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Pizza ramen Cup Noodle going on sale, could take us to comfort food heaven or hell

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2017
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What will happen when an instant food star and flop meet?

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • pizza • ramen)

How to buy milk at the store in Japan, even if you don’t read or speak any Japanese

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2017

Can’t read the kanji characters on the label? You’re not the only one, so here’s a shopping secret to help you out.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • Japanese language • life hacks • milk • shopping)

Space museum collaborates with Sailor Moon, lets you experience the Silver Millennium and more

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 28, 2017

Makes us wonder why other space museums aren’t doing this.

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• Japan
• (anime goods • collaboration • cool • museum • Sailor Moon • space)

Japanese research team set to redefine the kilogram for the first time in 130 years

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 28, 2017

This weighty physics revolution might just change the way you look at numbers.

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• Japan
• (cool • kilogram • physics • science • weight)

Kyoto “Cloud Drink” lets you taste the weather as it turns into rain and disappears into your tea

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2017

This is the sweetest shower of rain we’ve ever seen!

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• Japan
• (cafes • clouds • cool • cute • desserts • drinks • Instagram • Kyoto • matcha • sweets • tea • wow)

Japanese “Receipt Manga” machine discovered at Akihabara 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2017

This is the most entertaining way to buy a Japanese manga comic!

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • art • cool • manga • otaku • receipt manga • vending machines)

Complete set of bedroom, living room furniture for cats created by Japanese woodworking companies

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2017

Videos show off nicer bed and sofa than we have in our human homes.

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• Japan
• (animals • beds • cats • cool • cute • furniture • interior • pets • sofas • video)

Japanese umbrella strap helps prevent thefts by literally keeping an eye on your belongings

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2017

Creepy cool accessory’s clever construction makes the eye go into alert mode when you snap it on.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crime • eyes • life hacks • scary • theft • umbrellas)

Adapter released that allows SNES, PS1 systems, and more to run in HDMI

• Master Blaster
  Oct 19, 2017

The future of the past is here!

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• Japan
• (cool • HDMI • playstation • retro games • SNES • technology • Thanko • video games)

World’s first giant robot fight is in the books! Japan draws first blood, US reigning champ

• Master Blaster
  Oct 18, 2017

A battle two years in the making finally comes to an end, but is only the beginning of giant robot fights.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • KURATAS • MegaBots • robots • sports • Suidobashi Heavy Industry • twitch • video)

Japanese convenience store clerk stops robbery with wooden kendo sword and fighting pose

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2017

“I should tell you that I’m first dan,” he informs would-be thief.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Circle K • convenience stores • cool • crime • funny • Kendo • martial arts • robbery • swords)

Tokyo disaster tip: How to make a diaper with just two items you have in your home

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2017

Disaster preparedness team’s tip could save your nostrils.

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• Japan
• (babies • clever • cool • diapers • disaster preparedness • disasters • earthquakes • lifehack • safety • typhoons)

Dancing Hatsune Miku inside custom computer tower stuns Japanese Internet, everybody wants one

• Scott Wilson
  Oct 18, 2017

If you need more Miku in your life, just put her inside your computer tower.

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• Japan
• (computers • cool • Hatsune Miku • PC • technology • video • virtual idols • vocaloids)

Japan by motorbike! Japanese biker captures his incredible round-Japan road trip on camera 【Vid】

• Richard Simmonds
  Oct 17, 2017

Biker captures beautiful and varied scenery of Japan, friendliness of fellow travellers, edited down into two short montage pieces.

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• Japan
• (biker • cool • motorbike • motorcycles • road trip • travel • video • Yamaha)

A video visit to Doai, one of Japan’s most terrifying train stations【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2017

Hundreds of steps below the surface, and if you miss your train, you could be waiting on the dank, dungeon-like platform alone for four hours.

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• Japan
• (cool • Gunma • Japan Railways • JR • scary • stations • trains • video)

Japanese custom of bowing to cars at crosswalks keeps locals safe, warms Internet’s hearts【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2017

Even people born and raised in famously polite Japan are amazed by Iwate Prefecture’s manners.

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• Japan
• (bowing • cars • cool • culture • manners • moving • safety • society • touching • video)

Amazing two-in-one Sailor Moon costume becomes Princess Serenity dress in mere seconds【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2017

Changeover takes less time than the anime heroine’s transformation sequence.

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• USA
• (awesome • cool • cosplay • Designer Daddy • dresses • fashion • Princes Serenity • Sailor Moon • video)

The top 10 themed cafes in Tokyo, according to Shibuya’s Harajuku girls

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2017

Follow the cool crowd and head to these little-known cafes for unusual themed experiences you won’t ever forget.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cool • eating • Harajuku • themed cafes • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Japanese portable alarm to keep laptops safe when working from a cafe smashes crowdfunding goal

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2017

Clever design means you never have to manually turn the alarm on or off.

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• Japan
• (alarm • cool • crime • gadgets • King Jim • laptops • technology • telecommuting • video)

You can drive this car with a PlayStation controller, meaning Gran Turismo is now real【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 11, 2017

”The real driving simulator” indeed.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cars • cool • Gran Turismo • GT-R • motorsports • nissan • playstation • Sony • technology • video games)

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