life hacks

What should you do if you get stuck in an elevator in an earthquake? Japan’s NHK offers five tips

And we add one of our own.

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Testing the true way to make fluffy pancakes from Japan’s Agricultural Cooperatives Group

It’s a pancake showdown in the SoraKitchen!

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Here’s one of the first things you should do if you just moved into a new apartment in Japan

Sharp idea for spring could be a lifesaver come summer.

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Smash Bros. director Sakurai shares secret to smash through your procrastination habits【Video】

You don’t create one of the biggest fighting games of all time without knowing how to get a whole lot of things done, and Sakurai has “the best and only solution.”

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The cool way to peel a mandarin, according to a Japanese grandma

Become a mikan master with this neat hack, endorsed by the Japanese government.

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Here are the best ways to kill roaches, according to Japanese experts, and some ways to avoid

The season is upon us…so make sure you know what to do before you panic!

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This plastic wrap is supposed to turn supermarket sashimi into great sashimi, but does it work?

Taste-testing the effects of Pichit sheets.

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Stuffed pepper cooking hack from Japan goes viral online

Genius tip shows us we’ve been stuffing our peppers wrong this whole time.

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Mandarin orange peels aren’t trash, they’re treasure! Three chimpi tips to reuse your mikan skins

Japanese granny, of course, knew things we didn’t.

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Have we been making pancakes wrong this whole time? Japan’s Zen-Noh shares the best technique

For fluffy flapjacks, there’s something you need to do right at the very start.

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So what’s with that thin sheet of white paper on top of Japanese miso?

Miso industry giant Marukome unpeels the facts on this peculiar bit of packaging.

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How to cancel a floor on a Japanese elevator

Cool hack will save you time and keep you in everyone’s good books.

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How to eat a kebab without making a godawful mess – Advice from an Akihabara kebab merchant

Our otaku reporter loves kebabs and wants the food to end up in his mouth, not on his shirt and anime merch.

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How to choose a great block of sashimi-grade tuna – 66-year maguro master shares his protips

He got his start in tuna wholesale when he was just 16, and today we’re learning from his experience.

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Manga artist shares a genius-level trick to take the headache out of drawing interior scenes

A new perspective to solve a challenging problem.

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We’ve been doing it wrong – Japanese genius shows us how we should all be making sandwiches【Pics】

No more messy sandwich tragedies with this clever, easy furoshiki-style technique.

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Tokyo coffee master reveals easy trick to make instant coffee almost as good as fresh-brewed

”I drink instant coffee all the time” cafe owner tells us, then shows us how.

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De-stress and breathe easy with handy tip from Japanese vocal technique specialist

Simple hand gesture blows people away with its ability to change the way you breathe.

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A foot-based way to prevent mosquito bites? Japanese Twitter tries the bloodsucker blocking tip

A few quick wipes might save you from a ton of itchy bites.

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Japanese chef’s curry cleanup kitchen hack means there’s no reason not to cook a pot right now

A simple solution to one of the only bad things about making curry.

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