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Daiso sells “emergency shelters,” and they have an amazing visual trick【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2021
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There’s a big surprise waiting inside this affordably premium-priced item from the 100 yen store chain.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • clever • COK • cool • crazy • Daiso • Go Hatori • outdoor • shelter • SNJO • weird)

Beautiful photos of the isekai-looking mountain that’s one of the Tokyo area’s best day-trips

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2021

You’ll be glad you saw this amazing place.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • Chiba • cool • hiking • history • Mountains • Mt. Nokogiri • nature • Nokogiriyama • travel)

Japanese watch brand Seiko collabs with Evisen Skateboards, surprises watch and sushi lovers

• Ingrid Tsai
  Apr 10, 2021

Out of all the motifs to come out in this collab, there was one which completely blindsided us.

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• Japan
• (accessories • cool • Evisen Skateboards • fashion • samurai • Seiko • skateboards • sushi • tuna • watches • weird • wristwatches)

All heart, no CG in beautiful, mind-bending Pocari Sweat video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2021

You might just shed a tear watching this amazing ad from Pocari Sweat.

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• Japan
• (ads • awesome • beautiful • CG • CGI • cool • drinks • moving • pocari sweat • sports drinks • touching • video)

Looking for a more accessible “Ramen Broth Hardening Powder”? Look no further!

• Dale Roll
  Apr 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a good way to dispose of your leftover over ramen broth, but can’t get Cup Noodle’s powder, try this.

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• Japan
• (cool • cup noodles • eco-friendly • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • ramen • science • SNJO • spill absorber • superabsorbent polymers)

Japanese girl can’t think of anything to write about for in-class essay, writes awesome one anyway

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2021

Outside-the-box thinking gets a thumbs-up from teacher.

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• Japan
• (cool • education • funny • kids • moving • schools • Teachers • touching)

Street Fighter II characters appear in Japanese English textbook, drawn by famous designer

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2021

Cosplayer conversation in junior high text features cameos by World Warriors.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • cool • cosplay • education • linguistics • Street Fighter • teaching English • Textbooks • video games)

Wakayama high school students make life-sized DeLorean time machine replica from scratch

• Master Blaster
  Apr 8, 2021

Roads? Where this car is going, they don’t need roads…

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• Japan
• (art • back to the future • cars • cool • delorean • education • industrial arts • movies • video • Wakayama)

Real-life Demon Slayer? A visit to the legendary split boulder of Haban Shrine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2021

This shrine’s anime-level boulder has an anime-level backstory.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • culture • Demon Slayer • Himeji • Kimetsu no Yaiba • shinto • shrines • SNJO • travel)

Amazing photos of off-the-beaten-path Japanese castles to add to your travel wish list【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2021

Looking at these overlooked castles might have you altering your itinerary.

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• Japan
• (castles • cool • culture • Fushimi • history • Kyoto • photography • photos • travel)

We try out Nissin’s new Cup Noodle Broth Hardening Powder to see if it really works

• Dale Roll
  Apr 2, 2021

Our reporter experiments…and learns the importance of not throwing your ramen broth down the sink. 

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• Japan
• (chemistry • cool • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • science)

These amazing, ultra-pink photos of Tokyo are NOT of cherry blossom trees【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2021

Pretty in pink on a spring afternoon might have you imagining sakura, but there’s something else going on.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • cherry blossoms • cool • crazy • photography • sakura • Tokyo Tower)

There’s a special, familial reason Utada Hikaru looks so natural and unguarded in her new video

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2021

Part of the 21-million-view video for Evangelion theme “One Last Kiss” was filmed by a five-year-old.

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• Japan
• (cool • Evangelion • J-Pop • moving • music • One Last Kiss • touching • Utada Hikaru • video)

Amazing new powder turns ramen broth from a liquid back into a solid, but why?【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2021

Leftover Cup Noodle Broth Hardening Powder is Nissin’s latest innovation.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • cup noodles • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video • weird)

Are 100 yen shop Daiso’s Japanese radish seeds worth your time? Let’s find out【Experiment】

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 29, 2021

Radical value from cheap radish sprouts?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • cool • daikon • Daiso • gardening • Go Hatori • hobby • inspiring • radish • SNJO)

Your Name studio, famous manga artist create beautiful romantic anime…that’s 7-Eleven ad【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2021

Rainbow Chaser will make you smile, shed a tear, and maybe crave a steamed pork bun.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • ads • anime • CoMix Wave Films • convenience stores • cool • video)

Upcoming Making of Harry Potter exhibition in Tokyo now has a website and a promotional video

• Dale Roll
  Mar 27, 2021

It’s happening! The Making of Harry Potter really is coming to Tokyo!

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• Japan
• (cool • Harry Potter • movies • musuem • Tokyo • video • Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter)

Stylish new Experience Japan Pictograms are here to enhance your Japan travels and knowledge

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 26, 2021

Over 250 pictograms to support tourism in Japan from a visual design perspective are free to download to learn more about Japanese culture.

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• Japan
• (cool • culture • design • Experience Japan Pictograms • Nippon Design Center • pictograms • sightseeing • tourism • travel)

These beautiful pieces of sushi aren’t actually sushi

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2021

We make ourselves a treat that looks the part, but is actually for dessert.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cool • crazy • food • SNJO • sushi • sweets • weird)

We visit one of Japan’s top pompadour barbers, learn a secret about those Coming of Age Day photos

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2021

Our mild-mannered reporter gets hooked up with the king of bad-boy haircuts in Japan, the “regent.”

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• Japan
• (barber shop • COK • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cool • crazy • hair • hair salons • hairdos • hairstyling • makeover • Masanuki Sunakoma • Okinawa • pompadour • Seijin no Hi • seijinshiki • SNJO)

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