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Coco-chan, who alerted authorities to an elderly man who had fallen in a ditch and aided in his rescue, received an honorary award from police today in Toyama.
Coco-chan: I will never save another human ever
twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
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Incredible ad for Pocari Sweat, shot in almost a single take through a gigantic, motorized set. No CGI:
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Here’s a full video of that opening pitch by Ukon Onoe.
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Kabuki actor Ukon Onoe II throwing the opening pitch at Kyocera Dome in Osaka yesterday: sankei.com/photo/story/ne…
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Me, actually lost in Tokyo twitter.com/_Aishy/status/…
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Shizuoka, which calls itself home to plastic model (puramo) makers like Bandai and Tamiya, are installing “puramonuments” around the city
asahi.com/articles/ASP3F…
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Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer has simulated the germ spread that occurs when two people without masks are chatting as they walk
twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
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After the Great Tohoku Earthquake 10 years ago, this company began making kokeshi doll flashlights that activate when they are toppled over: shimanuki.co.jp/products/akari…
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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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Not CG. This is what people awoke to 26 years ago after just 20 seconds of tremors. The Great Hanshin earthquake of January 17, 1995
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Going to give this another shot: may everyone’s 2021 be as chill as these capybaras taking a yuzu hot bath twitter.com/Johnny_suputam…
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New Year’s goals
(Shirahone Hotspring, 1935
by Kasamatsu Shirō)
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It's yuzu bath time for the capybaras in Japan, ahead of the winter solstice
sankei.com/photo/story/ne…
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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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A huge shooting star lit up the skies last night over western Japan
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日本の友達から、バイデン勝ったね！とか、選挙おめでとう！みたいなメッセージがくるんだけど、あれなんだよね、、、
ホラー映画の最中で怪物が死ぬんだけど、上映時間がまだ20分残ってる
みたいな心境なんだよね
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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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Reporter: Have you seen Demon Slayer?
Miyazaki: No. But I hardly watch anything. No TV. No movies. I’m just a retired old man picking up garbage.
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Reporter: Demon Slayer is approaching Spirited Away at the box office. How do you feel?
Miyazaki: Well, that has nothing to do with me. Movie makers would be much better off if they stopped paying attention to box office sales.
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OMG this exchange between Hayao Miyazaki, who was picking up garbage in his neighborhood, and a reporter who just had to know what he thought about the Demon Slayer movie (cont’d)
news.livedoor.com/article/detail…
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The last time a daikon radish got this much attention was probably the running daikon
spoon-tamago.com/2012/11/03/the…
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Meanwhile, in Japan...
a daikon radish has sprouted up outside Osaka Station, causing a bit of commotion
sankei.com/photo/story/ne…
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It's 地味 (mundane) Halloween time again!
spoon-tamago.com/2020/10/31/jap…
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If you live in Tokyo and get Covid, the government sends you this: twitter.com/frenchbeanstar…
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Known as Chukakuha in Japan, the ultra-leftist group is linked to a 1971 riot in Shibuya that left 1 officer dead. Here’s a NYT report on the incident:
nytimes.com/1971/11/20/arc…
スプタマ編集長。Founder and Editor of @SpoonTamago and @SpoonTamagoShop. Raised in Tokyo, based in Brooklyn.