In place of suspended NBA season, Taiwanese sports network airs anime Slam Dunk
Last week, following Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert’s positive test for the coronavirus and as a countermeasure to the ongoing pandemic, the NBA announced it…
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Kendo armor chopstick rests let you dine like a swordsman
Quirky and cute goods retailer Village Vanguard will never run out of accessories to store your goods with, as evidenced by hamster cheek and butt…
Japan Releases Crispy Cornflake Chicken Katsu Bowls
Popular Japanese restaurant chain Katsuya’s menu offers a number of tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet) topped bowls and even curry, but their latest release is giving…
Japanese action figure photographer imagines horror icon “cancelling” Friday the 13th
As exhibitions, conferences, sporting and cultural event cancelations and postponements continue on a daily basis due to the growing threat of COVID-19, it has almost…
Japanese store clerk stops toilet paper theft with a bit of “dark magic”
In the confusion and uncertainty provoked by the outbreak of novel coronavirus in Japan, unfounded rumors that paper supplies from China would run out have…
Japanese Model Gives Tutorial On Converting Bras To Sickness Masks
Heightened concern over the spread of the coronavirus in Japan has resulted in a shortage of sickness masks (which in turn has led now prohibited…
Guy Deliberately Bumping Into Women Regrets It When He Tries It On Pro-Wrestler
Japanese women’s wrestlers can be just as a tough outside the ring–or even tougher, as wrestling legend Chigusa Nagayo proved when she stopped a man…
Japan’s Mini Shiba Bank Note Design Gets Sakura Season Makeover
When Japanese illustrator and manga artist Ponkichi (@PonkichiM) responded to Japan’s Ministry of Finance announcement of new designs for the 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000-yen bills…
Sakura Afro Pikachu Cake And Latte Hits Pokémon Cafe For 2020 Cherry Blossom Season
Last year the first ever permanent Pokémon Cafe opened up right next to the Pokémon Center DX in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district, and ever since then…
Japanese Penguin Mop Top Covers Are A Cute Cleaning Motivator
One of Japanese online retailer Felissimo’s biggest hits from their YOU+MORE! series (a play on the pronunciation of “humor” in Japanese) has been an “evolving”…
New Japanese Capsule Toy Series Is An All Star Team Of Public Drunks
It seems like nowadays Japan has a capsule toy for everything, including ham and egg hamsters and shiba inu with their heads poking out of…
Japanese man buys a melonpan but discovers he made a mistake when he gets home
Like many people in Japan and lovers of Japanese sweets around the world, Japanese photographer and designer Kirishima (@untilthefalling) is a fan of melonpan. A…
Japanese artist turns seven rubber duckies into epic action figure
Tomohiro Yasui is an artist known for his papercraft Kami-Robo robots which he has been making for the past 35 years, but also for his…
The Biggest Problem For Cat Lovers With Traditional Japanese Sliding Doors
As most cat lovers know, living with a feline friend can be a source of huge joy in the home, but also some unique predicaments–even…
The Sudden Mood Swings of Hidekichi’s Pets
If you have a cat or dog, you know they’re an endless source of amazement. You can find a never-ending stream of cat and dog…