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Run for your lives! Shizuo Heiwajima’s coming through with a massive, life-sized street sign.
Slimes draw near following conclusion of rice field art project.
After hearing about it last week, you bet we went to check out Japan’s gigantic straw Godzilla for ourselves, and it’s way more imposing than we’d anticipated.
With lavishly decorated gold-painted ceilings, a flowing brook and a Japanese style bridge, this is one of the most stylish places to do your business in Japan.
Usually we think of costumes as something to sew, but some clever construction was required for this amazing Pokémon outfit.
Yes, that is Cardcaptor Sakura diligently working with her fishmen colleagues.
With just four quick steps and a very special ingredient, anyone can make this spectacular fluorescent jelly!
Mars may be the one called the Red Planet, but this shot shows part of Earth turning a beautiful crimson.
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