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We visit the only shrine in Japan where you can pray to the gods for good weather

• Katie Pask
  Jan 22, 2023
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Pray the rain away at special weather shrine in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • Koenji • Mr. Sato • shinto • shrines • SNJO • Teru Teru Bozu • Tokyo • weather)

New yakiniku hair clips from Japan make meat lovers drool

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2023

Like dining at a yakiniku restaurant, but the grill is your hair.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • cute • fake food • fashion • food • hair accessories • hair clips • Japanese beef • Japanese food • meat • restaurants • SNJO • vegetables • weird • wtf • yakiniku)

Hokkaido has an otherworldly giant hot spring that’s easy to miss if you don’t know where it is

• Dale Roll
  Jan 21, 2023

Have you ever heard of this amazing sightseeing spot in Noboribetsu?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hokkaido • hot springs • Japan travel • Noboribetsu • onsen • Oyunuma • Seiji Nakazawa • sightseeing • SNJO • travel)

Beautiful Japanese martial artist recreates fighting video game moves in the real world【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2023

Strikes and poses from Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, and more.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful women • Chun-Li • cool • Dead or Alive • martial arts • Street Fighter • video • video games • Virtua Fighter)

McDonald’s remixes Ado and Asmi hits along with the sound of their deep-fryer

• Master Blaster
  Jan 20, 2023

A mouthwatering mix.

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• Japan
• (Ado • asmi • cool • deep fryer • fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • music • TikTok • weird)

Japan’s real-world One-Piece fitness gym is open, lets you pump giant manga meat

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2023

Don’t just be the king of the pirates, be the fitness king of the pirates!

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • exercise • fitness • gyms • manga • One Piece • Shibuya)

Japan’s random-destination roll-the-dice Shinkansen travel packages are back and better than ever

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2023

JR West’s Tabikoro random train/hotel packages are a gamble where you really can’t lose.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • cool • hotels • Japan Railway • Japan travel • JR • JR West • random • shinkansen • trains • travel • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

Mobile Suit Gundam’s anime robot backpacks are now real-world backpacks too【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2023

Two-way backpacks/totes bring real robot industrial design to your wardrobe.

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• Japan
• (anime • backpacks • bags • cool • fashion • Gundam • Premium Bandai • robots • tote bags)

Kimono snowboarder captivates Internet with awesome Coming of Age Day video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2023

Kyoto college student shows us how awesome furisode look on the ski slopes.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cool • furisode • kimono • kiomono • outdoor • skiing • snowboarding • sports • video)

We travel across the city like royalty — Hiroshima streetcar turns into fancy, private dining area

• Katie Pask
  Jan 15, 2023

Our reporter travelled around Hiroshima City like a king in his own private tram.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Hiroshima • SNJO • streetcar • Tasuku Egawa • train rouge • trains • tram • travel)

Turning your cake into an awesome-looking 2-D cake like this is quick and simple【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 13, 2023

When you want to create dessert art, you just need a chocolate pen.

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• Japan
• (2-D • cakes • chocolate pen • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets)

Is the mochi alive? Japanese mochi maker gadget video will leave you satisfied all day【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 13, 2023

No hammers here as rice looks like it’s decided to transform into mochi all on its own.

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• Japan
• (cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • cute • mochi • mochi maker • rice • rice cake • video)

Kagoshima City releases catchy promotional video with weird dancing, bushy eyebrows, no pants

• Dale Roll
  Jan 12, 2023

You may not have ever thought about visiting Kagoshima City before, but we bet you will after seeing this video!

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• Japan
• (cool • dance • funny • Japan travel • Kagoshima • Kagoshima City • travel • video)

200,000 yen-per-night Airbnb is the successor to Tokyo’s famous Nakagin capsule apartments【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2023

Capsule House K was the mountain retreat of architect Kisho Kurosawa, but now it can be yours for the night.

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• Japan
• (Airbnb • architecture • chie nomura • COK • cool • hotels • Kisho Kurokawa • Nakagin Capsule Tower • SNJO • travel)

Converse teaming up with Cup Noodle for three pairs of shoes inspired by iconic packaging

• Dale Roll
  Jan 10, 2023

A collab between a top instant noodle company and a top shoe producer–what more could we want?

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• Japan
• (collaboration • Converse • cool • Cup Noodle • fashion • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • shoes • stylish)

Did you know you can “wash” your smartphone at McDonald’s in Japan? 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2023

Ingenious two-step process allows you to clean your hands and your smartphone at the same time. 

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• Japan
• (cool • hi-tech • Japanese technology • Japanese toilets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Public restrooms • tech • technology • twitter • videos • Wosh • wota)

Test your luck with one of six randomly selected 2023 Tomica lucky toy cars

• Shannon
  Jan 3, 2023

Will it be a Ladybug Subaru 360, or a Rhinoceros Beetle UD Trucks Quon?

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• Japan
• (2023 • collectibles • cool • cute • good luck • good luck charms • Takara Tomy • tomica • toy cars • Year of the Rabbit)

What’s in a Japan Disney Store Lucky Box? Our non-Disney fanatic finds out!

• Shannon
  Jan 2, 2023

Contents are valued at three times’ the box’s value, but is it really worth buying?

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Daiichiro Tashiro • Disney • Disney Store • figurines • fukubukuro 2022 • Fukubukuro Roundup • good deal • lucky boxes • mugs • plushies • Seiji Nakazawa)

How to make noodles look restaurant quality in just three seconds

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2022

Little-known hack from a soba restaurant pro will give your noodles a professional look every time.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking hack • cooking hacks • cool • food • food hack • hacks • how to • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • recipes • SNJO • soba • toshikoshi soba)

We get a rare whiff of the corpse flower, a.k.a. the world’s stinkiest flower, in Tokyo botanical garden

• Katie Pask
  Dec 31, 2022

We were ‘lucky’ enough to see and smell the rare flower, which blooms once every few years.

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• Japan
• (botanical garden • cool • flower • Mariko Ohanabatake • smelly • SNJO • stinky • Tokyo • weird)

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