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Beautiful Japanese commercial for the Touch Wood cell phone by NTT DoCoMo
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo has an impressive commercial for their Touch Wood SH-08C cell phone. The ad was produced by a Japanese agency Drill, Inc. Watch it here: We like! If you’re wondering how they filmed this, don’t miss this video showing the making of the commercial: All… Read More
Smart crows uses cars to crack nuts in Japan
Believe it or not, crows have a reputation for being one of the most intelligent species on the planet. Here’s an interesting video of a crow using a busy road to crack nuts in Akita, Japan: Read More
‘Kudamemo’ Japanese fruit-shaped notepads
Believe it or not, these neatly sliced apples and pears are actually notepads! Delicious Kudamemo notepads, designed by Masashi Tentaku and produced by D-Bros, look very much like real fruit, but if you look closer, you’ll see they’re made of 150 sheets of note paper. Kudamemo notepads — a… Read More
Ice cubes in the shape of polar bears and penguins
Tired of cooling your drink with old school square ice cubes? Here’s something cuter! Japanese manufacturer Monos recently started selling a new product named Polar Ice, which is a set of two silicon molds that make ice cubes in the shape of a polar bear and a pair of… Read More
What’s on ocean floor after March 11 Japan earthquake?
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has recently released a few photos of cracks on the seabed believed to have been caused by the powerful earthquake on March 11 as well as aftershocks that followed. The images were taken near Japanese coast around the epicenter of the quake… Read More
Pitagora Suichi
Pitagora Suicchi (ピタゴラスイッチ or simply Pythagora Switch) is a 15 minute educational television program for kids that has been running on Japanese TV since 2002. There is also a 5 minute format called Pitagora Suicchi Mini. The show encourages augmenting children’s way of thinking while introducing world phenomena, principles,… Read More
5 beautiful Japan time lapse videos
Movie watching time! Today we are featuring a collection of five pretty awesome Japan time lapse videos that were shared by users on YouTube. 1. Tokyo time lapse (by SamuelCockedey.com): 2. Tokyo time lapse in rush hour (by dige62) 3. Osaka time lapse (by roadragebunny): 4. Japan in autumn… Read More
Trailer for ‘Kokurikozaka Kara’, new animated film by Studio Ghibli
Kokuri… Kokuriko… Koku… Kokurikozaka Kara (コクリコ坂から) is a new animated feature film by Studio Ghibli, released in Japan on July 16, 2011. Screenplay for the story set in 1963 was written by Hayao Miyazaki and the film was directed by his son, Goro Miyazaki. The theme song for the… Read More
New Japan energy policy officially shifts away from nuclear power
Japan’s revised energy policy is moving forward. On Friday, Japanese government released an interim report that vows to reduce reliance on atomic energy, officially shifting its energy policy away from nuclear power. Prime Minister Naoto Kan has previously pronounced that the country should reduce its dependence on nuclear energy and… Read More
Dog acupuncture in Japan
Does your dog have health problems? Is he suffering from arthritis or stress? Perhaps the solution is in acupuncture — for dogs! In Japan, dog acupuncture has become a popular trend in recent years, along with other services available for dogs (and cats). This comes as no surprise in a… Read More
