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Turn your smartphone into a telescope and take pictures of outer space with new device

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 11, 2016
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Ever wished you could take pictures of the moon’s craters on your phone? Now there’s a way, thanks to a new smartphone telescope gadget!

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• Games & Tech, Japan, Space
• (astronomy • cool • Elecom • photogrophy • smartphone • space • stars • telescope)

Students at Tokyo University of the Arts create amazing festival shrines of giant monsters 【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Apr 5, 2016

Celebrating important events with fun, colossal terror!

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • cool • festivals • portable shrines • Tokyo University of the Arts)

Japanese tourism board hires American expat as professional ninja

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 4, 2016

Tokyo resident is the first foreign member of the Hattori Hanzo Ninja Squad.

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• Japan, USA
• (awesome • cool • history • jobs • Ninja • professional ninja • travel)

Look for one of the weirdest looking buildings in Tokyo to find some very delicious pineapple cake

• KK Miller
  Apr 1, 2016

You would never be able to guess it’s a pastry shop from the outside.

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• Japan
• (architecture • awesome • cake • cool • free • restaurants • SunnyHills • sweets)

Talented Japanese sixth graders pull off mind-blowing jump-rope routine【Video】

• Jamie Koide
  Mar 31, 2016

It’s a performance that’s almost too cool for school!

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• Japan
• (cool • elementary school students • jump rope • sports • synchronized • video)

Want your songs available at karaoke all across Japan? There’s a way, and it’s absolutely free

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2016

Web-based distribution service is easy to use and won’t cost you a thing.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (cool • Joysound • karaoke • music)

Twist-cap matcha is the freshest bottle of tea you’ll ever get at a Japanese convenience store

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2016

Clever design lets you easily prepare a cup of tea just before you drink it.

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• Food & Drink, Japan
• (bottled tea • cool • drinks • green tea • gyokuro • matcha • tea)

Fashion brand Dsquared2 reveals new samurai armor-inspired line-up

• Jamie Koide
  Mar 30, 2016

These unique fall designs with an ancient Japanese flair were one of the highlights of the recent Milan RTW Fashion Show.

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• Italy, Japan
• (cool • Dsquared2 • fashion • Milan • ready-to-wear • runway • samurai armor)

You’ve never seen Tokyo’s nightscape quite like this【Photos】

• Jamie Koide
  Mar 29, 2016

These dark, yet beautiful images of Tokyo at night by Liam Wong are as stunning as they are surreal.

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• Art, Japan
• (cool • Instagram • Japan sightseeing • Liam Wong • night life • street photography • Tokyo)

New pop-up cafe in Tokyo offers drinks with hands-on animation, art and design on the side

• Jamie Koide
  Mar 26, 2016

Next time you feel like taking a coffee break, why not head over to the NagaLatte Cafe in Harajuku, where you can try Snow Brand Milk’s newest beverage and experience what it’s like to work as a manga illustrator, animator, or other creative professional?

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• Japan
• (anime & manga • BOTTLATTE • cafe • cafe latte • cool • events • experience • food & drinks • jobs • Tokyo)

Awesome Samurai Armor Hoodies are looking to conquer the whole world/keep you warm

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2016

But first they need your help in their crowdfunding campaign.

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• Japan
• (cool • fashion • hoodies • jackets • samurai)

New cafe in Japan serves up salads in the form of gorgeous colourful cakes

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2016

Complete with pretty layers of vegetables, you won’t ever have to feel guilty about eating these slices of “cake.”

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• Food & Drink, Japan
• (cafes • cakes • cool • cute • food • restaurants • salad)

Video explores fencing strikes and rules, looks super badass 【Video】

• Mike
  Mar 24, 2016

Dentsu Lab and Japanese fencing master Yuki Ota team up to bring you this dreamlike (and totally badass) video of two fencers in combat, enhanced with practical and digital effects.

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• Internet, Japan
• (cool • fencing • sports • videos • YouTube)

Cool new alarm clock earphones wake you up not with sound, but vibrations

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2016

Never miss your stop on the train or make your bedmate get up earlier than necessary again.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (alarm clock • clever • cool • earbuds • earphones • gadgets)

Awesome optical illusion turns Japanese Ferris wheel into a cube 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2016

Yokohama plays a beautiful trick on the eyes of visitors to its harbor area.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • cool • Ferris wheel • Kanagawa • optical illusion • theme parks • video • Yokohama)

Japan’s “Gap Tent” for solo campers fits just about anywhere, weighs almost nothing

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2016

Clever design even takes into account how to keep you entertained during those long, lonely nights.

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• Japan
• (camping • cool • nature • outdoors • tent)

Japanese company releases sleek, traditional arts & crafts version of Monopoly【Pics】

• Jamie Koide
  Mar 19, 2016

Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten, knows that despite being in business for 300 years, you haven’t really made it until you own Boardwalk, Mayfair, or in this case Kyoto’s Nishijin Textile Center.

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• Japan
• (Board games • cool • Japanese art • limited edition • Monopoly • Nakagawa Masashichi • retro)

Six professional ninja jobs being offered by Japanese tourism board, women and foreigners welcome

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 18, 2016

Japan is looking for a few good shinobi.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • history • jobs • Ninja • travel • video)

Modern concerto fuses classical music and ping-pong for an epic performance【Video】

• Jamie Koide
  Mar 18, 2016

If you were someone who could never decide between music or sports in school, this crazy oncerto might be right up your alley.

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• China, USA
• (Andy Akiho • classical music • cool • crazy • music • orchestra • ping-pong • sports • video • weird)

Roll a perfect six every time with this Japanese inventor’s new robotic die

• Preston Phro
  Mar 18, 2016

Now, if only there were a 20-sided version, all our characters would be level 60!

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• Games & Tech, Internet, Japan
• (cool • funny • robotics • technology • twitter)

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