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Join NERV’s Godzilla Division with bags, keychains. and storage bins
- Anime News Network
May 31, 2016 - Tweet
Japanese bonsai trees made from paper stay beautiful without water or pruning
- Oona McGee
May 30, 2016
If you have trouble keeping plants alive, these are the bonsai for you.
Japanese retailer Felissimo brings cute from the oceans with adorable deep sea creature pouches
- Oona McGee
May 30, 2016
You don’t have to be a marine biologist to fall in love with these unusual specimens.
- Cute, Japan
- (accessories • bags • cool • cute • deep-sea • fashion • Felissimo • fish • marine animals • marine biology • Ocean • sea)
Japan creates Umeboshi Pickled Plum and Takuan Pickled Radish colas to pair with rice dishes
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2016
The unusual new flavours are designed to go down well with traditional Japanese meals.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Coca-Cola • Cola • cool • drinks • pickles • rice • Shizuoka • umeboshi • weird flavors)
Father and son dissect a gachapon capsule toy machine to show us its magical insides【Video】
- Scott Wilson
May 28, 2016
Don’t try this at home! And especially don’t try it at a gachapon store!
- Japan
- (capsule toy machine • capsule toys • cool • dissection • gachapon • machines)
Samurai sword umbrella sheaths will help you fight off the rainy day blues 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 28, 2016
Chic canvas carriers let you cut a playfully stylish figure.
This beautiful, traditional Japanese building is actually a fully modern convenience store
- Casey Baseel
May 25, 2016
Convenience stores in Japan are often like mini supermarkets, but this one near one of Shinto’s holiest shrines also feels like a time machine.
- Culture, Japan
- (conveneince stores • cool • Family mart • Ise • Ise Shrine • Mie • shinto • shrines)
Hungry for art? Japanese cookie artist uses icing to make unbelievable edible masterpieces【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
May 24, 2016
You mean we’re supposed to eat these?!
Godzilla vs. Evangelion towels need all of Japan as stage big enough to contain their awesomeness
- Casey Baseel
May 24, 2016
Culturally cool tenugui let you show your love of Eva Units, kaiji, and your favorite Japanese prefecture all at once.
- Anime & Manga, Art, Culture, Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • cool • culture • Evangelion • Godzilla • movies • tenugui • towels)
This Lego samurai castle would be amazing even if it wasn’t also an awesome pop-up book 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 24, 2016
Extremely talented builder needs neither stone, lumber, nor paper for this mind-blowing project.
What would Pokémon look like as Gundam mecha? Awesome fan-made models show us 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 23, 2016
A fresh take on old-school Pocket Monsters and mobile suits.
- Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Internet
- (anime • cool • figures • Gundam • models • Pokemon • robots • video games)
Studio Ghibli sound effects master recreates canned coffee commercial with just his voice 【Video】
- Krista Rogers
May 23, 2016
We bet you’ve never heard anything quite so “delicious for your ears” as this unique commercial and its accompanying second !
- Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
- (anime • canned coffee • coffee • commercial • cool • drinks • sound effects • Studio Ghibli • video)
Kyoto Starbucks’s elegant over-river seating might make it the country’s coolest coffeehouse
- Casey Baseel
May 23, 2016
Seattle-based chain adapts to Kyoto style with summertime seats that offer a taste of traditional culture as you sip your coffee.
- Culture, Food & Drink, Japan
- (cafes • cool • culture • Kyoto • restaurants • Starbucks • summer)
High school student demonstrates some cool moves on a bike, right out of Yowamushi Pedal 【Video】
- Krista Rogers
May 23, 2016
This recent video of some skillful biking based on an anime character’s special cycling technique has already been retweeted over 61,000 times.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (anime • bicycle • cool • cycling • funny • manga • video • Yowamush Pedal • Yusuke Makishima)
New Edo Goldfish Wonderland to open at Tokyo Skytree this summer for a limited time
- Oona McGee
May 22, 2016
With lanterns, cocktails and one thousand unusual goldfish, this is the coolest place to hang out in your yukata this summer.
- Culture, Entertainment, Japan
- (aquariums • cool • Edo • festivals • goldfish • Sumida Aquarium • summer • summer festivals • Tokyo Skytree)
We try Japan’s amazing-looking salad “cakes,” now on sale in Tokyo! 【Pictures】
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2016
Looks can be both beautiful and deceiving.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (beautiful • cakes • cool • cute • food • salads • sweets • vegetables • vegetarian)
Kitty Yum Cha: New cat dumplings from Felissimo come complete with steam-at-home instructions
- Oona McGee
May 19, 2016
Could you eat a pointy-eared steamed cat?
Cute cat jeans designed by Japanese manga artist will have kittens jumping all over you
- Oona McGee
May 16, 2016
The cleverly designed garment will make you more popular with cats than you’ve ever been!
- Cats, Cute, Japan
- (cats • cool • cute • cute pets • fashion • Felissimo • jeans • manga • pets • Rinrin Yamano)
Color blending “Chameleon Pens” are the hottest new art items trending in Japan
- Jamie Koide
May 15, 2016
These pens will change the way you shade.
- Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Japan
- (art • Chameleon Pens • cool • drawing manga • markers • twitter)
“Picocassette” smartphone game cartridges are here, now available to buy
- Scott Wilson
May 13, 2016
For those who want that authentic “inserting a cartridge” feeling.
- Entertainment, Japan
- (cool • famicom • gaming • mobile gaming • picocassette • retro gaming)
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