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Designer Eisuke Tachikawa (@_NOSIGNER) has developed a super-easy way to create a face shield from a clear plastic folder.
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Japan, never change
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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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Great use of augmented reality: @kskee created this social distancing ruler to visualize how much space we should be keeping.
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Japanese prefectural government worker’s high-tech solution to social distancing. Omg I can’t even...
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It’s hard to overstate the significance of Ken Shimura for anyone who grew up watching Japanese TV in the 80s and 90s.
The only silver lining is that maybe more Japanese will begin to take the coronavirus more seriously now.
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Rare combination of cherry blossoms and snow in Tokyo yesterday. Yes the world is ending but it’s still beautiful sankei.com/smp/photo/stor…
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Meanwhile, Utsunomiya has installed gyoza street lights
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In the wake of #COVID19 an old Japanese folklore has recently resurfaced.
According to legend, a yokai called アマビエ (Amabie) emerged from the sea and told locals how to combat a coming epidemic: “draw a picture of me and show it to everyone”
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Working from home with kids
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The pandemic has birthed a new Japanese word: オン飲み (on-nomi; online drinking)
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“And now you do what they told ya” sounds like “break the nuggets, dad” in Japanese
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皆さん、想像してみてください。広大な海のど真ん中で溺れながらもうこれでお終いだと思った瞬間、何故かデカプリオに救助されるんですよ
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May everyone’s 2020 be as chill as these capybara’s taking a yuzu hot bath
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This is bullshit
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Incredible hand-painted orb of a Japanese suburban neighborhood by artist @samejimadaisuke
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#地味ハロウィン
① woman who missed trash pickup
② guy who face-swapped with Starbucks cup
③ photo assistant whose job it is to make child laugh
④ Banksy remote-controlling his shredder at auction
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Japanese priests eating breakfast with cats. This is the Twitter content I’m here for. twitter.com/nasu_chourakuj…
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Here is another one of Yukawa’s wire sculptures: a cat chasing another cat. Note the expression of the real cat at the end
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Japanese artist Atsuko Yukawa has been creating miniature, battery-powered wire sculptures. Here is one of her latest: