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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
Panasonic to build eco-conscious smart town in Japan by 2014
Panasonic is planning to develop a comprehensive eco-conscious ‘smart town’ in Fujisawa City in Japan by 2014. Read More
Pandamania in Japan
Back in February, Tokyo’s Ueno Park has received two new giant pandas from China under the agreement between Tokyo Metropolitan Government and China Wildlife Conservation Association. The panda duo — which Tokyo is renting for about $950,000 a year — originates from the Chinese province of Sichuan, the home… Read More
Japan – The Strange Country
Recently we came across this excellent video titled Japan – The Strange Country. Kenichi Tanaka, a 23-year old graphic designer from Nagoya, created this motion piece as his final thesis project. The 11-minute tragicomic animation features some interesting facts and stats about Japan while pointing out certain social problems that… Read More
Genki Sudo and World Order pay tribute to victims of Japan’s disaster in latest music video
Genki Sudo (須藤元気), a famous Japanese martial arts fighter and kickboxer who has retired a few years ago to pursue a music career with his group World Order, has shortly after the March 11 disaster released a new music video for the track “Machine Civilization”. As was expected (that… Read More
Turn your iPhone into your favorite Japanese food
Are you sick and tired of looking at your plain old iPhone case? These wacky Japanese iPhone covers from iMeshi will turn your pet into some highly realistic looking Japanese food. It’s just too bad you won’t be able to eat it. Read More
Japanese house has a three-story indoor slide
Yokohama-based architectural firm LEVEL Architects has designed an unusual three-story family house that features an indoor slide. Upon client’s request to include a slide in the design, the architects came up with a solution to wrap the house with staircases and a corridor on one side, and the slide on… Read More
Bakery in Japan sells edible iPhone cookies
Attention, smartphone users: here comes a new generation of iPhone — now in a version that you can eat. Except that this time the edible iPhone didn’t fall from the apple tree but from Green Gables Sweets & Cafe, a Japanese bakery in the town of Aizumi in Tokushima Prefecture.… Read More
A few cool Halloween-themed bento box lunches
Yet another Halloween is over and Daily Onigiri searched the net for some of the cutest and eeriest Halloween bento boxes. In case you didn’t know, bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal that’s common in Japanese cuisine. Read More
Incredible Japanese rice field art
Remember crop circles? Yes, those were cool until Japanese farmers came up with something much more creative. The Japanese rice field art — or Tanbo Art (田んぼアート) — began in the village of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture in 1993 when a group of farmers transformed a rice field into a… Read More
