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The Café where Maids Pretend to Be Your Spouse

Their mission is simple: to make you want to come “home” to them every night.

Japan's 3 Weirdest Onsen

Where you go when you've dipped in them all?

The Chair Umbrella is Real

Have you ever thought, "Geez, I’d really like to rest, but there’s nowhere to sit"? Well, now you can—as long as it's overcast, at least.

84-Year-Old Idols Realease First Single

The average age of the members of KBG84 is 84. Unsurprisingly, their sound is a mix of old and new.

An Ad for Eating Hair & Smashing Cakes

Seki City in Gifu Prefecture finds a weirdly endearing way to highlight its local specialty.

14 Wacky Wilderness Onsen

Onsen critic Isamu Gunji risks his naked life to bring us 14 unforgettable outdoor hot springs that are barely on the map.

These 5 Horror Bento Will Eat Your Appetite!

Could you imagine opening your bento and seeing these creations staring back at you?

Japanese Schoolgirl Ninja Parkour

Urban parkour videos are nothing new, but this one took us by surprise with its kickass/kawaii protagonists and nod to the ancient martial art of ninjutsu!

Swipe Your Phone with a Happy Cat Tail

These smartphone gloves will keep your fingertips as happy as a kitty getting a chin rub.

Animatronic Dinosaur Train Station Rampage

Check out this brilliant and terrifying promotional stunt for Dino-A-Live, an animatronics exhibition that lets visitors feel like they’ve met a real, living dinosaur.

The Café for Stuffed Toys

No toys will feel like misfits in this land where they'll get an omelette from a flounder, coffee from a monkey and even a bedtime story before getting tucked in for the night.

Get Your Bento in a Tube

Takara Tomy's Smart Han is a kind of push-pop for your leftovers.

Bento Models Entice Hungry Kitty

A Twitter user captures a cat taking his time deciding which bento to get.

Programmable Idol Robots Dance to Your Design

The robot revolution is coming, and when it arrives, they’ll have an awful lot to be mad about. Like making them dance for our amusement. Thanks, DMM.

'Dame Gi' for Doing Nothing All Day

"No-good wear" encourages you to never leave your sofa.

Hand-made Cat Bags Fur-storm Twitter

Twitter user @picopoco08 describes herself as cat-loving housewife who also enjoys “making cats”—as in, stuffed cat toys and bags.

Surreal J-pop Bangs Sell Biscuits

Idol offshoot 5572320 (that's their name!) teams up with Yoko Kanno for a Daliesque ode to crispy snacks with a side of Bohemian Rhapsody.

The Godzilla of Gyoza?!

Two ravenous reporters head to Kaguragazaka Hanten in central Tokyo, an unassuming mom-and-pop restaurant notorious for oversized menu items such as Triple Jumbo Ramen and the fearsome Jumbo Gyoza.

Synchronized Bathing Bids Travelers to Oita

To show off a number of its best onsen, Oita recruited the help of a professional synchronized swim team.

The 16 Best Worst Bento Lunches Ever

Enjoy these hilarious examples of times Japanese mothers, for whatever reason, decided today just wasn't the day for their loved one to receive an elaborate lunch.

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