“Ah… I can see a bigger world…” Weird tools and makeup techniques make for hilarious results.
Cats are melting hearts around the country by wrapping tails around their legs, necks and heads to fight the winter chill.
Cooking udon, or any other kind of fresh pasta, just got a whole lot easier.
When this high-school kid opened up the last hand-made bento lunch of his high school life, he found a note from his mother with a sweet and surprising message…
It’s cold and frosty in Tokyo! Perfect weather for taste-testing the newest frozen cheesecake ice cream bar!
Following his tear-drenched press conference and constant ear cupping, disgraced assemblyman Ryutaro Nonomura finally gets his day in court—and shocks the public yet again with a new trademark move.
Last year about 5 million Chinese tourists visited Japan, and Chinese website NetEase was kind enough to compile a list of seven of Japan’s most unusual habits according to them.
Now you can enjoy a break with a Kit Kat and a shot of Japanese rice wine all rolled into one.
The recipe calls for meticulously sticking dry noodles into numerous mushroom stalks. Uppercutting the entire dish into the atmosphere out of sheer frustration at the difficulty of that step is, we presume, optional.
And no, you can’t pick “All of the above.”
You think you’re metal? Well, we bet you’re not half as metal as these silver Hello Kitty skull accessories!
We got a sneak peek at McDonald’s Japan’s upcoming menu item: a burger topped with Hokkaido-grown mashed potato, cheese, and onion soy sauce.
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Live-action Persona adaptation to be produced by Netflix, probably not set in Japan
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