Puzzling park scenery terrifies Japanese netizens with gruesome thoughts
When you’re caught off guard, sometimes even the most mundane items in our surroundings like a phone booth can give you quite the fright. Japanese…
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Rare customer reminds everyone Japan’s northernmost McDonald’s is just a bit different
Usually it’s exclusive menu items such as sakura mochi pies and Ultraman burgers that remind us McDonald’s in Japan can be different than what we’re…
Tokushima’s Colorful Summer Dance Festival is Back!
The Shikoku town of Tokushima is creating a new committee to plan and fund the iconic Awa Odori, bringing back its festivities after two years…
Thrilling video of Japanese police car chasing drifter goes viral
Racing tracks for radio-controlled cars are located throughout Japan. One of them, Cascade RC Drift Circuit (@_MATA_OMAEKA) in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is known for…
Anime director unearths Godzilla manga he wrote at 12-years-old that shows genius talent
Normally it wouldn’t be a giant surprise for accomplished animation director Yoshitomo Yonetani (@yonetanikantoku) to impress with his artwork, as hits like King of Braves…
Fire Pokémon come to life with incredible life-sized Cyndaquil fireworks stand
Nendoyorishin (Twitter, YouTube) is what you would call a Pokémon clay artist. That may be putting it a bit too modestly however. The talented artist…
Original “spice mix for food terrorism” supervised by solo camper & Vtuber Lilo-Shi
Some of our readers may remember Japanese solo camping enthusiast, skeet shooter, game hunter, and Vtuber Lilo-shi ﾘﾛ氏 when we introduced his “self-sufficient grilled sandwich.”…
Japanese man who took 9 years to enter top university looks completely different on graduation
In Japan, as in many other parts of the world, not all students who take university entrance examinations are admitted to their first choice of…
Cup Noodle traumatizes with terrifying sea monster Seafood lid
Nissin has been known to be pretty playful on their Twitter account, teasing the release of Cup Noodle bath bombs and earphones, and with the…
From rust to riches: Japanese “treasure creator” restores tools that have rusted beyond hope
What would you do if you found your old tools in a rusted condition? Many people would throw them away if they were rusted beyond…
You can now carry your goods with a clingy Japanese giant salamander backpack
The Japanese giant salamander typically isn’t something you spot in the wild a lot, but after heavy flooding or rainfall, the third-largest amphibian in the…
Dog in Japan overturns the theory that only cats can turn liquid
Cats are liquid, as the “theory” goes Because of the flexibility of cats’ bodies, a theory that cats are, in fact, liquids, has been making…
Japanese authors of works with film adaptations jointly condemn sexual abuse in movie industry
As reported in a number of weekly magazines, on April 4th, 2022, several women testified that they were pressured by Japanese cult film director Sion…
Anno Hideaki’s “Shin Ultraman” tag teams with McDonald’s on “Shin Tatsuta” chicken burger
McDonald’s Japan Corporation has teamed up with one of Japan’s most famous heroes, Ultraman, in conjunction with the highly anticipated reimagining of the series by…
Japan’s lavishly embellished “Dekotora” trucks join OpenSea NFT marketplace
The year is 1975, maths professor Erno Rubik files a patent for his 3D cube puzzle creation, mood rings have entered the market and are…