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Summer is coming! Stay cool with this retro-style shaved-ice maker!

Evie Nyan
May 16, 2015
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The cicadas are chirping, the sun is shining, and we’re starting to get sweaty – it can only mean one thing**: summer is coming!** And with it all kinds of delicious treats like ice cream, ice cream, and, oh yes, ice cream.

But when you only really want to cool down and don’t want to consume too many calories, shaved ice is a much lighter alternative source of summer snack. But why rely on others to do your shaving for you? Why not shave it yourself in style with this awesome retro shaved ice maker?

Global, Internet, Japan
(dessert • ice • kakigoori • shaved ice • summer)

Cold never bothered you anyway? Then spend a night at this Hokkaido ice hotel!

Scott Wilson
Jan 8, 2015

There’s no shortage of unique hotels in Japan. Aside from the well-known capsule hotels and love hotels, there’s Gundam and Hello Kitty hotels, a toilet hotel, a so-cheap-it’s-scary hotel, and much more.

But the latest hotel that just opened up in Hokkaido is definitely the coolest of them all. It’s a hotel made entirely of snow and ice where you can spend the night in below-freezing temperatures!

Japan
(Hokkaido • hotels • ice • ice hotel • snow • vacation resorts)

Water pipe bursts at Beijing art building, turns everything into a frozen winter wonderland

KK Miller
Dec 4, 2014

Nothing kills a great winter vacation more than coming back to find out your pipes have burst. That water can be flowing out of the broken pipe for days before you return home to find you have a new indoor swimming pool. It only has to happen once to forever taint your holidays with an extremely nagging “did we turn the water off?”

With temperatures dipping below zero in many parts of the world, each day is a potential pipe bursting tragedy. However, sometimes two wrongs really do make a right, and the horrible outcome of water soaking everything with Jack Frost blowing through create a really spectacular winter wonderland.

China
(frozen pipes • ice • nature • winter • winter wonderland)

Don’t get your lips stuck to this Coke bottle made entirely of ice

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Aug 9, 2014

In an effort to convince all of Japan to enjoy an ice-cold Coca Cola during the hot and humid summer months, Coca Cola Japan has created a campaign giving anyone the chance to win a Coke bottle made out of ice. Click on to find out how they’re made, how to get your hands on one, and how not to enjoy a solid block of ice!

Japan
(bottle • campaign • Coca-Cola • Coke • ice • summer)

From polar bears and penguins to coelacanths, Japan’s magical ice trays create sea creatures

Rona Moon
Jul 31, 2013

Fancy a shark, a squid or a manta ray floating in your highball?

Now you can, without all the bother of hauling them out of the ocean. Cute miniature versions perfectly formed from ice that will swim on the surface of your beverage.

Japan
(food and drink • ice • penguin • polar bear • sharks • tuna)

Cool down this summer with Ice Cup Noodles

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Jul 20, 2013

When it’s the middle of summer, what do you reach for to get a little relief? Ice cream? Watermelon? How about Cup Noodles?

For most, boiling hot soup is the last thing you want to eat on a hot day, but the official Nissin website has a solution: Ice Cup Noodles. Last year, they suggested adding ice cubes to their popular instant ramen, but the exact amount of ice was unclear, resulting in unhappy (and sweaty) summer soup eaters. This year, Nissin has an exact recipe for those in need of a summer treat. Hungry and desperate for a little relief from the hot Tokyo afternoon, our reporter set out to make the perfect Ice Cup Noodles.

Japan
(Cup Noodle • ice • summer)

Pure Ice Vs. Technology: Which is better to beat the heat?

Master Blaster
Jul 20, 2013

In the never-ending hunt to find ways to keep cool, many in Japan have been flocking to ‘cool towels’, which miraculously claim to provide a cooling sensation with the mere touch of moisture.

However, do these man-made wonders have the goods to keep people cooler than pure ice in such scorching weather? On this tremendously hot and sweaty day, I was tasked with finding out…

Japan
(cool towel • heat • ice • summer)

Virtual Reality: Taste the Sound Effects From Your Favourite Comic Book Moments

Oona McGee
May 4, 2013

Your drink’s icy cold but the manga ice cubes in your glass are h-h-hot! Now taste the palpitating sound effects from your favourite comic books thanks to these new Manga Kōri, Comic Ice silicone molds from Runa Corporation.

Japan
(anime • gadget • ice • manga)

Snow Cone Inspired Pasta May Deliver Us From the Heat, The Best Part Comes After You Finish!

Master Blaster
Jul 29, 2012

This summer isn’t even half way through, but everyone in Japan can firmly agree that it sucks – hard. For the past two weeks the temperature has hovered around 35℃ in many parts of the country with a hardly a cloud to weaken the scorching sun.

Walking around in the streets, heat exhaustion has me pining for winter like it was a long lost lover whom I’m willing to forgive for cheating on me with 10 dudes as long as she comes back for one precious moment to ease my soul.

Just then some news hit me like a bucket of cold water. There is a restaurant in Ginza called Fresh Pasta Monster that is serving “Shaved Ice Fresh Pasta” for a limited time Now that’s something to make me forget about that tramp, winter.