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Rather than Fast and Furious, taxi passengers will be Fast and hopefully more Curious about the latest goods and services offered in the local area.
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Japan
(ads • advertisements • AGC • cool • glass • marketing • S.RIDE • taxis • Tokyo • travel)

Japan’s 3-D Shiba glasses dress up in kimono for wonderful wafuku tea time【Photos】

Casey Baseel
May 1, 2020

Formally attired friends come in a set for double the smiles.

Japan
(cool • cute • dogs • drinks • glass • Goodglas • interior • kimono • shiba • Shiba Inu)

Cat mugs from Japan transform into adorable kitties when you fill them with liquid【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2019

The makers of Japan’s cutest animal drinkware add mug handles and kawaii cats to their lineup.

Japan
(animals • cats • cool • cute • drinks • glass • Goodglas • interior)

Japan’s Shiba Inu 3-D art glasses get an adorable, necessary upgrade in new version【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2019

Playful pooches now have their signature fashion accessory.

Japan
(cool • cute • dogs • drinks • glass • Goodglas • interior • shiba • Shiba Inu)

Beautiful Chinese snuff bottles reverse-painted on the inside impress Japanese netizens【Video】

Koh Ruide
Apr 8, 2019

Each masterwork of art takes much skill and dedication to produce.

China
(amazing artwork • bottle • China • Chinese art • glass • ink painting • painting • video)

Ripple glassware from Japan makes you feel like you’re eating on water

Krista Rogers
Mar 19, 2019

This delicate glassware combines traditional glass-blowing techniques with the latest in 3-D modeling technology.

Japan
(art • bowl • glass • handblown • Kickstarter • Makuake • naniniwa • Osaka • plate)

Shiba-sip your beverages with adorable glasses from Japan that turn your drink into a Shiba Inu

Casey Baseel
Feb 21, 2019

Or celebrate another iconic symbol of Japan with a 3-D cherry blossom art glass.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • cool • cute • dogs • drinks • glass • Goodglas • interior • sakura • shiba • Shiba Inu)

This Shinto shrine’s gorgeous glass gateways are the only ones of their kind in all Japan【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2018

Torii gates always have an elegant allure, but none quite like this shrine’s.
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Japan
(beautiful • cool • glass • Kyushu • shinto • shrines • torii • travel)

Turn a glass of beer into an exquisite Mt. Fuji scene with this Awakumo glass!

Kay
Jun 28, 2018

This unique Awakumo glass will let you recreate your very own view of Mt. Fuji in miniature while enjoying a frothy glass of beer!

Japan
(Awakumo • Gingado • glass • Mt. Fuji • tin)

Shattered glass in Universal Studios Japan shows how much the theme park values safety

Koh Ruide
Jun 20, 2018

Entertainment may be the theme park’s core, but safety is of utmost importance.

Japan
(cool • earthquake • glass • Japanese Twitter • Osaka earthquake • safety • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

Glass that can completely heal itself after breaking developed by University of Tokyo

Master Blaster
Dec 16, 2017

New material may be a boon to both butterfingers and the chronically enraged alike.

Japan
(glass • polyether thiourea • restorable glass • science • technology • University of Tokyo)

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.

Japan
(coffee • crafts • craftsmen • cut glass • Edo • glass • glass blowing • glass making • glasses • Starbucks • traditional craft)

Japanese glassworker shows off adult-oriented creations, leaves us impressed and slightly afraid

ロケットニュース24
Feb 12, 2016

Still looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift? Your search is nearly over!

Internet, Japan
(glass • glassworking • toys for adults • video • wtf)

Chill your sake in this stylish ice-like drinking vessel, offered for a limited time only

Krista Rogers
Feb 6, 2016

Do enjoy cold sake? Are you pleased by aesthetic design? Then we’ve found the perfect gift to treat yourself to! Read More

Japan
(glass • HIYAMASU • ice • masu • nihonshu • sake)

Galaxy in a bauble: Japanese artist creates spacescape pendants from glass, opals, and gold

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2015

Satoshi Tomizu calls his amazing creations Space Glass, and there’s really no better way to describe them.

Japan
(accessories • beautiful • fashion • glass • space • Space Glass • video)

Cracked smartphone screens could be a thing of the past far sooner than we thought

Jamie Koide
Nov 7, 2015

Every year, tech giants like Apple, Samsung and HTC give us more features and better, often bigger, displays to look forward to in our smartphones. But so far they still haven’t managed to come up with a way to tackle perhaps the most common problem users have, which is dropping your phone and cracking the screen.

However one research team at Tokyo University is hoping to change that by creating glass that is nearly indestructible. If the team achieves its goal, the glass could be used in everything from buildings to consumer electronics as soon as 2020.