The Mystery of Cup Noodle’s Mystery Meat is Finally Cleared
When Cup Noodle released its Mystery Meat Festival noodles last year to celebrate its 45th anniversary, fans of the ubiquitous instant noodles were surprised by…
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It’s a Fukui Sharknado! Or is it?
Sometimes, certain less populated prefectures of Japan which are less commonly frequented by tourists and less commonly known by average city-dwellers are characterized in popular…
When You Have a Hair-Trigger Switch For Your Public Facade
Most of us probably know people like this. They’re Mr. or Ms. Congeniality in public, whether with classmates or with coworkers, never a wrinkled brow…
Collared Feline Puts the “Cat” Back in Catwalk
See this cute American shorthair gazing up intently? Apart from the cushion around her neck, she seems like a normal cat. But when she’s on…
Japan Has A Robot Vendor That Is Very Happy To Give You Ice Cream
Whether it be performing funeral rites, staffing a hotel, or simply being a terrifying poop demon, Japan seems to have a robot for everything. When…
Sleepy Little Otter Can’t Go To Bed Without Cuddling Her Stuffed Piggy
Sakura (@kawauso_sakura) is a one-year old otter, and it’s pretty fair to say that she is the lead star of an otter popularity boom on…
SpongeBob SquarePants As An Anime Is Pretty Dramatic
With a little creative imagination, it’s been shown that talented fans can create some pretty great would-be anime openings, even if they don’t have a…
New Japanese Kit Kats Are Cough Drop Flavored
Nestlé Japan hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down when it comes to releasing adventurous Kit Kat flavors, recently hitting Japan with interesting flavors such…
No Face Soy Sauce Bottle And Rice Paddle Are Here To Spirit Your Cooking Away
You can always count on Japanese Studio Ghibli goods store Donguri Kyowakoku for some cool and quirky Spirited Away themed goods, including a No Face…
These Creepy Japanese Polygon Animal Masks Will Give You Panda Nightmares
When it comes to adventurous headgear in Japan, very few things match up to these creepy hyper-realistic gigantic felt cat heads, but eccentric book and…
Japanese Animation Artist Brings Ukiyo-e Prints To Life With Charming Gifs And Back To The Future
Ukiyo-e, which translates to “image(s) of the floating world,” is a genre of Japanese art that thrived from the 17th to 19th centuries. Artists produced…
Got No Friends? Make Some Doge Buddies With These Adorable Shiba Inu Hanging Table Racks
Japanese online retailer Felissimo‘s YOU+MORE! series (a play on the pronunciation of “humor” in Japanese) tends to gravitate toward feline goods, such as scratch and…
Beloved Japanese Robot Pepper Is Now Performing Funeral Services
Japanese robot Pepper introduces robot funeral services in Japan. Japanese robotics can range from downright horrifying, such as this demonic poop robot that spews fecal…
Modern Artwork Created At Art Historian’s Home Overnight: The “Artist” Is Not Who You’d Expect
A “mysterious phenomenon” happened at art historian Momoe Kanazawa’s (@momokanazawa) home. She woke up one morning to see this object. A drastic white object that…
13 Cats Line Up To Have Dinner In An Orderly Manner… Until This Happens
It’s dinner time. And 13 cats line up in front of their bowl. The way they eat in an orderly manner is quite astounding. However,…