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Step back in time with Japanese-themed rooms at rare vintage love hotel in Osaka【Video】

Oona McGee
Dec 31, 2015
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Live out your fantasies of love-making in Japan’s bygone eras at this unusual love hotel in Osaka.

Japan, USA
(cool • Edo • love hotels • Osaka • Playboy • retro • samurai • video)

Pigeon gets on the wrong train but doesn’t notice in time—we can totally empathize!【Video】

Preston Phro
Dec 30, 2015

This pigeon got on the wrong train. What happens next is probably exactly would happen to any of us!

Internet, Japan
(funny • pigeons • trains • twitter • video • wtf)

Motorcycle cop caught on video applauded for doing his job by “not doing his job”【Video】

Master Blaster
Dec 30, 2015

Your feelings about the following video will probably depend on your own experiences with police on the road, but the officer in the clip has received huge praise here in Japan for handling a potential traffic violation.

Japan
(fine • police • traffic violation • video)

Japanese McDonald’s phone prank raises hackles online

Jamie Koide
Dec 29, 2015

Net users take to YouTube video’s comments section to express their anger and disappointment over prankster’s crank call video to McDonald’s restaurant in Japan.

Internet, Japan
(McDonald's • pranks • telephone • video • YouTube)

Cool music video offers an exciting new take on cosplay photography【Video】

Jamie Koide
Dec 29, 2015

Filmmakers have created an action-packed video collage of some of the best costumes at a recent comic show in Taiwan.

Taiwan
(Comics • conventions • cosplay • doujinshi • video • YouTube)

Being attacked by a sword-wielding maniac? This martial artist has perfect defense!【Video】

Preston Phro
Dec 29, 2015

Dealing with sword attacks isn’t like the movies, but this master will show you how to defend against blade-wielding crazies you might meet on the street!

Internet
(fighting • funny • martial arts • Run for your Lives • video)

Stingy Japanese arcade keeps schoolgirl from one of the greatest UFO catcher hauls ever 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2015

Against the infamously difficult arcade games, sometimes you just can’t win, even when you just won.

Japan
(Arcades • awesome • crane games • crazy • snacks • UFO catchers • Umaido • video • video games)

A look at the innovative yet bizarre technology coming out of China【Video】

Jamie Koide
Dec 23, 2015

One YouTube vlogger explores some of the greatest tech Shenzhen, home to what many consider to be the world’s best electronics market, has to offer.

China
(cool • counterfeit goods • Huaqiangbei Electronics Market • SEG Electronics Market • Shenzhen • technology • video)

Ask Mr. Sato Episode 2 is here!【Video】

ロケットニュース24
Dec 23, 2015

Episode 2 of our new video series, Ask Mr. Sato, is here! Join us after the jump to hear the advice of RocketNews24’s very own agony uncle!

Global, Japan
(advice • agony uncle • Ask Mr. Sato • music • Ningen Isu • Q&A • video)

Video of cute Japanese cat drinking “green tea” is so classy it has us minding our table manners

Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2015

No drinking out of the toilet for this classy cat.

Japan
(cats • cute • funny • green tea • pets • tea • video)

Dragon Ball characters appear in Ford anime ad specifically made for English-speakers 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2015

Krillin, Gohan, and Porunga would like to talk to you about which car you should use your Dragon Ball wishes on.

Internet, Japan, USA
(anime • cars • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • Focus • Ford • manga • video)

Artist pays homage to popular character One-Punch Man with cleverly designed artwork【Video】

Krista Rogers
Dec 22, 2015

Check out this unbelievably simple yet detailed “three paper cup One-Punch Man cartoon art!”

Internet, Japan
(art • cool • Instagram • manga • One-Punch Man • twitter • video)

Sushi, sumo, and cats in kimonos: the best Christmas and New Year cards from Japan【Pics & Video】

Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2015

These holiday greeting cards from Japan are so cool you have to see them to believe they’re real.

Japan
(Christmas • cool • cute • greeting cards • Hello Kitty • new year • New Year's Day • Ninja • Sumo • video)

Message from Space: The Japanese Star Wars knockoff that hit theaters before A New Hope 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2015

Thanks to a staggered international release, Message from Space could rip off Star Wars before the sci-fi classic was even out in Japan.

Japan
(funny • Message from Space • movies • Star Wars • Toei • video)

That time Japan went so Star Wars crazy that Luke and Vader made a canned tuna commercial 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2015

If you only knew the power of convenient seafood!

Japan
(commercials • Darth Vader • funny • Star Wars • tuna • video)

Live-action, Western-made Death Note film opening in Japan, but it’s not what anime fans think

Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2015

Despite the name, this new Death Note movie isn’t a Death Note movie.

Global, Japan
(anime • Death Note • Live action • manga • movies • video)

See Kyoto’s Nijo Castle in its original design with this virtual tour built in Minecraft!

Preston Phro
Dec 21, 2015

Nijo Castle is one of Japan’s hottest tourist destinations…but for a truly unique historical tour, you need this Minecraft recreation based on the original design!

Japan
(castles • history • Kyoto • Minecraft • Nijo Castle • video • video games)

Unseasoned traveler hops into x-ray machine with luggage during airport security check【Video】

Jamie Koide
Dec 19, 2015

Ever wondered what the inside of a CT scanner looks like? One man in China will be able to tell you, after he hopped inside after his luggage during a security check.