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NHK conducted an experiment to see how germs spread at a cruise buffet.
They applied fluorescent paint to the hands of 1 person and then had a group of 10 people dine.
In 30 min the paint had transferred to every individual and was on the faces of 3.
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Tobe Zoo in Aichi conducted a lion escape drill today.
Note the expression on the actual lions faces.
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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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Can’t stop watching people try to eat this matcha ice cream from Nagamine Seicha in Tokyo
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今日シカゴの公園でオープン3時間後に閉鎖された幻の滑り台がこちらでございます
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In the height of summer, the Hitokotonushi Shrine in Ibaraki sets up on oasis for bees where they can safely collect water:
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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
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May everyone’s 2020 be as chill as these capybara’s taking a yuzu hot bath
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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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It’s Halloween weekend and that means it’s time for everyone’s favorite Japanese festival Jimi Halloween, where people dress up in costumes so mundane they have to be explained. Let’s dive in 🧵
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This is some amazingly comedic footage: today, over 100 police officers raided the Tokyo headquarters of an ultra-leftist group.
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Ahead of the winter solstice tomorrow, the capybara of Nasu Oukoku Zoo took their annual yuzu hot bath
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Japanese artist Atsuko Yukawa has been creating miniature, battery-powered wire sculptures. Here is one of her latest:
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When Kyoto’s Eizan Railway passes through their famed “momiji tunnel” they slow down and, at night, turn their lights off for this surreal view:
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A new supersized 3D screen has gone up in Shinjuku. This giant kitty will be featured in between broadcasts.
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Meanwhile, in Japan...
a daikon radish has sprouted up outside Osaka Station, causing a bit of commotion
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A new volcanic islet has emerged along the Ogasawara island chain, which isn’t that rare. What’s rare is for sunken ships from WWII to emerge with it: youtu.be/uTGGhRrHo0Q
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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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さっきパリ空港の税関でカバン開けられたんだけど、バターが大量に入ってるの謝ったら「バターが好きなんだろ。謝る必要は無い」って言われた😭😭
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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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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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The cafe at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Shizuoka, Japan uses stuffed Capybaras to enforce social distancing
(Photos by @chacha0rca)
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Japanese bagmaker Tsuchiya Kaban has created a leather bag specifically for carrying watermelons tsuchiya-kaban.jp/blogs/library/…
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Photo of 10-year old Sumire Kanamura, Japan’s youngest pro Go player, defeating her 50-year old opponent to advance into the 2nd round
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All right ya’ll buckle up it’s time for this year’s round-up of Japan’s #地味ハロウィン (mundane Halloween) costumes. Outfits so ordinary they have to be explained.
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