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Coincidental station name and Cardcaptor Sakura ad placement on Tokyo train is all too perfect
- Meg Murphy
Jun 29, 2017 - Tweet
The silly coincidence also teaches us the importance of kanji!
Husband “Death Note” shows dark side of Twitter, and married life
- Richard Simmonds
Jun 28, 2017
Fortunately for these bad husbands, no “shinigami” death gods seem involved…yet.
Japanese quality! Antique 70-year-old battery still works great to power a modern calculator
- Scott Wilson
Jun 27, 2017
This WWII-era battery still has what it takes to tumble with modern devices.
How dirty is your mind? Find out with this innocent picture of a Japanese bunny
- Scott Wilson
Jun 24, 2017
This bunny may need to wash your mind, it’s been in the gutter too long.
- Japan
- (bunny • funny • optical illusion • twitter)
Meaning of life discovered using Japanese calligraphy, math, and puns
- Scott Wilson
Jun 24, 2017
To go from “death” to “life,” it turns out all you need is “42.”
- Internet
- (funny • Japanese language • kanji • twitter)
Japanese Twitter can’t figure out how to wear these shoes, comes up with hilarious ideas
- Scott Wilson
Jun 15, 2017
Apparently the line between fashion and torture device can be quite funny.
These cats caught napping in the cutest ways will brighten your day【Photos】
- Meg Murphy
Jun 9, 2017
From lounging cross-legged on a chair to passing flat-out on a slice of bread, these napping cats look completely cozy.
- Japan
- (cats • cute animals • sleeping cats • twitter)
Turns out classical music sounds like an epic RPG boss battle by adding a drum beat 【Video】
- KK Miller
May 21, 2017
All you have to do is tap, tap, tap the drum.
- Internet, Italy, Japan
- (@taks34 • boss battle • classical music • drum machines • twitter)
Zippered pouches made from candy bags are the latest creative DIY craze on Twitter
- Meg Murphy
May 3, 2017
From trash to treasure-keeper: You can learn how to make a candy bag pouch too.
- Japan
- (create • DIY • eco-friendly • twitter)
Dog’s startled reactions to hedgehog pal take over the Japanese Internet【Monday Kickstart】
- Krista Rogers
May 1, 2017
We can’t really blame the doggo for wanting to stay on guard around the walking pincushion.
Japanese Twitter goes crazy for impromptu piano performance at Yodobashi Camera store in Kyoto
- Oona McGee
Apr 21, 2017
Two strangers came together over the theme song from an 80s film starring David Bowie.
- Europe, Japan
- (David Bowie • Kyoto • Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence • music • musicians • pianists • piano • twitter • videos • Yodobashi)
Scary security? Japanese Twitter users share their creepiest CAPTCHA experiences
- Scott Wilson
Apr 20, 2017
Forget proving you’re not a robot, these CAPTCHAs need to prove they’re not ghosts!
This Japanese cat is all of us at the end of a long week
- Meg Murphy
Apr 15, 2017
This guy has taken cat-napping to the next level.
Crazy cool product ideas designed by Japanese Twitter that we wish were real
- Scott Wilson
Apr 9, 2017
Necessity is the mother of inventions… and we need these!
- Japan
- (cool • funny • inventions • product design • twitter)
Japanese Twitter presents chart of all panty types, for panty-identification science
- Scott Wilson
Apr 8, 2017
For all of your panty-experimentation needs!
Disembodied heads are keeping watch over this Japanese home and terrifying the net
- Meg Murphy
Apr 7, 2017
Some people will go to any lengths to protect their goldfish.
- Japan
- (crime prevention goods • freaky • Horror • mannequin head security cameras • Miharu and Mamoru • twitter)
Japanese cat owner wonders why his sprouts won’t grow
- KK Miller
Apr 5, 2017
Basically cats are cute, but they’re also fiends who’ll eat your plants.
The Mr. Sato Car takes part in the trendy “Itasha de Starbucks” movement
- Master Blaster
Apr 5, 2017
We show solidarity with the itasha community by hanging out in a Starbucks parking lot with the Mr. Sato Car.
Donald Trump fronts Twitter ads on Japan’s rail network【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Apr 4, 2017
Written entirely in Japanese and without any English text, foreign visitors are wondering what on earth these ads mean.
- Japan, USA
- (ads • advertising • Donald Trump • Japanese trains • marketing • train stations • trains • twitter)
Owner pulls a “too slow” trick on loving canine【Video】
- KK Miller
Mar 24, 2017
Or is it one of the best pieces of dog-human performance art?
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