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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.
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oh, yesterday was Ichinomiya City’s office desk chair marathon
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The scariest train station in all of Japan? That would be 小前田 (omaeda). When train conductors announce it they say tsugi wa omaeda, meaning “you’re next”
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ピクサー最新作『私ときどきレッサーパンダ』のメイキング動画に題名候補がたくさん挙がってて一つが『となりのトロント』で草
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Person who booked a conference room but there’s someone in it and now they’re checking to make sure they actually booked it before knocking twitter.com/ssg_pr/status/…
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Even the Streetcars in Sapporo wear masks
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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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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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There are a couple signs indicating that the areas are reserved for the bees.
Yes, bees drink water. But they also use it to regulate the temperature of the hive, feed young bees, and dilute stored honey.
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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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I needed a laugh so revisited this golden video from last year twitter.com/Johnny_suputam…
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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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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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NHK has some time-lapse footage of the past 11 years in Tohoku visualizing the post-tsunami recovery. This is Kesenuma (Miyagi) which has come a long way:
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Earlier this month the group’s leader, Takeo Shimizu, made his 1st public appearance in 51 years (!) at a rally, which is what triggered the raid:
sankei.com/smp/premium/ne…
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Kosuke Yasukawa, a practicing physician in the US, created this graphic that illustrates the gap in perceptions of COVID-19 symptoms between the public and doctors
asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…
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Happy 25-year anniversary to Princess Mononoke, which premiered in theaters across Japan on July 12, 1997.
It topped box-office records set by E.T. in Japan and single-handedly changed the perception of Japanese cinema and anime.
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Mt. Fuji received its first dusting of snow (known as 雪化粧; snow make-up) for the year last night, 32 days earlier than last year
sankei.com/photo/story/ne…
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Good morning to Wakayama Railway deputy president Nitama, who was promoted today in a ceremony. President Nitama previously held the position of station master
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Yachiyodo, a 110-year old Japanese marshmallow company, has found unlikely success in their fishmallow, which is proving popular at BBQs: yachiyodo.co.jp
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Rare footage of Shinjuku’s giant kitty, seen just once a day at 7AM sharp
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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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Me, actually lost in Tokyo twitter.com/_Aishy/status/…
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Girl who started decluttering but ended up on her phone twitter.com/itochan525/sta…
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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…
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