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Japanese shrine maidens in Osaka spotted wearing unusual costumes during winter
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2017 - Tweet
One shinto shrine is making news around Japan for dressing their miko in a garment many had never seen before.
- Japan
- (clothes • costumes • gravure • miko • models • Montbell • new year • New Year's • Osaka • shinto • shrine maidens • shrines • winter)
Japanese factory lures new workers with calendar featuring beautiful cosplayer
- Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2016
Cosplaying in factory work clothes and schoolgirl uniforms is all for a good cause.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • bibi lab • calendars • cosplay • cosplayers • factories • models • Osaka • School Uniforms • schoolgirls)
Japanese Star Wars fan builds amazing levitating Millennium Falcon model【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 17, 2016
No strings or CG here; it’s all science and craftsmanship.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • levitation • maglev • Millennium Falcon • models • movies • science • Star Wars • video)
Famous Japanese anime director weds Gundam modeler 27 years younger than him
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2016
An age difference is no barrier to romance, as long as you both love giant anime robots.
Cyber Japan releases new range of light-up costumes perfect for Halloween【Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 5, 2016
With a dozen cute designs to choose from, the Cyber Japan Collection looks set to be one of the most popular choices for Halloween this year!
- Japan
- (Beautiful Girls • cosplay • costumes • Cyber Japan • halloween • Halloween costumes • models)
Tired of booth babes, developer says the Tokyo Game Show has become the Hostess Club Game Show
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2016
Have organizers crossed the line where they expect more people will buy tickets to look at beautiful women than try cool games?
Japanese pro cosplayer claims to earn more in two days at Comiket than most people make all year
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2016
Stay in school, though, kids, because it’s probably not as easy as it sounds.
Japanese naked restaurant lifts age and weight restrictions
- Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2016
After making international headlines for its strict entry policy, The Amrita has made a number of surprising changes to their nude dining experience.
- Japan
- (Amrita • Bunyadi • cute girls • dining • models • muscles • naked restaurant • new openings • nude restaurant • restaurants • Tokyo)
Cosplayers and models share selfies to celebrate Bikini Day in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2016
Women in Japan and across the world commemorated the 70th birthday of the bikini on July 5 by showing off their beach bodies on the internet.
- Japan
- (Bikini Day • bikinis • cosplay • cosplayers • cute girls • girls • models • twitter)
Art exhibition: How to flip a skirt in a cute way (Schoolgirl complex 4)
- Corey Gold
Jul 6, 2016
Yuki Aoyama’s How to flip a skirt in a cute way: Schoolgirl Complex 4 photography is apparently so good it needs a commemorative publication exhibition.
- Japan
- (cute • girls • japan photography • models • school • skirt folding • Yuki Aoyama)
Weekly Playboy Japan celebrates its 50th anniversary with a 50-model bikini photo shoot 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2016
Nothing succeeds like excess, and for five decades now, Weekly Playboy has been a very successful magazine.
Our reporter gets a genderless makeover and turns himself into Harajuku model Ryucheru
- Jamie Koide
Jun 20, 2016
Nakazawa takes on the genderless-style trend currently sweeping Harajuku.
- Culture, Entertainment, Japan
- (genderless-kei • Harajuku fashion • makeover • models • Ryucheru • Seiji Nakazawa)
Japan’s first “naked restaurant” to open in Tokyo with age and weight restrictions
- Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2016
Tokyo’s version of the naked dining experience is slightly different to its overseas counterparts.
- Entertainment, Food & Drink, Japan
- (Amrita • Bunyadi • cute girls • male models • models • muscles • new openings • restaurants • Tokyo)
Free Japanese e-book of cats in sexy poses is like the entire Internet in one convenient package
- Casey Baseel
May 26, 2016
Downloadable and browser versions contain photos of more than 200 alluring pusses.
- Cats, Cute, Internet, Japan
- (animals • books • cats • cute • e-books • funny • models • pets • photogrophy • photos)
What would Pokémon look like as Gundam mecha? Awesome fan-made models show us 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 23, 2016
A fresh take on old-school Pocket Monsters and mobile suits.
- Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Internet
- (anime • cool • figures • Gundam • models • Pokemon • robots • video games)
Japan’s muscle idol continues to turn heads with body that looks like it could crush stone 【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 30, 2016
Buff beauty poses for spread in Japan’s Weekly Playboy.
Crustacean Suit Gundam: man builds MSN-04 Sazabi out of a lobster’s shell
- Master Blaster
Mar 12, 2016
It’s like the saying goes: When life hands you a lobster, make a Psycommu-system-equipped mobile suit with it.
Is there a bone-chilling omission in this Japanese fashion model’s photo?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2016
Makeup? Check. Outfit? Perfect. And yet, something very important seems to be missing.
R2-Dora2: Model maker turns iconic Star Wars characters into the stars of Doraemon!
- Oona McGee
Feb 23, 2016
Because the magical blue cat can make even the weirdest scenarios a reality.
Insanely detailed moving model gun is even more awesome than its Psycho Pass counterpart【Video】
- Mike
Feb 10, 2016
Consumer electronics manufacturer Cerevo recently introduced an ultra-detailed replica of the Dominator – an iconic gun from the hit anime Psycho Pass. You need to see this thing in action.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • cosplay • gun • models • Psycho Pass • technology • video)
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