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Japanese Twitter user’s chart shows 12 levels of art skill based on how you draw a giraffe
- Scott Wilson
Dec 9, 2016 - Tweet
It’s not a stretch to say that something’s a bit odd about this chart…
Japanese Twitter users lament that they can only grow potted cats 【Pics】
- KK Miller
Dec 6, 2016
These people might not have a green thumb, but their results are much cuter.
Determine the characteristics of a country based on how passports are stamped!
- KK Miller
Dec 3, 2016
Could this be as accurate as horoscopes, blood-typing and how we make a fist? How could anything match their exact precision?
Comic about international travel hits the nail on the head about the most bizarre spa behaviors
- KK Miller
Nov 21, 2016
You miss doing what in Russia?!
Cat finds perfect seat that is equal parts comfortable and badass
- KK Miller
Nov 18, 2016
You totally want to get mad at it for taking your stuff, but look how cute it is!
Playful Shiba pup gets himself trapped in basket, parents and sibling look on in adorable video
- Meg Murphy
Nov 9, 2016
Curiosity killed the cat, but all it did to this puppy was catch it in a basket.
This may look like an ordinary sweater, until you learn that it was knit by a totally blind woman
- Meg Murphy
Nov 6, 2016
Could you knit a sweater this well? How about without your sight?
- Japan
- (blind knitter • inspiring • knitted sweater • mother • mothers • twitter)
Cute cat puzzles feline friend in hilarious game of tag by side of street【Video】
- Oona McGee
Nov 1, 2016
The way this feline uses its submerged position to evade being tagged by its friend is so cute it’s got people around the world laughing.
Twitter manga shows why “Quit your job” isn’t such an easy solution for suicidal workers in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2016
Author found himself waiting on a subway platform, with the train aproaching, thinking “If I just take one little step forward, I won’t have to go to work tomorrow.”
- Japan
- (depression • manga • mental health • moving • suicide • touching • twitter • working in Japan)
Japanese sumo wrestler proves why he’s the sport’s cutest star with another sleeping appearance
- Oona McGee
Oct 26, 2016
The funny video, shot by another professional sumo wrestler, shows the lighter side to Japan’s traditional sport.
- Japan
- (Daiki Toyonoshima • funny • Kazuki Chiyomaru • sports • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • twitter • video)
Japanese man astounds Internet by levitating paper cup and cigarette in mid-air【Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 26, 2016
We’ve watched the clip a dozen times and we still can’t tell how the trick was performed.
In Japan the gates to Hell are disguised as a laundromat, and four other freaky coin-laundry finds
- Meg Murphy
Oct 21, 2016
Why go to a haunted house for Halloween when you can go to a Japanese laundromat?
- Japan
- (coin laundry • creepy • laundromat • twitter)
Adorable toddler is looking for prince charming with her unique “glass slippers”
- KK Miller
Oct 20, 2016
The magic of fairy tales has caught a hold of this young girl and won’t let go.
- Japan
- (adorable • children • Cinderella • imagination • kids • twitter)
London’s calling because they have the best cat toys on the market
- KK Miller
Oct 19, 2016
With this new toy, cats are going to be telling us to go full steam ahead!
Sorrowful swan can’t get over losing helpful human buddy
- KK Miller
Oct 18, 2016
Meet the new winged Hachiko of the field. You could probably stage a ballet out of this story somehow.
Korean Cardcaptor Sakura fanart is just too beautiful【Art】
- KK Miller
Oct 17, 2016
Does CLAMP need a new member on their team?
- Internet, Korea
- (Cardcaptor Sakura • Clamp • Clow Cards • dangmill_11 • fanart • twitter)
Black cat displays magical abilities by “talking” to human in Japanese
- Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2016
Listening to this cat talk is like a real-life encounter with Jiji from Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service!
- Japan
- (black cats • cats • cute • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • talking cats • twitter • videos)
Turn your plastic fan (or whatever you want) into the hilt of a katana
- KK Miller
Oct 2, 2016
Never lose grip of your fan again with this simple how-to samurai guide
Japanese resident gets a scary visitor through the air conditioner
- Oona McGee
Oct 1, 2016
This is something you definitely don’t want to see poking its head out from your air conditioner.
- Japan
- (Air conditioning • animals • cool • cute • Japanese houses • reptiles • scary • snakes • twitter • video)
Budgerigar wows Internet by happily rolling around in a toilet roll
- Oona McGee
Sep 29, 2016
Your daily dose of lolwtf has arrived in the shape of a hilarious bird who can’t get enough of his toilet roll ride!
- Japan
- (birds • budgerigars • cute • funny • parakeet • parakeets • parrots • pets • twitter • videos)
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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