal Cool Japan • Universal Studios Japan • video • video games • virtual reality • VR)

Art on the cheap: Twitter user creates silver orb jewellery for around 100 yen 【Photos】

• Richard Simmonds
  Mar 6, 2018

Feel like Vulcan in his forge and work metal with your bare hands with just a roll of cheap foil.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • cool • foil • jewellery • jewelry • twitter • weird)

Tour Akita Prefecture from the back of an Akita Inu Dog with Google’s adorable doggie Street View

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2018

The adorable breed of dogs introduces the Internet to its home in Japan’s northern Akita Prefecture.

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• Japan
• (Akita • Akita Inu • animals • cool • cute • dogs • Google • pets • Street View • video)

Japan’s biggest, baddest piece of playground equipment set to close down

• Richard Simmonds
  Mar 3, 2018

The slide in a children’s playground in Ehime, not suitable for children, will be no more after injuries and safety worries.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • dangerous • Ehime • funny • playground • Shikoku • slide • twitter • video)

Anime eyes cover Tokyo’s busiest station for awesome Netflix ad【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2018

How many of these 280 sets of anime eyes can you match with their characters?

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • art • awesome • COK • cool • Devilman Crybaby • Netflix • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNO)

Japan Snow Battle Federation looking to make snowball fights Olympic event

• Master Blaster
  Feb 28, 2018

It just isn’t winter games without a good old-fashioned snowball fight.

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• Global, Japan
• (awesome • cool • Hokkaido • Olympics • snowball fight • sports • video • weird • yukigassen)

Narita Airport starts free cultural event series with kimono-wearing, manga creator experiences

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2018

The Tokyo-area’s much-maligned international air hub is giving us a new reason to actually enjoy going there.

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• Japan
• (airports • cool • culture • kimono • manga • Narita • Narita Airport • Ninja • samurai • travel)

The power of makeup: new Chinese transformation meme on social media enthralls Japanese netizens

• Koh Ruide
  Feb 24, 2018

Series of attitude-packed videos featuring people morphing into breathtaking individuals leaves everyone wanting more.

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• Japan
• (China • cool • Japanese Twitter • makeover • transformation meme • video)

Kabuki stagehand taxi service starts, offers silent cab drivers that’ll give you a story to tell

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2018

With their drivers’ faces hidden, these taxis are a peek into Japanese theater culture.

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• Japan
• (bunraku • cabs • cool • culture • funny • kabuki • kuroko • Sanwa Kotsu • taxis • travel • weird)

The most awesome anime fan art is fan art that’s also traditional Japanese sweets【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2018

From Pop Team Epic to Cowboy Bebop, this professional confectioner’s anime and video game dojin works are edible!

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• Japan
• (anime • anko • cool • fan art • food • nerikiri • No Face • spirited away • sweet beans • sweets • video games)

Ninja to officially appear before Japanese parliament to outline goals and perform “other activities”

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2018

Japan Ninja Council sending delegation to speak, show their shinobi skills at National Diet House of Representatives session.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • cuture • history • Japan Ninja Council • Ninja • Ninjutsu • politics • travel)

It’s a Japanese boxed lunch in the palm of your hand with the new bento rice ball

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2018

Convenience store’s deluxe onigiri is a bento boxed lunch you can eat with one hand.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • convenience stores • cool • food • Mini Stop • rice balls)

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