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A supercomputer from the Kyoto Institute of Technology has simulated what happens when someone coughs on the escalator
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I needed a laugh so revisited this golden video from last year twitter.com/Johnny_suputam…
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Me, actually lost in Tokyo twitter.com/_Aishy/status/…
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Here’s a link to the article: www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…
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Ehomaki is a type of sushi roll commonly eaten on Setsubun (Feb 2).
Umino-Mori Aquarium in Sendai has installed Ehomaki pipes for their saltwater eels and the results have become quite popular: sankei.com/photo/story/ne…
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Nagoya’s Higashiyama Zoo held an escape drill yesterday envisioning a scenario in which one of their pygmy hippopotamuses escapes.
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There are numerous tiny train lines across Japan that are a dying breed. One of those is the Geibi Line, running through mountainous chugoku region. Aside from a handful of train fans, there are only 3 daily riders, all local students.
sankei.com/article/202205…
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Reporter: What would you say to fans who are worried Spirited Away might get unseated?
Miyazaki: Who cares? There’s inflation all around us. Ok, gotta get back to picking up garbage...
BLESS THIS MAN’S HEART
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Retro-style video accompanying a karaoke song that has nothing to do with the lyrics twitter.com/purotein_oyazi…
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That cashier who looks away as you enter your debit PIN twitter.com/ochagakari/sta…
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Service on the Yamanoted Line’s inner loop is suspended all weekend as tracks are being moved so the line can operate on a single platform rather than 2. Wild that this is a manual job.
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oh, yesterday was Ichinomiya City’s office desk chair marathon
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If you’re thinking of flying to Japan, know that Narita is asking you to sleep in baggage claim until your test results are in twitter.com/misachasu0209/…
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There’s a cafe in Koenji that only allows writers working on a deadline.
When you check in you have to enter the number of words you need and by what time.
Every hour the manager will check in on you (you choose the tone: mild, normal or hard)
koenji-sankakuchitai.blog.jp/ManuscriptWrit…
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Girl who started decluttering but ended up on her phone twitter.com/itochan525/sta…
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Tried to remove her mask but her glasses came off with it twitter.com/suiru_k/status…
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Guy who leans in as his Mario Kart character turns a curve: twitter.com/NendooMAN/stat…
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New Japanese harassment types just dropped:
Kokuhara - professing feelings when clearly no chemistry
New-powahara - trying to demotivate those who are motivated
Zoomuhara - messing with online meeting rooms
Age-hara - “that’s why you don’t let the newbie do it” etc. twitter.com/0cOmNn/status/…
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Oteshima (pop. 34), a remote island in Japan's Inland Sea, is home to Akiko Imanaka, the sole student from the island's elementary and junior high. Last week, the entire town showed up for her graduation.
mainichi.jp/english/articl…
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That person who brought their own bag to the supermarket but it wasn’t enough twitter.com/dosanko_madam/…
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Clarification: the sunken ships are on the neighboring Island of Iwojima, which rose up from the sea due to all the tectonic activity.
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Brilliant concept by Yuni Yoshida (featuring comedy duo Banana Man) for fashion magazine Soen: instagram.com/p/CIVr5adBtz1/…
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“And now you do what they told ya” sounds like “break the nuggets, dad” in Japanese
twitter.com/nerotarou2/sta…
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omg peak librarian: every time someone goes into Fukui Prefectural Library and asks for a book but gets the title wrong, librarians catalog the mistake into a "misremembered book titles" section that gets published to their website
library-archives.pref.fukui.lg.jp/tosyo/category…
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