Not Your Average Scarecrow! Straw-Art Dinosaurs Are Rampaging In Niigata!
If you’re taking a stroll in Niigata and ran into these giant straw dinosaurs, you might think local farmers are being a bit overzealous with…
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How Do You Eat Sushi Correctly? Here Are Some Illustrations To Help
When I take my friends out to a sushi bar, many of them are really conscious about whether they are eating it “the right way”…
“The Most Beautiful Girl In The World” Kristina Pimenova As Image Girl For World Kids Audition
Dubbed as “the most beautiful girl in the world” by the Woman Daily Magazine and Daily Postal, 9-year-old supermodel Kristina Pimenova has a huge following,…
Modern-Day Samurai Vs. Cutting-Edge Robot In A Slicing Competition! How Do These Two Compare?
Source: YouTube Isao Machii, who has five Guinness World Records for iaijutsu notched in his belt, his a modern-day sword master who can slice just…
What Is Special About This Picture? The Skill That’s Gone Into This Is Amazing!
Wonderful picture, isn’t it? You might have figured that it is not a photography, but here’s another surprise – it is all drawn using colored…
“Randoseru Journey”: Traditional Japanese School Bags Travel Across The Globe To Serve
“Randoseru” is a bag that is used by a lot of elementary school students (ages 6-12) in Japan. Because Randoseru is intended to last for…
New Toilet Museum In Japan Shows Us The History Of Restrooms And…Urinals For Women And Toilet Bikes?! Look Inside Here.
Many a tourist has come back from trips to Japan raving about the advancement of toilet technology and overall restroom quality, and this has even…
Adorable Demons—This Illustrator Is Showing Us The Cute Side Of Ancient Japanese Spirits In Style!
An artist in Shizuoka Prefecture has an art style that gives ancient Japanese lifestyle and mythology a hip and cute vibe. Tokyo Mononoke is a…
Japanese Trainstation Gets New Cat Stationmaster! Nitama The Cat Appointed As New Feline Officer!
By now many people seem to be familiar with the story of Tama the cat, an unusual but very popular honorary stationmaster at the financially…
Amazing Banana Artist Impresses The Internet With His Fruitful Craft. Check Out His Awesome Work Here!!
Bananas, Banana ice cream, Banana pie, Banana cookies, Banana bread, Banana…art? Whether it’s Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”, or a character from the popular…
Japan’s Annual Mascot Contest Has New Foreign Contestants! Find Out If Your Country Made The Cut!
Japan’s love mascots (known as “yuru” or “gentle” characters) has been well documented, evening making its way onto Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, but…
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[VIDEO] Paper Crane Origami Is Classic, But When They Did THIS To It… You OUGHT To See This!!
Origami is one art that a lot of people think of when it comes to Japan. Out of those, paper crane is a classic. Legend…
The Model For One Of Japan’s Painting Masters: Nagano’s Mishakaike Pond’s Beauty Will Take Your Breath Away!
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Mishakaike Pond served as the model for the Japanese artist Kaii Higashiyama’s famous work “Vibrant Green.” Made popular once again by…
If You Would Rather Die Than Go To School… A Tweet By A Library Touches The Hearts Of Many
There are many young students in Japan who have not been coping with school life – so much so that they refuse to go to…
Spectacular Fireworks That Changes The Way You See Fireworks – Its Finale Is Particularly Stunning!
Fireworks is a highlight of summer in the minds of Japanese people. Because of the effort pyrotechnicians have to put in to make the event…