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Smash Bros. director Sakurai stabs Kirby in the face, has delicious justification for it
Masahiro Sakurai’s snack time draws comparison to 19th century painting. “Likes video games” seems like a pretty standard trait for people who work in the industry, but even by that metric,...
Limited-edition Carbonara Udon will anger noodle purists and pasta lovers 【Taste test】
Unusual tempura takes this meal into weird territory. Lovers of udon will tell you there’s one reasonably priced chain that never disappoints, and the name of that chain is Marugame Seimen. Wit...
Coordinating a whole outfit with nothing but clothes from Japanese convenience store Family Mart
How far has combining fashion come since our last investigation? Japan’s convenience stores are the first places that springs to mind when we find ourselves wanting something to eat or drink. W...
The day our male reporter used a women’s restroom with other dudes and they learned about otohime
Ahiruneko went to take an entrance exam, but ended up getting a lesson. Our Japanese-language reporter Ahiruneko has had some…unusual experiences in the performance of his professional duties. ...
Japanese delivery company tests ideal kotatsu temperature for cats, with live cats
If you know cats, you can probably guess the results. Yamato Transport--also known in Japan as Kuroneko Yamato, referring to the company’s logo–has been taking full advantage of their affinit...
Sakura season schedule is screwed up, so we had a no-cherry blossom cherry blossom party in the office
Spring comes to the inside of SoraNews24 headquarters thanks to cheap Internet shopping. Sakura season hasn’t been shaping up like we’d hoped for so far this year. With a warmer-than-normal F...
American comedian Jimy Kimmel was blown away by Japan’s bathrooms【Video】
“It’s like the whole country is Disneyland, and we’re living at Six Flags.” Japan regularly sees a surge in inbound foreign travelers in spring, with many hoping to time their trip to coi...
Japan’s new “painful sadness” snacks are a deliciously mysterious linguistics lesson【Taste test】
Happy Turn swerves into a new form, Tsuratan. The whole point of snack foods is that they’re supposed to make you happy. After all, if it was just sustenance you were after, you could just grab...
We try the free muscle bread distributed by macho dudes at a one-day, pop-up event in Tokyo
This may be the only time in known human history when a six-pack was achieved using carbs. Whenever the 29th of the month falls on a Friday, it’s informally dubbed as “a day to think about mu...
Pal World developers make timely announcement of adults-only romance simulator with naked pals
Preview video is the sort of thing that only makes sense right now. Released early this year, video game developer Pocket Pair’s Palworld quickly gained attention for borrowing very heavily fro...
We take part in a T-Rex race at Nara, Japan, turns out to be a wet and wild event
Extinct theropods take over Unesco World Heritage Site for a race like no other. A lot of trends from America have caught on in Japan, and one of the most recent is the T-Rex race. Since it first...
Tiger-man steals show at Japanese zoo’s safety training exercise【Video】
Everyone involved in this drill took their role seriously, especially the dude dressed in a tiger costume. When conducting safety training, it’s important for everyone involved to treat the sim...
We channel our inner Osakan auntie with a lucky bag full of animal-print clothes
Nothing exudes confidence like being covered in leopard print. The new year may be three months in already, but who says retailers have to stop selling lucky bags? No one, says ladies outfitter...
Official Tokyo Marathon T-shirts get recalled for English spelling mistake
Things started off OK, but didn’t finish quite right. The Tokyo Marathon was only held for the first time in 2007, but it’s quickly become one of the premier distance running events in Japan....
Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】
Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival. It’s a safe bet that a lot of video game fans aren’t going to have a ton of time for cooking...
The disembodied arm on the shoulder prank in the office shows you can be too good at something
Overly smooth prank nearly costs us an arm and a leg. Our writer Masanuki Sunakoma has been trying out various viral pranks and experiments he came across on social media. This time it was the di...
We plastered our car!【SoraHouse】
You never know until you try it. While doing their regular repairs on the ridiculously cheap SoraHouse out in the countryside, Yoshio and Go Hatori bought a bucket of Moru Moru. This is a plaster...
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Low-Amazon-rated heater claims to melt car frost with energy blasts, does only half a thing right
Vulgar analogy turns out to be surprisingly accurate. Do you believe in miracles? Our Japanese-language reporter Masanuki Sunakoma does…or at least he wants to believe. Some might say he’s de...
Testing out the rubber hand illusion in the office to see if people can feel pain in fake limbs
Science is violence. The rubber hand illusion is a famous experiment exploring the phenomenon of body transfer in which a person can be made to feel as if something external or illusionary is a p...
Funny signs in Japan: 7-Eleven enters the ring with a humorous notice for drivers
A clever way to draw attention to an off-the-beaten-path Japanese convenience store location. Visit any big city or town in Japan and you’re bound to find billboards and large advertisements ...