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How to throw off your suit and shirt like a Like a Dragon tough guy, starring Mr. Sato【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2024 - Tweet
The iconic scene from Sega’s over-the-top series might look like the sort of thing only video game tough guys can do, but Mr. Sato shows how to do it in real life.
- Japan
- (cosplay • crazy • funny • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Sega • video • video games • yakuza)
This is what a Whopper with 1,005 slices of cheese looks like in today’s financial climate
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2024
Revenge is a dish best served cold, or sometimes, not at all.
- Japan
- (big eats • Burger King • cheese • COK • crazy • fast food • food challenge • funny • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird • whopper)
Field-testing the shark sleeping bag/hoodie/kigurumi being offered for zero yen online【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2024
We ended up having to pay for ours, but this shark-chic style could be yours for free.
Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
- SoraNews24
Jan 19, 2024
“THAT’S ME!”
We uncover the dark and disturbing secret behind Mr. Sato’s happiness at 50
- Master Blaster
Dec 31, 2023
We all have our own ways of coping with life.
Godzilla vs McDonald’s! King of monsters takes on fast food king’s new Godzilla Burgers【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2023
Dramatic and delicious teaser shows off Japan’s newest plan to protect itself from the hungry kaiju.
- Japan
- (burgers • cool • crazy • fast food • food • funny • Godzilla • hamburgers • kaiju • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video)
Japan’s Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular People holds anti-Christmas protest in Tokyo【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 26, 2023
Annual Shibuya gathering brings together dateless demonstrators.
- Japan
- (Christmas • Christmas Eve • COK • crazy • dating • demonstration • funny • protest • relationships • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular People • romance • society • weird)
We accidentally turned our cheap country house into a “gaming house” for Christmas【SoraHouse】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 25, 2023
Please note that this article and its included video contain flashing lights and gaudy colors.
Two men, one bodysuit, zero things that could go wrong with this experiment to keep warm, right?
- Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2023
Mr. Sato has an idea.
“Earn your own money, you jackasses!” host billboard appears above lottery ticket shop in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2023
Tough-talking Shinjuku hosts apparently don’t approve of such get-rich-quick dreams.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • funny • host clubs • hosts • lottery • Nenmatsu Jumbo • SNJO • takarakuji • weird • year-end lottery)
Trying out Amazon Japan’s lowest rated magic wand
- Master Blaster
Dec 18, 2023
This article has flashing images and may not be suitable for those with photosensitive conditions.
- Japan
- (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • funny • magic wands • Masanuki Sunakoma • shopping • SNJO • toys • weird)
Wearable heater tube is Mr. Sato’s latest, greatest weird idea for staying warm in winter【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 17, 2023
An idea that could only come from the mind of our crack reporter.
The bizarre anime hair of Detective Conan can now be yours with Ran and Conan hairbands【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2023
Unique hair accessories are part of 30th anniversary art exhibit for the hit anime/manga mystery series.
- Japan
- (anime • Case Closed • Detective Conan • events • exhibitions • funny • hair • hairbands • manga • Ran Mori • weird)
Why Does Engrish Happen in Japan? 30-year-old fart-related signage mistake edition
- Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2023
Otaru will no longer direct drivers to the town fart.
- Japan
- (Farts • funny • Hokkaido • Japanese language • linguistics • Otaru • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen in Japan • Why Does Engrish Happen?)
Drunk driving Mario Kart【Experiment】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 4, 2023
The flag is up and the drinks are downed as our reporter sees what happens when she gets behind the virtual wheel while intoxicated.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • crazy • drinks • funny • Mario Kart • Mario Kart 8 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe • SNJO • video games • weird)
The time P.K. flatly refused a request from his deceased best friend’s mom at their first meeting
- Krista Rogers
Nov 28, 2023
A long-buried memory recently resurfaced during our Japanese-language reporter’s annual memorial trip–and he still doesn’t know how to feel about it.
Luffy’s near death at Macy’s Thanksgiving parade is entirely appropriate for the One Piece hero
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2023
One Piece pirate’s first appearance at the annual parade didn’t go as planned, but was still totally in character.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • crazy • funny • Luffy • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade • manga • One Piece • weird)
Kyoto’s “ikezu” culture of backhanded compliments explained in hilarious souvenir sticker series
- Oona McGee
Nov 21, 2023
Behind the calm, polite face of a Kyotoite is an angry woman who wants to shout at you for being so uncultured.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • funny • honne • ikezu • Japanese dialects • Japanese language • Kyoto • kyoto ben • Kyoto dialect • language • learn Japanese • LOL • manners • society • souvenirs • tatemae • tradition)
139 sauce squeezers mark Tartar Sauce Day in Japan with Guinness World Record
- Master Blaster
Nov 17, 2023
A triumph of the human spirit!
- Japan
- (crazy • food • Fried Oyster Day • fried oysters • funny • Guinness World Record • kewpie • tartar sauce • Tartar Sauce Day • werid)
Are you Team Karaage or Team Tonkatsu? We grapple with this weighty debate
- Shannon
Nov 14, 2023
Both may be fried, but fans have strong opinions.
- Japan
- (COK • debate • food • fried chicken • fried pork cutlet • funny • karaage • SNJO • tonkatsu)
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