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Public restrooms in Osaka to get in-stall video screens with ads

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2026
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Video advertising seems contradictory to the digital signage’s originally intended purpose.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • crazy • Osaka • Public restrooms • public toilets • restrooms • techonolgy • Toilets • Umeda • Umeda Station • weird)

Fake police phone scam also highlights dumb stereotype about how foreigners speak Japanese[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2026

Fake police officer targets possibly the worst person, phone transcript isn’t so great either.

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• Japan
• (cracy • crime • fraud • fraudsters • funny.Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • scam artists • scammers • scams • weird)

Godiva now makes tofu in Japan, and sakura chocolate tofu too![Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2026

Belgian chocolatier and Japanese confectioner are both tofu newcomers, but can their powers combine for something special?

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • Fujiya • Godiva • gomadofu • SNJO • sweets • teste test • tofu • weird)

How much is Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated currency calculator worth in yen?

• Master Blaster
  Mar 20, 2026

Some things have an incalculable value.

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• Japan
• (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • calculators • COK • foreign currency • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • shopping • SNJO • technology • traveling • weird)

Expo 2025 mascot Myaku-Myaku to release tastefully erotic photo book

• Master Blaster
  Mar 19, 2026

Myaku-Myaku, you’re such a tease.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • books • COK • cute • Felissimo • funny • gravure • Mascots • Myaku-Myaku • photography • weird)

Pizza Hut Japan’s new ie-kei ramen pizza is here and weird, but is it tasty too? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2026

Yokohama-style ramen slides on top of a pizza with help from the creator of ie-kei.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • ie-kei • ie-kei ramen • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • ramen pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Are Japanese convenience store sandwiches scamming us with their fillings?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2026

We find out if there’s any truth to the so-called “cross-section scam”.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • crazy • egg sandwich • Family mart • food • hacks • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • Lawson • sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Japanese man drives truck that’s on fire directly to fire station, drops flaming potatoes[Videos]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2026

Roasted sweet potato truck turns into mobile fireball.

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• Japan
• (cars • crazy • fire • sweet potato truck • sweet potatoes • truck • video • weird • yaki imo • yaki imo truck • yakiimo • yakiimo truck)

7-Eleven Japan’s giant fried chicken skewer would be too big to eat, so it’s really for cuddling

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2026

Comfort food to snuggle up with is just one of the crazy prizes in the 7-Eleven Happy Kuji collection.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • awesome • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried chicken • funny • Happy Kuji • Japanese convenience stores • karaage • kuji • plushies • prize lottery • weird)

Sushi Push Pops aiming to be Japan’s newest sakura season snack sensation

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2026

Restaurant chain creates sushi you can eat with one hand, leaving your other free to toast the cherry blossoms.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • crazy • eel • food • freshwater eel • restaurants • sushi • unagi • weird)

Giant pipe mysteriously rises up through street in downtown Osaka

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2026

That’s not supposed to be there…

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• Japan
• (Construction • crazy • Osaka • pipe • video • weird)

Pizza Hut Japan teams up with creator of one of the country’s best kinds of ramen for ramen pizza

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2026

Yokohama ramen continues to bring differently delicious tastes together with ie-kei pizza.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • food • ie-kei • ie-kei ramen • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • restaurants • weird • Yoshimuraya)

Is Japan’s Crab-shaped Cup Ramen Timer worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 9, 2026

This crustacean does more than just keep time on your three-minute instant noodles.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • crab • cup noodles • cup ramen • cute • funny • gift • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen gadgets • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • timer • weird)

Silicone testicle covers banned from Japanese sauna following cups being left behind and on shelves

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2026

“People don’t forget to take their testicles with them when they go home” says sauna in explaining new policy.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • gross • public baths • saunas • weird)

Japan’s craziest burger chain takes menchi katsu to new extreme levels

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2026

We find out what gives the Naughty Menchi Katsu Burger its unusual name. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • crazy • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Hamburger • DomDom • fast food • food • katsu • menchi katsu • weird)

566 million yen in gold bars donated to Japanese city’s water bureau

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2026

Osaka Municipal Water Bureau suddenly becomes quite a bit closer to being flush with funds.

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• Japan
• (crazy • donation • gold • gold bars • weird)

Japan’s new “Cunte” contact lenses aren’t pronounced like you’re probably thinking they are

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2026

Cunte Jelly Trick and other lenses’ names might be too clever for their own good.

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• Japan
• (COK • Contact lenses • crazy • fashion • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

How to make curry in a rice cooker with zero prep work and no water[Recipe]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2026

Two steps, one piece of cooking equipment, and zero problems.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cooking • cooking hacks • cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • recipe • rice cooker • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • weird)

Cute coffins now available at Tokyo’s coffin relaxation salon[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2026

Unique Takadanobaba meditation space gets a splash of cuteness to brighten up the deathly décor.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool.coffins • crazy • cute • meditation • scary • weird)

Poop is in full bloom at the Unko Museums for cherry blossom season

• Master Blaster
  Feb 17, 2026

Spring is in the air.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • events • funny • gross • Nagoya • Okinawa • poop • sakura • Tokyo • Unko Museum • weird)

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