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Japanese cat gets the ultimate playhouse: a giant cardboard robot hand-made by its owners【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 12, 2017 - Tweet
We wish there was space for us inside too.
World’s largest Pikachu and Poké Ball appear on Ferris wheel in Japan【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2017
It takes a big Poké Ball to catch a giant Pokémon.
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- (anime • awesome • cool • Ferris weel • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2017 • Poké Ball • Pokemon • video • video games • Yokohama)
Videos show Tokyo’s new life-size Gundam is nearing completion, and has an awesome moving head
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2017
Fans have been shooting photos and videos of the 19.7-meter (64.6-foot) Unicorn Gundam, and it looks incredible.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • odaiba • robots • travel • video)
Famous philosophers reimagined as cute anime boys by Japanese student cramming for entrance exams
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2017
Would anime-style Descartes say “I think, therefor I super deformed am?”
To celebrate Pokémon anime’s 20th anniversary, superfan redoes his fan art from 20 years ago
- Richard Simmonds
Aug 3, 2017
Art and Pokémon stand the test of time; or, how to do a Pokémon remake properly without ditching characters.
Anime Your Name is surprisingly awesome when paired with Top Gun’s “Danger Zone”【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2017
Should Makoto Shinkai’s anime have been about Top Gun Taki and Maverick Mitsuha?
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Danger Zone • funny • Makoto Shinkai • movies • music • Top Gun • video • You Name)
Japan’s hot spring amusement park opens, and we check out its onsen attractions!
- SoraNews24
Jul 31, 2017
After month’s of waiting, the amusement park that seemed too crazy to be true receives its first visitors.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Beppu • cool • crazy • hot springs • Oita • onsen • Spamusement Park • Uenchi • weird)
Nendroid Face Maker lets you custom design faces for Japan’s most popular anime figure line
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2017
The only limits are your imagination and anime trinket shelf space.
Why settle for a bento box, when you can have a full-on bento backpack?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2017
Japan’s iconic boxed lunch serves as inspiration for a bag big enough to hold multiple meals.
CG saleswoman deployed by Japanese brewer to hawk beer at supermarket【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2017
The future of pitching alcohol has arrived in Japan.
Liquid nitrogen-topped Kit Kats now on the menu at Tokyo cafe【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2017
Japan has plenty of awesome Kit Kats, but we just ate what might be the craziest one of all.
- Japan
- (chocolate • cool • crazy • Ginza • Kit Kats • liquid nitrogen • restaurants • sweets • Tokyo • weird)
Japanese cafe tops its shaved ice with fire for an impossibly delicious treat【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2017
It’s not often that you find a dessert that can give you a brain freeze and third-degree burns, so we had to try it for ourselves.
Grimoire backpack is a practical way to proclaim your love for magical fantasies
- Koh Ruide
Jul 24, 2017
A stylish must-have for the lord of the books.
Legendary crescent moon katana, one of Japan’s Five Swords Under Heaven, now on display in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2017
One of Japan’s most beautiful and important katana is proving popular with history buffs and young ladies alike.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cool • culture • history • Katana • museums • swords • Tokyo • Tokyo National Museum • Touken Ranbu • Ueno)
Pitch-black instant ramen added to Cup Noodle lineup to fill dark hole in our ramen-loving hearts
- Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2017
Special ingredient makes for an instant ramen that looks like no other.
- Japan
- (black food • cool • Cup Noodle • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • squid • weird)
Work meeting isn’t going anywhere? Suntory suggests cracking open a (non-alcoholic) beer
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2017
Suntory plans to install non-alcoholic beer vending machines in Japanese offices for workers who could use a drink while on the job.
Japanese cosplayer creates impressive replica of Monster Hunter’s heavy bowgun
- Koh Ruide
Jul 17, 2017
Why hunt monsters with a sword when you can do it with a massive cosplay rifle?
- Japan
- (Comiket • cool • cosplay • cosplayer • gun • Japanese Twitter • Monster Hunter)
Amazing hair product cleverly disguises bald spots, shocks Japanese Twitter 【Video】
- Koh Ruide
Jul 16, 2017
It may be a temporary solution, but the results are undeniable.
Sushi-delivering robots to go into operation in Japan next month
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2017
If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we have robots deliver our sushi? Oh, wait, apparently we can do that too.
Think mosquitoes suck? Japan’s Shock Extermination Stick lets you suck some mosquitoes instead
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2017
Eliminate your insect enemies with the powers of vortexes and electricity.
- Japan
- (bugs • cool • crazy • gadgets • insects • mosquitoes • technology • Thanko • weird)
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Restaurant opens in Japan with all-dementia waitresses, serves up ramen, awareness, and kindness
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The poop ice cream to end all poop ice creams
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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