Ramen Chain’s Emergency Toilet Paper Policy Shows The Depths Of Japanese Hospitality
In the Japanese service industry, hospitality and kindness towards the customer are highly prioritized, even to the point where losing your personal goods is not…
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Japanese Photographer Captures Stray Ninja Cats Practicing Martial Arts
Japanese photographer Hiroyuki Hisakata has a way with cats. Well, a way with getting them pose for him at least. The photographer, who doesn’t reveal…
Japan Releases KFC-Scented Bath Salts Because Why The Hell Not?
Japanese KFC isn’t above getting a little adventurous in their promotional campaigns. In the past they’ve made fried chicken finger condoms available to customers, but…
Japanese Used Bathwater Drink Relies On Your Imagination To Hit The Spot
Even though it tends to be a bit overstated at times, you probably don’t need much convincing to realize that Japan is very open to…
Japanese Programmer Discovers A Way To Make All Twitter Profile Photos Spin Around
Twitter users rejoice. Kosui Iwasa (@KILLEDBYNLP), a first-year graduate student at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, created a Chrome extension that will make Twitter…
Japan Invents Spicy Marinated Pollock Roe and Sweet Milk Ice Cream Bars
Spicy marinated pollock roe, known as mentaiko in Japanese, is a popular and versatile food which is enjoyed in many ways in Japan ranging from…
Sticky Rice Cake In a Can To Be Sold At MINISTOP Convenience Stores
Japanese convenience store chain Mini Stop has surprised us before with unconventional taste combinations. For example, Chinese-style steamed buns filled with whole custard puddings and…
These Fluffy Bunny Pouches Are The Cutest Way To Carry Your Goods Around
While Japanese online shop Felissimo’s YOU+MORE! series (a play on the pronunciation of “humor” in Japanese) tends to focus on the infinite adorableness of cats…
The Meaning Behind The Matrix Code Is Finally Revealed
Japanese fans were the first to notice that the exotic looking neon-green code scrolling down the black screen in the opening credits of the 1999…
Grape-kun To Be Memorialized in Special “Kemono Friends” Airplane
The heartbreaking death of Grape, the Humboldt penguin in Tobu Zoo who loved a cardboard cutout of Hululu, an anthropomorphic penguin, from the popular anime…
New App Now Lets You Make Shinkansen Reservations From Overseas
Even though the JR Rail Pass allows for the convenience of an “all-you-can-ride” experience on trains in Japan, sorting out tickets to ride the shinkansen…
Dazzling Photos of Osaka At Night After Typhoon Lan
Although Typhoon Lan, the second largest tropical cyclone ever recorded, caused extensive flooding and damage over last weekend in Japan, the rain-saturated streets provided a…
Ukiyo-e Print Bubble Wrap Gives You Art You Can Feel Free To Touch And Pop
Ukiyo-e, which translates from Japanese to “image(s) of the floating world,” is a genre of Japanese art that thrived from the 17th to 19th centuries….
Nissin Hopes to Fight “Noodle Harassment” With Slurping Noise-Neutralizing Noodle Fork
With an increase in awareness and more open discussion of the various kinds of harassment occurring in Japan at school, university, work and in society…
Japanese Crafts Companies Create High Quality Sets Of Miniature Furniture For Cats
Cats have a bit of a reputation for giving attention to the toys you buy them on their own terms (read: ignoring them), but recently…