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How to cancel a floor on a Japanese elevator

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2022
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Cool hack will save you time and keep you in everyone’s good books.

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• Japan
• (awesome • buttons • COK • cool • elevators • hacks • Hitachi • knowledge • life • life hacks • Lifehacks • lifts • manufacturing • Mitsubishi • SNJO • society)

Former Nintendo headquarters reopens as hotel in Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

Reservations now being accepted for a night in gaming history.

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• (accommodation • cool • culture • gaming • history • hotels • Kyoto • nintendo • travel • video games)

Tokyoites don’t recognize legendary manga artist as Akira creator goes for stealthy stroll【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2022

Katsuhiro Otomo poses in front of Katsuhiro Otomo mural, nobody notices.

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• Japan
• (ads • AKIRA • anime • cool • Katsuhiro Otomo • manga • Shibuya • Shibuya Staiton • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • video)

Japanese design company combines human bed and cat tower, proves felines are who runs the home

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2022

Because really, your entire home is your cat’s playground, right?

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• Japan
• (animals • beds • cat tower • cats • clever • cool • Dinos • furniture • interior • pets)

Japanese toilet piggy bank proves Japan has the best toys

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2022

Flushing money down the toilet has never been more entertaining!

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• (children • cool • fun • Japanese magazines • Japanese toilets • learning • magazines • poop • reading • SNJO • toilet humor • Toilets • toys • weird)

Sailor Moon’s Moon Stick becomes the real world’s coolest subway pass

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2022

EasyCard gets an anime magical girl power item makeover.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (anime • cool • EasyCard • IC card • manga • Sailor Moon • Subway • Taipei • trains • transportation)

Spirited Away x Loewe pop-up store in Harajuku whisks visitors away to the world of Studio Ghibli

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2022

New store is just as magical as the exclusive goods inside it. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • fashion • Ghibli • handbags • Harajuku • Hayao Miyazaki • LOEWE • merchandise • movies • No Face • pop-up shop • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

One of Japan’s coolest castles looks even cooler this winter with laser mapping art event【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2022

There’s never a bad time to take a look at the Crow Castle, but this winter is an especially good one.

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• (art • awesome • beautiful • castles • COK • cool • laser • light up • Matsumoto • Matsumoto Castle • Nagano)

Studio Ghibli unleashes Turnip Head on the world

• Oona McGee
  Jan 10, 2022

Magical character from Howl’s Moving Castle makes the leap from the anime world and into our hearts and homes.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • gardening • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • merchandise • movies • planters • plants • Studio Ghibli • Turnip Head)

Thanko lucky bag gives us gadgets we didn’t even know we needed

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2022

One of the weirdest fukubukuro purchases we made this year.

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• (bento • cool • fashion • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • gadgets • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • Masanuki Sunakoma • rice cooker • Thanko • weird)

Spider-Man: No Way Home Japanese dub voice actor is…our reporter P.K. Sanjun!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2022

P.K. takes us behind the scenes and into the recording studio as he plays two characters in the latest film.

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• (acting • cool • Japanese Spider-Man • Marvel • movies • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • Spider-Man • Spider-Man: No Way Home • voice acting • voice actors)

Our cat mom reporter learns how her cats truly feel about her through a cat translation app

• Shannon
  Jan 6, 2022

Do her cats really love her as much as she thinks they do?

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• Japan
• (animals • app • cats • cool • cute • MeowTalk • NyanTalk • pets • SNJO)

Japanese Internet mesmerized by photo showing road that appears to go straight into the sky

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 3, 2022

What kind of tires are we supposed to use for that?

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• (airports • beautiful • cool • crazy • Itami Airport • Osaka International Airport • photography)

Real Buddhist monk shows off hot (and sweet) EDM dance moves in Mount Koya video

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 3, 2022

To make matters stranger, the video is part of a promotional tie-in with a popular candy company designed to cheer on a certain group of students.

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• (Buddhism • cool • culture • dance • EDM • entrance exams • good luck • Koyasan • monks • Morinaga • music • Ramune • temples • video • Wakayama)

Limited time Pokémon Lapras Cafe in Miyagi Prefecture promotes tourism in northern Japan

• Shannon
  Jan 2, 2022

Like Lapras? Like the northern Tohoku region? Then you’re in luck.

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• Japan
• (anime • cafes • Chansey • cool • cute • Geodude • Lapras • Miyagi • Miyagi Prefecture • Pokemon • restaurants • themed restaurants • travel • video games)

It’s eco-friendly AND delicious! Popular Yamanashi sweet now comes in an edible container

• Dale Roll
  Jan 2, 2022

This tasty sweet is now easier to eat…but the edible package version is harder to find.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • eco-friendly • food • mochi • monaka • omiyage • shingen mochi • sweets • Yamanashi)

Japan’s gorilla poo oranges are now in season, and being given away for free!

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 2, 2022

”Miraculous” fruit is an auspicious way to start the new year, growers say.

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• Japan
• (animals • cool • food • fruit • funny • gorillas • gross • Inuyama • Japan Monkey Center • mikan • monkeys • oranges • weird • zoos)

Cup Noodle wipes the floor with the competition…at a competition in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2021

Nissin brand turns 50 but their marketing remains forever young. 

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• Japan
• (50th anniversary • basketball • cool • Cup Noodle • cute • design • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • mop • Nissin • weird)

Goodbye, Megaweb! Downtown Tokyo’s coolest car museum is closing for good【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 30, 2021

An amazing collection of cars in a free museum is about to figuratively drive off into the sunset.

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• Japan
• (cars • closing • COK • cool • history • History Garage • Megaweb • museums • odaiba • SNJO • Tokyo • TOYOTA)

Japan chooses to go to the moon

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2021

Prime minister declares goal of a Japanese astronaut becoming the first non-American to walk on the lunar surface.

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• (Artemis Project • astronauts • COK • cool • moon • science • space)

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