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Samurai, ninja, and anime butlers join dinosaur staff at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel”【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2021
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Say hello to the future of contact-free check-in.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • anime • COK • contactless • cool • Date Masamune • dinosaurs • Henn na Hotel • holograms • hotels • Idols • Miyagi • Ninja • projection mapping • samurai • Sendai • technology • travel • video games • weird)

Japan creates gaming chopstick holder, because gaming doesn’t always stop when it’s time to eat

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2021

Or is that eating doesn’t always stop when it’s time to game?

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• Japan
• (chopsticks • clever • cool • food • snack foods • video games • weird)

Nike’s newest addition to ISPA sneaker line blends Japanese tradition and contemporary style

• Ingrid Tsai
  Aug 30, 2021

Throwback to the ’90s? Nah, let’s throwback to the 15th century. 

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• Japan
• (BUAISOU • cool • design • fashion • Nike • shoes • sneakers • Tokushima)

Japan’s newest weird capsule toys are…super realistic capsule rocks?!?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2021

But they do have a special function that real stones don’t.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • COK • cool • rocks • SNJO • Tama Kyu • weird)

Class up your campsite with these Japanese sake pouches designed for the outdoors

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 27, 2021

These cute pouches will fit right alongside your campfire cookware!

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• Japan
• (alchohol • camping • clever • COK • cool • drinks • glamping • outdoors • sake)

Mickey Mouse stars in kabuki poses on new line of limited-edition, Tokyo-only goods

• Dale Roll
  Aug 27, 2021

Plus, be the proud owner of Disney-decorated Kyoto traditional handicrafts!

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• Japan
• (cool • culture • cute • Disney • kabuki • Kyoto • limited • Mickey Mouse • ukiyo-e)

Monjayaki vending machine appears in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2021

An unprecedented development for Tokyo’s famous specialty soul food.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • food • frozen food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • monjayaki • Tsukishima Monjadori • vending machines)

Breathtaking pixel art video shows 100 years of Japanese work culture changes【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 27, 2021

From the birth of salarymen to the rise of the company warrior and the new normal.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • cool • culture • history • pixel art • Salaryman • society • video • working in Japan)

Pokémon kimono outfits will have you wanting to wear ‘em all【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2021

This woman combined her love for kimono with her love for Pokémon, and the results are incredible!

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • fashion • haori • kimono • Pokemon • video games)

Tokyo station becomes first in the city to install an inclined elevator

• Oona McGee
  Aug 25, 2021

All part of Japan’s dedication to “people friendly movement” in public spaces.

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• Japan
• (accessibility • barrier free • COK • cool • elevators • Japanese train stations • SNJO • stairs • Tokyo • train stations • unusual • wheelchair access)

Japanese grade students make working game consoles entirely out of cardboard for their summer homework

• Katie Pask
  Aug 24, 2021

Coolest. Homework. Ever.

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• Japan
• (cool • Gameboy • handmade • homemade • homework • Mario • nintendo • summer homework • Super Mario • technology • twitter • video games)

Late-night Starbucks run? Chain will start discounting items before closing time in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2021

Starbucks Japan takes a page from Japanese supermarkets with new eco-friendly plan that should make everyone happy.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • discount • eco-friendly • food • food waste • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Tokyo has a completely unmanned, honor-system electronics and appliance shop【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2021

Mr. Sato takes a trip to GO12, easily the strangest place in the city to buy a microwave.

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• Japan
• (appliances • COK • cool • crazy • electronics • microwaves • Mr. Sato • shops • SNJO • unmanned • unmanned shops • weird)

Experience Akihabara Station in a VR world, then ride the train to a virtual marketplace!

• Dale Roll
  Aug 21, 2021

This digital recreation is super realistic! 

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cool • digital media • JR East • technology • Virtual Market • virtual reality • VR)

We take a trip around the archetypal rich kid house from anime, music videos and movies

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 20, 2021

It’s time to congregate around the entrance gate and gasp in awe at how big and cool this house is.

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• Japan
• (architecture • cool • historical buildings • Iruma City • Ishikawa-gumi-Seishi • Saitama • SNJO • tourism • Western style)

New interior necessity: Japanese dining table with a hole for your cat right in the middle【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2021

If your cat is already the master of the house, it may as well have its own place at the table, right?

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • clever • cool • furniture • interior • pets)

This “shiitake mushroom” is one of the most mind-blowing pieces of Nintendo fan art ever【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2021

It may not be Mario, but you can practically hear the character shout “It’s me!”

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• Japan
• (bread • cool • crazy • fan art • food • funny • mushrooms • nintendo • Super Mario • video • video games)

A visit to Japan’s 220-meter-long water slide【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 19, 2021

Indoor ski slope shows it doesn’t need snow to be awesome.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • skiing • SNJO • Tokorozawa • water slide)

There’s a shrine and strange scene waiting for you at the top of this Japanese train station

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2021

Before you hop on the train out of Fukuoka’s Hakata Station, visit the kids of good fortune in their shrine in the sky.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • Fukuoka • hakata station • Sento-kun • shrines • SNJO • stations • trains • travel • weird)

The most preposterous “adult” gacha capsule toys at Akihabara Station

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2021

Gacha collections so weird we can’t work out why they were even made.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • capsule toy • capsule toy machine • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Kenele Stand • Kenelephant • SNJO • vending machines • weird)

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