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Sailor Moon girls appear as samurai and ninja in five-piece character art collection
- Oona McGee
Feb 29, 2016 - Tweet
Samurai Moon and Ronin Jupiter are just two of the characters to appear in this impressive series.
- Art, Canada, Japan
- (anime • art • ComicCon • cool • cute • illustrations • manga • Ninja • Sailor Moon • samurai)
Master sushi chef effortlessly slices and dices vegetables while blindfolded【Video】
- Jamie Koide
Feb 27, 2016
Master sushi chef Hiroyuki Terada shows us why he’s a cut above the rest.
- Japan, USA
- (cooking • cool • Hiroyuki Terada • Japanese YouTubers • sushi • sushi chefs)
Build a house from stationery with awesome new Minecraft erasers from Bandai Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 26, 2016
Distract yourself from studying with new Minecraft eraser sets featuring blocks and characters from the mega-hit video game.
- Games & Tech, Japan
- (Bandai • cool • erasers • gamers • gaming • Minecraft • stationery • video games)
Clever home sushi-making set puts a whole new spin on revolving sushi
- Casey Baseel
Feb 26, 2016
There’s more than just the adorable cat dressed as a sushi chef that makes this kit unique.
New kitty hand towels from Japan fold up to become adorable plush companions
- Casey Baseel
Feb 26, 2016
You might be too old to carry an ordinary stuffed animal around, but what about one that has a practical purpose?
Gorgeous traditional Japanese chest of drawers is also a rolling suitcase 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2016
Centuries-old aesthetics meet modern travel convenience.
Gorgeous Japanese hiragana script accessories return with new words plus necklaces and bracelets
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2016
Language can be a very beautiful thing.
- Japan
- (accessories • cool • earrings • fashion • hiragana • Japanese language • rings)
New cherry blossom sneakers from Nike feature real images of sakura in five awesome designs
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2016
Enjoy the hanami cherry blossom viewing experience just by looking at your feet this spring.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cool • fashion • Nike • sakura • shoes • sneakers • sportswear • spring)
Japanese Twitter user’s ridiculously detailed ballpoint pen art goes viral
- Jamie Koide
Feb 24, 2016
If you’ve got the talent and the passion you can use pretty much anything to illustrate your vision, like this piece of art that’s been making the rounds on Japanese Twitter, drawn using only two ballpoint pens.
Hang a Japanese city on your wall with these amazingly detailed 3-D printed maps
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2016
These beautiful scaled dioramas let you walk the streets of Tokyo or Hiroshima again and again.
Disney Princesses get stunning anime makeovers from Pakistani fan artist 【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2016
Illustration features decades of Western animation icons drawn in Japanese style.
University library in Tokyo may be world’s coolest with its “floating” meeting rooms【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2016
Glass-domed rooms grace five-story atrium.
- Japan
- (archetecture • awesome • cool • libraries • schools • Tokyo • universities)
World’s first robot-operated farm to start operations in Japan next year
- Casey Baseel
Feb 22, 2016
Kyoto facility aims to harvest 500,000 heads of lettuce a day.
- Japan
- (agriculture • cool • farming • Kyoto • robots • techonology)
Enjoy the taste of Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku with new Angel Pie sweets from Morinaga
- Oona McGee
Feb 19, 2016
These delicious-looking cream-filled sweets take sound bites to a whole new level.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (anime • characters • chocolate • cool • cosplay • cute • Hatsune Miku • manga • Morinaga • sweets • Vocaloid)
Trailer released for Aiko, gorgeous U.S.-animated project set in a demon-invaded Japan 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2016
Preview leaves us wanting to see so much more of the planned series.
Sakura cherry blossoms and a Japanese-style great wave feature on new sneakers from Saucony
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2016
Step into spring with a little help from some iconic Japanese imagery.
Try traditional Japanese yabusame horseback archery from the back of a moving taxi in Yokohama
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2016
For two days only, you’ll be able to try your hand at “Taxi Yabusame”, which involves hitting nine targets from the backseat of a cab.
Cosplay ideals vs. reality-Part 4: Blowin’ in the wind edition【Photos】
- Krista Rogers
Feb 15, 2016
How many times can a man be fooled by amazing cosplay photography? The answer, my friend, is quite literally blowing in the wind.
Japanese chocolates come to life as ikemen “hot guy” anime characters
- Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2016
Say hello to six chocolates in handsome human form.
Japanese university student makes stunning wooden clock that literally writes the time 【Video】
- Preston Phro
Feb 12, 2016
It might not be very portable, but it is absolutely beautiful!
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