animalsBag Idea: Disposable Tea Bags Shaped Like Animals
Tea bags have gone from boring to adoring thanks to animal-shaped and environmentally friendly tea bags from…
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healthViral Fashion: The Nets-Men Mosquito Net Suit
The Nets-Men Mosquito Net Suit from Japan's BIBI LAB is designed to protect wearers of any gender from…
JapanMeet Shabani, Japan’s Most Handsome Gorilla
Gorilla my dreams? Japanese women have gone ape over Shabani, a western lowland gorilla residing at Nagoya,…
petsMewgaroo Hoodie Puts Pets n Your ‘Hood
The Mewgaroo Hoodie and its kangaroo-style front pouch brings pets and their owners closer than ever before...…
architectureYou Cube: Nakagin Capsule Tower By The Night
Tokyo's icon of futurism, the Nakagin Capsule Tower building, can now be experienced by the night thanks to an…
foodSupermarkets & Toy Stores Welcome Ugly Fruit
“Ugly fruit” is the latest foodie trend but how ugly is TOO ugly? Takara-Tomy's Fruit Zombie toys answer that…
greenFat Cute Soldiers: Obesity Invades The Army!
Remember those little green army men you used to play with when you were a kid? You got a lot bigger since then...…
greenElectronics Plant Ditches Disks, Pitches Lettuce
Be-leaf it or not, a mothballed Japanese electronics plant reinvented itself as a hydroponic vegetable farm while…
Geography & TravelSpa for Snow Monkeys! Japan’s Jigokudani Park
There’s nothing quite like watching a gathering of snow monkeys lounging in a hot tub, babbling to each other…
urban gardeningTrain Station Rooftop Gardens: A New Kind of Food on the Go
What if you could spend your layover time in between train connections tending to your very own vegetable garden…
environmentLife Finds A Way: Fukushima’s Feral Pets & Livestock
Pets, livestock and other animals abandoned near Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant three years ago seem to…
Art & DesignGalaxies of Trash: Tsunami Beach Debris as Art
Children’s toys seem to float in space like lost debris from a ship carrying unlikely cargo in this series of…
bizarreVegetarian Nightmares: 7 Gross Edible Wonders of the World
Waste not, want not, right? That seems to be the reason people started eating things like eyeballs, century-old…
animalsSerene & Peaceful Zen Cat Quietly Rocks The Sidewalk
Serenely silent amid the city's hustle & bustle, a stout and stoic cat contently enjoys the warm comfort of a…
environmentEco-Friendly: 8 Odd Japanese Environmental Mascots
Japan seems to have a mascot character for just about anything and the conservation boom of recent years has…
JapanRavishing Radishes: Japan’s Weird Humanoid Daikons
One of Japan's favorite vegetables though it actually originated in China, the Daikon or White Radish is renowned…
Nature & EcosystemsAmazing Sights of East Asia: 14 Natural Wonders
In the west, we tend to associate China with the chaotic, smog-filled streets of Beijing, but this vast East Asian…
travelJewel of Japan: Gorgeous Sand Dunes Like Japanese Desert
Japan boasts countless attractions to delight and entertain tourists, but there might not be any that are more…
animalsEthereal Colors Turn Animals of Science Into Modern Art
Pictures of fantastical deep-see creatures appear often on the internet, showing bizarre body shapes,…
animalsWell Trained: 7 Amazing Animal Stationmasters of Japan
Japan's many iron horses may no longer be fronted with cow-catchers, but a different sort of critter awaits those…
