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This gorgeous, handmade One Piece clock light has TikTok fans putting their hands up【Video】

Katy Kelly
Jan 17, 2019
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The clock, made by a Chinese TikTok user, lights up and contains intricate overlays of Luffy, his friends and the emblematic anime ship.

Japan
(anime • arts and crafts • awesome • clock • cool • crafts • manga • One Piece • papercraft • TikTok • video)

Origami memory jars: Japanese Twitter’s beautiful way to collect happy memories like a coin bank

Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2019

A creative and decorative way to reward yourself for your hard work and remind yourself that good things can, and do, happen.

Japan
(art • bautiful • clever • cool • crafts • cute • origami • society)

Japanese Knife Man creates a gorgeous blade with UV resin that looks like slice of the ocean【Vid】

Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2018

The man who can make knives out of pasta and underwear is back with his most beautiful idea yet.

Japan
(art • Attoteki Fushinsha no Kiwami • awesome • beautiful • cooking • cool • crafts • crazy • Japanese Knife Man • knives • science • video • YouTube)

4-year old wows Twitter with perfect pixel portrayals of Pretty Cure anime magical girls

Katy Kelly
Dec 6, 2018

The future looks bright for this budding artist, who made over 50 of the core PreCure cast out of acrylic beads.

Japan
(anime • awesome • beads • crafts • cute • kids • magical girls • PreCure • Pretty Cure)

YouTubers come under fire for destroying traditional Japanese product in controversial video

Oona McGee
Dec 4, 2018

The popular vloggers were forced to apologise after their actions sparked outrage in Japan.

Japan
(crafts • Hakone Marquetry • Japanese traditional crafts • Japanese YouTubers • karakuri box • puzzle box • traditional crafts • videos • woodwork • woodworking • YouTube • YouTubers)

Twitter user plays God with unholy cat and Roomba fusion

Katy Kelly
Jul 10, 2018

Some Twitter users just want to watch the world burn**. Others want their personal vacuum cleaner to have an unnerving cat’s head atop it at all times.**
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Japan
(cats • crafts • creepy • fusion • Roomba)

Woman makes Fate/Grand Order fan husband a beautiful present; boosts debuff resistance by 5%

Katy Kelly
May 11, 2018

The loving wife of a diehard mobile game fan recreated the gorgeous Rune Stones from the game, and shows us how to make our own too.
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Japan
(anime • arts and crafts • cool • crafts • Fate • fate grand order • FGO • video games)

This amazing suit of samurai armor is made of five-yen coins, and you can make your own too【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2018

Beautiful mother/son work of art meets a bittersweet end at the hands of the one enemy it can’t defeat.

Japan
(armor • art • awesome • coin craft • coins • cool • crafts • five-yen coin • samurai)

Nintendo Labo: Mad genius sets to build your own Switch controllers out of cardboard【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2018

Some would say Nintendo’s video games killed the conventional kids’ toy market, but now they might be bringing it back.

Japan
(cardboard • cool • crafts • nintendo • Nintendo Labo • nintendo switch • video • video games)

Make Japanese food replicas at home with the 3-D Dream Arts Pen 【Pics】

Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2017

You don’t have to stand outside restaurant windows to enjoy Japan’s amazing food displays — now you can recreate the delicious samples at home!

Japan
(3-D Dream Arts Pen • crafts • food • food replicas • food samples • ice cream • Mega House • Noodles • ramen • SNO • sushi)

Penguin Bomb papercraft is the most amazing thing you’ll see today【Video】

Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2017

Watch as a flat stack of paper springs to life like magic, instantly becoming a three-dimensional penguin in the blink of an eye.

Japan
(animals • art • books • crafts • cute • origami • papercraft • penguins)

Japan’s amazing screen door video game artist is back with new NES-inspired projects【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2017

Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

Japan
(art • cool • crafts • fan art • Final Fantasy • interior • Mario Kart • Mega Man • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

Traditional Japanese braiding is in high demand thanks to success of anime Your Name

KK Miller
Feb 17, 2017

These “gathered threads” have leapt through time and space to return as popular fashion accessories.

Japan
(anime • braids • crafts • kumihimo • movies • traditional • your name.)

Japanese roofers keep multiple nails inside their mouth in order to work as fast as possible【Video】

KK Miller
Oct 31, 2016

At least it should keep the amount of work-time chatter to a minimum.

Japan
(cool • crafts • hammer • nails • videos)

Watch this Japanese man make intricate wooden boxes in the Hakone marquetry style【Video】

KK Miller
Oct 31, 2016

It takes some good wood, and a greater man, to create these gorgeous designs.

Japan
(beautiful • crafts • Hakone Marquetry • interior • video • wood)

Animated GIFs of traditional Japanese woodworking joints are mesmerising to watch

Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2016

Exploring the many ways wood pieces can slot into each other is the most strangely satisfying experience we’ve had today!

Japan
(castles • cool • crafts • culture • GIFs • temples • tradition • woodworking)

Anime fan Halloween costume planning is now done thanks to cardboard Dragon Ball Z battle armor

Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2016

Whether you’re a kid experiencing the martial arts classic for the first time, or a Vegeta-loving veteran fan with a receding hairline, you’ll look great in these.

Japan
(anime • cardboard • cosplay • crafts • Dragon Ball • manga • Vegeta)

Japanese hobbyist makes real tiny pizzas in a fully working, smoking miniature wood-fired oven!

Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2016

Take a look at these amazing pictures to see how the tiny brick oven was made to scale.

Japan
(100 yen shop • cool • crafts • cute • hobbyist • ovens • pizza • wood-fired • wood-fired pizza)

Exclusive Starbucks iced coffee glass handmade in Japan according to ancient Edo tradition

Oona McGee
Aug 18, 2016

With more than a century of craftsmanship behind the creation of each little glass, these are some of the most exclusive and expensive items in the Starbucks range.