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Step into a manga at Japan’s 2-D cafes in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Feb 25, 2022
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Magical cafes whisk you away from the harsh realities of 3-D living. 

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• (2-D crush • 2D • anime • art • cafe • cafes • cool • design • illustration • Instagram • Kyoto • manga • Osaka • photography • Shin-Okubo • themed cafe • Tokyo)

Milk Tea Maker from Japan is a life-changer

• Oona McGee
  Feb 24, 2022

How to make a never-ending supply of cafe-quality milk tea at home…all at the push of a button. 

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• (COK • cooking gadgets • cool • drinks • gadgets • kitchen gadgets • milk tea • Milk Tea Maker • Recolte • review • SNJO)

Live-action Pokémon cooking videos melt the heart, whet the appetite【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2022

Who wouldn’t feel like whipping up a batch of sweets if they shared their house with Pikachu and some other Poké pals?

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• (anime • cooking • cool • Live action • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video • video games)

Famous Japanese sword becomes tiny sweets knife in order to slice into matcha pound cake

• Dale Roll
  Feb 24, 2022

Celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Ashikaga City in Tochigi with these fun commemorative goods.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • cool • green tea • Horikawa Kunihiro • Katana • matcha • sweets • swords • Tochigi • Yamanbagiri Kunihiro)

“Gamer apartments” available to rent for under US$350 a month, comes with full gaming PC set up

• Katie Pask
  Feb 23, 2022

The ‘e-room‘ comes complete with gaming PCs, desk, chair and more.

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• (apartments • Basara • COK • cool • crazy • e-sports • gamer • pro gamers • pro gaming • video games)

Japanese woman finds better way to make potato salad, we may not be able to go back to old style

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2022

Looks better, tastes better, and it’s easier to make too.

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• Japan
• (clever • cooking • cool • food • potato salad)

Batman’s Gotham City creates first-ever sister city relationship…with a real city in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 21, 2022

Japanese municipality gets well-earned recognition for its bat emblem and bat castle.

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• (Batman • castles • Comics • cool • DC • DC Comics • Fukuyama • Gotham • Hiroshima • Hollywood movies • movies • sister cities • The Batman • tourism • travel)

Business trends suggest young Japanese people just aren’t into jeans any more

• Master Blaster
  Feb 21, 2022

Blue jeans are not their lovers.

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• (clothing • cool • fashion • jeans • JEM • pants • trends)

Japanese mum’s secret curry recipe puts a new spin on the beloved dish

• Oona McGee
  Feb 21, 2022

Impressive meal that’s easy to make, thanks to this handwritten recipe from a gacha capsule toy machine.

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• (capsule toys • cooking • cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • gachapon • natto • recipe • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Japanese microcar owner’s tiny automobile collection turns heads in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2022

The cutest cars you’ll ever see!

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• (Bubu 501 • Bubu 502 • Bubu Shuttle-50 • cars • cool • cute • driving • Honda • Japanese roads • microcars • Mitsuoka Motor Company • Ninja • police • roads • tiny • twitter • vehicles • videos • weird • wtf • Zoe Zipper)

Mr. Sato turns into a historical figure through his first-ever wet plate photography session

• Dale Roll
  Feb 18, 2022

The process was slightly grueling, but the results were well worth it!

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• (cool • Ikebukuro • Mr. Sato • photo shoot • photo studio • photography • wet plate photography)

Optimus Prime and Megatron are now officially cute anime girls with Transformers Bishoujo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2022

Figure maker Kotobukiya transforms the cartoon rivals into some very unexpected forms.

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• (anime • cool • crazy • figures • Kotobukiya • Kotobukiya Bishoujo • robots • Transformers • weird)

Is Japan’s “Hai, Cheese!” photo culture becoming obsolete?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2022

More and more young Japanese women are saying “peace out” to old photo-taking customs.

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• (cameras • COK • cool • culture • Generation Z • photography • photos • SNJO • society • trends • young adults • youth)

Japanese train station returns lost item to customer with a heartwarming message

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2022

Rail staff know how bad it feels to lose an item during your travels.

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• (clever • COK • cool • customer service • Japan Railway • JR • JR West • lost property • omotenashi • stations • train stations • trains • twitter • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

The most unusual ATM in Japan? Banking with yokai spirits who want to know your PIN

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2022

Bank earns praise for unique way of warning customers about sneaky souls in the area.

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• (anime • ATM • ATMs • banks • cool • Gegege no Kitaro • manga • movies • Shigeru Mizuki • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourist sites • travel • yokai)

Tour space with a cat guide while the sweet aroma of catnip and paw pads fills your nostrils

• Katie Pask
  Feb 14, 2022

This will be one space trip cat fans will never forget.

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• (anime • cats • cool • cute • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • planetariums • relax • relaxing • science • technology • Tokyo • weird)

Sailor Moon fan in Japan shares her magical trick for when she needs an at-work confidence boost

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2022

This looks like a job for the Sailor Senshi!

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• (anime • clever • cool • manga • Sailor Moon • Sailor Venus)

Japanese moms’ secret curry recipes: The newest must-buy/eat capsule toys

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2022

Handwritten recipes promise a taste of what the Satos, Yamadas, and other families are eating.

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• (capsule toys • cooking • cool • crazy • curry • food • gachapon • recipe • weird)

Tochigi Prefecture’s three new Pokéfuta are the first in the north of Japan’s Kanto region

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 8, 2022

These new Pokéfuta also mean that half of all Japanese prefectures are now equipped with their own unique Pokémon manhole covers.

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• (anime • cool • cute • manhole covers • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Tochigi • travel • utsunomiya • video games)

Tokyo has a secret, members-only parfait bar, and here’s what’s waiting inside【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2022

Remake Easy is like a speakeasy with sweets, and they don’t tell their address to anybody until they’re part of the inner circle.

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• Japan
• (bars • COK • cool • food • ice cream • members-only • parfaits • secret • Shibuya • SNJO • sweets)

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