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Art on the cheap: Twitter user creates silver orb jewellery for around 100 yen 【Photos】
- Richard Simmonds
Mar 6, 2018 - Tweet
Feel like Vulcan in his forge and work metal with your bare hands with just a roll of cheap foil.
Japan’s biggest, baddest piece of playground equipment set to close down
- Richard Simmonds
Mar 3, 2018
The slide in a children’s playground in Ehime, not suitable for children, will be no more after injuries and safety worries.
Harsh retribution for school bullies using Japanese law suggested on Twitter, but it’ll take time
- Master Blaster
Mar 2, 2018
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and it doesn’t get much colder than this.
- Japan
- (bullying • crime • kids • law • legal action • revenge • society • statute of limitations • twitter)
Goldfish style: The elegant way to drink shochu in Japan
- Krista Rogers
Feb 26, 2018
Drinking method is beautiful to look at–and could help mask the taste of burning alcohol.
Plane passenger almost gets busted for unusually-shaped chocolate in carry-on luggage
- Krista Rogers
Feb 19, 2018
At least he has the chocolate for stress eating after this ordeal.
Japanese partygoer starts dishwashing at American friend’s house, ends up pondering her culture
- Krista Rogers
Feb 19, 2018
A simple act leads to a deep discussion on important cultural values within Japan vs. outside countries and traditional gender roles.
- Japan
- (America • cultural differences • dishwashing • drinking • gender roles • twitter)
Japanese Twitter user may have discovered why they’re forever alone
- Richard Simmonds
Feb 19, 2018
According to one little sister, the key to getting a girlfriend or boyfriend? Loneliness, and not going to amusement arcades on your own.
Cute elementary school Valentine’s Day story makes Japanese Twitter give collective “d’aww”
- Scott Wilson
Feb 15, 2018
Crafty kid + smart teacher = happy memory.
- Japan
- (chocolate • cute • elementary school • story • twitter • Valentine's Day)
Japanese mascot malfunction gives hilarious look at what it’s really like inside a costume【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Feb 11, 2018
Spoiler alert: it’s filled with one human, 10 pounds of sweat, and at least a year’s worth of back pain.
Mismatched drain cover or real-life RPG puzzle to solve? One Japanese netizen investigates
- Richard Simmonds
Feb 11, 2018
Solve the puzzle to unlock a door, surely! …what do you mean “maybe we should take a break from gaming?”
Large amounts of snow reported for… What the hell is that?!
- Master Blaster
Feb 8, 2018
Twitter user finds way to make winter more enjoyable… or possibly less enjoyable depending on who you are.
Wife makes chart for husband to stamp on days she doesn’t get mad, his notes to her are too cute
- Scott Wilson
Feb 4, 2018
It’s not easy to change yourself, but having a cute chart with heart stamps helps.
Japanese driver discovers why driving a car that has a massive snowfro isn’t the best idea【Video】
- Richard Simmonds
Feb 1, 2018
Clearing snow is hard work. Besides, you don’t need to see where you’re going when you’re driving, right?
Tokyo cafe doesn’t bat an eye at “obstruction of business” kitties【Monday Kickstart】
- Krista Rogers
Jan 29, 2018
I think we all know whose turf it really is.
Japanese wheelchair user creates “wheel-kotatsu” to stay warm, comfy, and awesome outdoors
- Scott Wilson
Jan 27, 2018
Humanity’s greatest achievement? Yes, probably.
- Japan
- (kotatsu • technology • twitter • wheelchairs)
Graduating high-schoolers in Japan tweet photos of the last lunch bentos their moms made for them
- Scott Wilson
Jan 27, 2018
The worst part of graduating high school: no more mom-made lunches.
- Japan
- (bento • mothers • school lunch • twitter)
Japanese capital to move from Tokyo to Okayama…according to a “time-travelling” Twitter user
- Richard Simmonds
Jan 18, 2018
The first question to a visitor from the future who could tell us about medical and technological breakthroughs? That’s right, it was about boobs.
- Japan
- (funny • future • Okayama • predictions • time travel • twitter • weird)
Pokémon-themed Japanese wedding invitation is super effective at getting RSVPs
- Scott Wilson
Jan 15, 2018
Couples that Poké-battle together, stay together.
Photo of Chinese boy turning up to class covered in ice and snow goes viral, breaks hearts
- Koh Ruide
Jan 14, 2018
It’s a miracle how some children make it to school alive under such harsh conditions.
- China
- (child • extreme cold • extreme weather • twitter • winter)
Best New Year’s idea ever: Japanese Twitter user opens jar of past year’s “saved happy memories”
- Scott Wilson
Jan 8, 2018
Start your own now, because we’re going to need it by the end of 2018!
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