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Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker can give you freshly cooked rice at the office

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2020
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High-speed cooking gadget is also great for those living the single life.

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• (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • rice • rice cookers • Thanko)

Mitsubishi’s solution for stressed office workers in Japan: fake skylight video displays

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2020

Simulated sky slice might actually be better suited for a different environment, though.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crazy • gadgets • interior • Mitsubishi • skylight • technology • weird • window • Windows)

Japan goes beyond rice cookers with new curry rice cooker, the kitchen gadget we need right now

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 24, 2020

Curry and rice is always nice, so why not a single machine that lets you cook them both?

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• (clever • cooking • cool • curry • curry rice • food • gadgets • rice cookers)

We test the cleaning power of the miniature washing machine from 100 yen shop Daiso

• Kay
  Jan 22, 2020

How well does this tiny washing machine from Daiso work? We give it a spin to find out.

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• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • clever • COK • cool • cute • Daiso • gadgets • SNJO • washing machines)

Magic circle wireless charging pads from Japan make juicing up your devices a mystical ceremony

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2019

Videos of the awesome gadgets in action that will have people believing you’re a wizard.

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• (anime • awesome • cool • funny • gadgets • magic circles • SNJO • technology • wireless charger • wireless charging)

People in Japan go crazy for Japanese candy zen gardens 【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 12, 2019

New DIY candy kits let you taste the sweet serenity of a koi fish pond in a rock garden. 

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• (cool • crazy • food • funny • gadgets • pudding • purin • sweets • technology • video)

Protect your sweets from fridge thieves with Japan’s Pudding Alert 2.1 system!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2019

If you work in an office or live in a home with people who have a sweet tooth and sticky fingers, this is the dessert-saving device you need.

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• (cool • crazy • food • funny • gadgets • pudding • purin • sweets • technology • video)

Testing Japan’s stick-on, mask-your-pooping-sound speakers against our coworker’s butt【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 15, 2019

When Go takes a dump, everyone in the office knows, but can a team of “sound princesses” solve the dilemma?

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• (COK • crazy • funny • gadgets • Go Hatori • gross • Otohime • SNOJ • sound princess • technology • Toilets • weird)

Pikachu Happy Meal toys arrive at McDonald’s, provide electrifying fun for the whole family

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 30, 2019

From spinning tops to gadgets that fire out discs, we can’t get enough of these limited-edition items.

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• (cool toys • gadgets • Happy Meal • McDonald's Japan • Mewtwo • Pikachu • Pokemon)

How to stay cool in Japan this summer? With a mist-spraying Fanbrella

• Oona McGee
  May 31, 2019

Push the parasol into a drink bottle and you’ll enjoy a coastal breeze all day long.

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• (fans • gadgets • Japanese summer • mist • parasol • summer • Thanko • umbrellas • weird)

Easily distracted? Have no fear, a new gadget to the rescue!

• CJ
  May 21, 2019

This gadget attempts to solve your procrastination problems and help you focus to get the job done.

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• (clever • cool • funny • gadgets • life hack • lifehack • smartphone)

Body part-shocking device is here to stop Japan from nodding off at the wheel, work, or school

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 21, 2018

Ever find yourself getting drowsy in public? Zap yourself back into productivity with this handy gadget.

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• Japan
• (acupuncture • cars • cool • crazy • gadgets • sleep • weird)

Anime-style magic circle cordless charging pad is the coolest way ever to charge a phone【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2018

Japanese company’s gadget for summoning life force for your devices is awesome…but maybe too awesome to be real.

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• (anime • cool • cordless charging • electronics • gadgets • interior • phones • Six Seconds Shop • technology • video)

This crazy box of heat from China is how we want to wait out winter

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2018

If you’re looking for us before mid-spring, you’ll know where to find us.

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• (cold • cool • crazy • gadgets • interior • kotatsu • sauna • weird)

New light-up keyboard makes it feel like you’re traversing space and time with every letter

• Dale Roll
  Feb 15, 2018

It’s a mesmerizing light show with every tap of the keys!

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• (computers • cool • gadgets • keyboard • office • technology • video)

Japanese portable alarm to keep laptops safe when working from a cafe smashes crowdfunding goal

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2017

Clever design means you never have to manually turn the alarm on or off.

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• (alarm • cool • crime • gadgets • King Jim • laptops • technology • telecommuting • video)

Think mosquitoes suck? Japan’s Shock Extermination Stick lets you suck some mosquitoes instead

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 15, 2017

Eliminate your insect enemies with the powers of vortexes and electricity.

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• (bugs • cool • crazy • gadgets • insects • mosquitoes • technology • Thanko • weird)

Elf Earphones from Japan are an awesomely affordable choice for lovers of fantasy and music【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2017

Is this why they say elves can hear the melody of the wind?

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• Japan
• (cool • cosplay • earphones • elf • elves • gadgets • music • Thanko)

Pikachu becomes a phone-charging butt plug in knockoff Pokémon merch from China

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2017

And it doesn’t get any better when he’s looking at you.

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• China, Internet
• (crazy • funny • gadgets • Pikachu • Pokemon • scary • technology • weird)

Poké Ball mobile battery will keep your phone fully charged for all this summer’s Pokémon fun

• Casey Baseel
  May 31, 2017

Pikachu, of course, is also part of the electricity-delivering options.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • electronics • gadgets • mobile battieries • Pokemon • Smartphones • video games)

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