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Best field trip ever? Japanese schoolkids get to control the full-scale moving Gundam’s hand

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 25, 2022
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Is it too late for us to reenroll in elementary school?

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • education • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • schools • Yokohama • Yokohama Gundam)

Multi-purpose meat cushions, raw and cooked, are now here for ravenous Monster Hunter fans【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

Non-food-based monster brooches also let you show your love for the Capcom video game series.

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• (accessories • Capcom • cool • crazy • interior • meat • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter Rise • video games)

We test out the new gaming chopsticks that bring gaming PC looks to your dinner table【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 21, 2022

You can now dine in the high-tech glow of gaming light.

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• (chopsticks • COK • cool • food • gadgets • gaming PCs • SNJO • weird)

Cold karaage vending machines take fried chicken to new extremes

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2022

Take a trip to heaven and hell with “Deep Fried Chicken of Angel and Devil I wish you every happiness”.

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • cool • food • fried chicken • Japanese vending machines • karaage • SNJO • vending machine • vending machines • weird • wtf)

New sushi train toy makes sushi for you, then delivers it, and is exactly what we want【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2022

A functional sushi factory for your dinner table.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyer belt sushi • cool • food • gadgets • Kaitenzushi • kitchen gadgets • revolving sushi • sushi • Takara Tomy • toy trains • toys • trains)

Pretty pink coffins to sleep in now on sale in Japan, made by local Tokyo craftsmen【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2022

Can also be used as dining tables, closets, or lounge sofas.

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• Japan
• (coffin • cool • crazy • gothic • interior • sleep • vampire • weird)

Vending machine with in-flight meals becomes a sell-out hit at Haneda Airport in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2022

Sold-out meals cause a buzz online, but are they really worth a visit to the airport?

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• (COK • cool • food • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird • wtf)

Miniature Japanese ramen cakes are a rare, locally guarded secret

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2022

Like a tiny plastic model from a gacha capsule toy machine, but totally edible.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • cool • cute • food • local specialties • Noodles • ramen • Sano • service area • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tochigi • weird)

McDonald’s Japan is selling Gundam burgers, endorsed by anime’s most charismatic antagonist【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2022

Char is here, and he’s brought a whole line of Char Custom burgers with him.

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• Japan
• (anime • burgers • Char • Char Aznable • cool • fast food • food • Gundam • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • video)

The Japan-exclusive Pepsi for fried chicken is here, but is it good?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2022

A cola specifically for karaage is exactly the kind of drink we want.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cola • cool • crazy • drinks • fried chicken • japanese drinks • Japanese food • Japanese Pepsi • karaage • pepsi • SNJO • soft drinks • taste test)

Japan has a wild boar and venison vending machine, and here’s a great dish to make with its meat

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2022

Wild game gives us some unique ingredients to experiment with in the SoraKitchen.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cool • food • haruka takagi • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • vending machine • venison • weird • wild boar • wild game)

This little-known temple in rural Japan has a giant Buddha bigger than Kamakura’s or Nara’s【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2022

A visit to Seirinji Temple.

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• Japan
• (Buddha • Buddha statues • Buddhism • COK • cool • SNJO • temples • Tochigi • travel)

An A.I. program designed a katana, then a 15th-generation Japanese swordsmith made it【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2022

Modern technology intertwines with 400 years of swordsmithing skills.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • awesome • COK • cool • Katana • swords • swordsmiths • technology)

Japanese temple and shrine craftsmen now building world’s coolest doghouses, the Inudono【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2022

A very fancy residence for very good boys and girls.

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• Japan
• (animals • awesome • beautiful • cool • culture • doghouses • dogs • pets • shrines • temples)

Sanrio’s new crazy huge plushies are bigger than the average Japanese adult【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2022

Finally, the 190-centimeter stuffed animal salmon slice that Sanrio fans have been waiting for!

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • cute • interior • Kirimi-chan • Kuromi • plushies • Sanrio)

Tokyo prison restaurant The Lockup closes its doors for good

• Oona McGee
  Jun 10, 2022

Throwing away the key after 23 years of terrifying tourists. 

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• Japan
• (closure • COK • cool • dining • food • Horror • hotels • jail • jailbreak • Kabukicho • news • prison • Prison Restaurant: The Lockup • prisons • restaurants • shinjuku • The Lockup • themed restaurants • tourist sites • travel)

We found the “world’s best breakfast” at this Japanese hotel, and it was not cheap【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2022

This premium-priced Kobe breakfast broke our brain, but did it make our heart sing or just our wallet cry?

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• (breakfast • COK • cool • expensive • food • hotels • Kobe • SNJO • taste test • travel)

Earn points by visiting temples throughout Japan with Buddhist sect’s upcoming app

• Shannon
  Jun 7, 2022

Even 850-year-old traditions are getting with the times.

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• Japan
• (app • Buddhist temple • cool • Jodo • omairi • points • project • smartphone app • temples)

Super Mario umbrellas let you recreate scenes from the Nintendo classic on rainy days【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2022

Multiple designs to keep you dry and show off your love for the start of the Super Mario franchise.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • nintendo • rain • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • umbrellas • video games)

Tufts of shed polar bear fur among the gacha prizes at Japan’s newest crazy capsule toy machine

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 5, 2022

Hokkaido zoo sees overwhelming demand for unique souvenirs.

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• Japan
• (animals • capsule toys • cool • crazy • gacha • gachapon • weird • zoos)

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