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詳しい話しはこの記事で: nytimes.com/2018/07/23/din…
例の精進料理屋さんKajitsuは残念ながら閉店してしまいましたが、プレイリストはこちら: open.spotify.com/playlist/2YY3r…
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坂本龍一がニューヨークで常連だった精進料理屋さんのBGMが耐えきれないぐらい酷くて、自分から料理長にお願いしてプレイリスト作り直した話しホント好き。
「料理は桂離宮なのにBGMはトランプタワー」だと😂 坂本さん！！
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Nice initiative from Japan to reduce plastic waste: edible food trays made from potato starch and produced by a company that makes ice cream cones
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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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Artist Keita Sagaki’s ballpoint pen replica of a thousand yen bill. Currently on view at Daimaru Tokyo.
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This pillow lets you nap while being threatened by a red panda
felissimo.co.jp/shopping/I1806…
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Happy Setsubun from the Uminomori Aquarium where their sea eel ehomaki are on display again this year
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Yesterday Toyota announced their new CEO but forgot to cut the mic when it was over and everyone heard this adorable exchange:
Old CEO: you should have smiled!
New CEO: I was so nervous!!
Old: a smile and it would have been perfect
Both: lololololololol
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Getting the voice actresses of Doraemon and Goku together was perhaps the greatest moment in Japanese television
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Octopus tentacle earbuds. Available this month at a gashapon near you.
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The Kusama-bot is wild
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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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Happy winter solstice to everyone but especially to the capybaras of Nasu Animal Kingdom who got their yuzu hot bath today
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ニューヨーク近代美術館 (MOMA)の所蔵作品を全て機械学習させ、ai がリアルタイムでデジタルアートを作り出すRefik Anadolの作品がすごい。しかも、モマのロビーにあるので高い入場料払わずタダ観できる。ずっと観てられる。
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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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My favorite holiday ad campaign ever? This on (2013) from Japanese retailer Afternoon Tea. Art director Yuni Yoshida's use of perspective to create a visual Christmas Tree on stairs and a hallway.
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If you're in Tokyo, tomorrow is the last day to catch @duolingo's exhibition of mistranslated phrases.
ultrasupernew.gallery/tokyo/exhibiti…
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A lion escape drill conducted today at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka. The actor really taking some creative liberties to own that role.
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The Takachiho Amaterasu Railway, a roofless train that takes tourists along a scenic route in Miyazaki, now runs on biodiesel made from leftover tonkotsu ramen broth. Riders report the exhaust smells like fried rice.
sankei.com/article/202211…
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The maker of Sakuma Drops, the iconic candy that made a cameo in Grave of the Fireflies, announced they will be permanently shuttering their doors come January.
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Can’t stop watching people try to eat this matcha ice cream from Nagamine Seicha in Tokyo
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Live news report of the opening of Ghibli Park and Miyazaki just happens to walk past the camera 😂
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Basic game avatars that haven’t made any in-app purchases but managed to pull one rare item from the gacha twitter.com/dailyportalz/s…
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That NPC you’re supposed to interact with twitter.com/dailyportalz/s…
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