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Anime pro father and sons’ collaborative artwork series has somehow become even more awesome

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2017
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Two young boys’ imaginations and one loving father’s artistic skills continue to combine with amazing results.

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• (anime • art • awesome • cool • family • illustration • kids • Thomas Romain)

Cute cat shows off incredible skills with cup-and-ball game【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2017

No matter how many times the cups are moved, this cat always knows which cup the ball is in.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • Cats of Instagram • cool • cute • Instagram • pets • Totoro • tricks • videos)

New sleep cafe opens in Japan, offers free coffee and luxurious naps to visitors

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2017

Now you can nap in a $9,000 bed and enjoy mood lighting and soothing music with your coffee for a limited time in Tokyo.

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• (cafes • coffee • cool • Harajuku • pop-up • sleep • themed cafe • Tokyo)

Japan’s amazing screen door video game artist is back with new NES-inspired projects【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2017

Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

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• (art • cool • crafts • fan art • Final Fantasy • interior • Mario Kart • Mega Man • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

The Pokémon Pokéwalker pedometer has been hiding a secret message for the last eight years

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2017

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver accessory once again shows that Nintendo will not be rushed in showing its hand.

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• (anime • cool • nintendo • pedometer • Pokemon • Pokéwalker • Remove term: Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilverNintendo Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver • secret • video games)

Giant mecha spotted on Japanese highway by anime fan motorist【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2017

Patlabor’s Ingram is out on patrol.

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• (anime • awesome • cars • cool • Ingram • Patlabor • robots • statues • video)

“Drinkable cream puffs” arriving in Japan, courtesy of new beverage from Beard Papa

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2017

Just when you thought Japanese vending machines couldn’t get any more awesome, here comes an awesome-sounding dessert drink.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Beard Papa • cool • cream puffs • drinks • sweets)

Tokyo’s giant Gundam statue dismantled in anime-like scene that’s warming the hearts of fans

• Oona McGee
  Mar 14, 2017

The significance of the event is being felt by everyone, even the workers who stopped to pose with photos of the mecha’s gigantic detached body parts.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • life-size Gundam • odaiba • robots • statues • Tokyo • travel)

Strawberries that aren’t red, plus other amazing optical illusions from Japan’s Akiyoshi Kitaoka

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2017

The Kyoto psychology professor is making people all over the world doubt their eyes.

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• Internet, Japan
• (cool • crazy • Illusions • optical illusions • strawberries • weird)

Tokyo is getting a new giant Gundam robot statue this fall and it’ll be even bigger than the last

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2017

The original Gundam statue is no more, but dry your tears, anime fans, because a new mecha is on the way.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • life-size Gundam • odaiba • robots • statues • Tokyo • travel)

Nintendo hid a secret message on the Switch’s Pro Controller

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2017

Gamers have been searching for secrets in Nintendo games for decades, but this time there’s one waiting for them on the hardware.

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• Global, Japan
• (awesome • cool • message • nintendo • nintendo switch • secret • video games)

Japanese chef’s awesome giant pancake makes us want to cook them the old fashioned way again

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2017

Drawing inspiration from an internationally beloved children’s book, chef creates a hybrid pancake/cookie.

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• Japan
• (books • cookies • cooking • cool • food • pancakes)

Japan’s coffee-flavored toast spread is now on sale, but how does it taste? We find out

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2017

Who’s ready to eat their morning coffee?

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• Japan
• (awesome • butter • coffee • cool • crazy • food • sweets • toast • weird)

Japanese Android OBJECT project might soon be taking your life to the 22nd century

• KK Miller
  Mar 2, 2017

Android experiment OBJECT took over 200 submissions for ideas and produced these four futuristic products.

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• (Android • app • cool • OBJECT experiment • technology • video)

Instead of waiting for Nintendo’s Switch, this awesome gamer made his own portable Super Famicom

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2017

Sure, Nintendo’s upcoming hybrid system looks cool, but retro gamers are already gushing over this cool customization of a classic console.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • nintendo • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • technology • video • video games)

Try curling in the heart of Tokyo at this unusual rooftop hideaway bar

• Jessica
  Feb 28, 2017

Plus they’ve got waffles!

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• (bars • cool • curling • restaurants • Shibuya • sports • Tokyo • weird)

81-year-old Japanese woman learns programming from scratch, makes cool mobile game

• Richard Simmonds
  Feb 28, 2017

Programming isn’t just a young person’s game anymore.

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• Japan
• (cool • culture • dolls • hina matsuri • programming • seniors • video games)

Sliced chocolate is coming back to Japanese grocery stores, and it’s bringing a new flavor!

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2017

Somehow, chocolate sandwiches are about to become even more awesome.

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• Japan
• (awesome • chocolate • cool • food • sliced chocolate • sweets)

Miniature food artists are at it again, now with sushi, sake, and more traditional Japanese food

• Meg Murphy
  Feb 24, 2017

We know there’s a reason we love tiny food, but we just can’t put our finger on it.

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• Japan
• (cool • food • food models • miniature food)

Japanese couple creates awesome Pokémon-style wedding invitations

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2017

Instead of Pikachu, these creative Pokémon fans have chosen each other.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • marriage • Pokemon • video games • weddings)

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