Scott Wilson
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After reopening, Japan to require foreigners to eat *daily* sushi to revitalize tourism industry
Will it taste as good when shoved down our throats? → Read More
Japanese first grader wins math contest by quantifying “which hiragana are the hardest to write”
The search for the objectively hardest hiragana. → Read More
Need a work-from-home office fast? Set up this Japanese cardboard desk in less than 1 minute
Eco-friendly *and* tiny-home-friendly. → Read More
Passing the JLPT N1 — Here’s how I did it, so you can too!
Strategies to take down the N1 final boss. → Read More
Tokyo hot spring allows guests with tattoos to bathe… with some very odd restrictions
Progress! ...kind of? → Read More
Japanese elementary school teacher under fire after selling students’ personal info online
“I want to know how much they offered him.” Coming off the heels of last month, when a Tokyo middle school had students write down and turn in their social media passwords, recently there was another incident involving young students’ personal information getting leaked. On January 29, the board of education in the town of Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi Prefecture announced that a male teacher in his… → Read More
Snow in Japan turns vending machine into ice-cold gacha game
Pick a button, any button! → Read More
Married Japanese men and women rank the things they miss most about single life
Interesting overlaps and differences between genders. → Read More
Hidden Easter Egg in Akira shows animator’s hilarious passive-aggressive frustrations
When you hate your boss but you're also on a deadline. → Read More
These dozens of AI-generated Pokémon look more official than some actual official ones【Pics】
"I'd believe it if someone told me they were real Pokémon." → Read More
Amigara Fault for cars?! Tunnel in Okayama just barely big enough for vehicles to fit through
It was made for me... and my car. → Read More
Come camp with us on Mt. Jinbagata, the best view you can get without breaking a sweat【SoraCamp】
You bring the marshmallows, we'll bring the pics. → Read More
Japanese Twitter artist gives hilarious suggestion for when you can’t draw a character’s body
“Genius!” Twitter artists have long been a source of wisdom for how to deal with annoying Windows updates and how to be an awkward bird, but how about some good, honest drawing advice too? Well, the advice doesn’t get much more honest than what Japanese Twitter user @bozobozodog recently posted: ▼ “I tried my hand at drawing a drawing tutorial.” (Comic translation below) > △ When you’ve drawn… → Read More
We ride one of Japan’s most accidentally terrifying trains
It's far scarier when it's not meant to be scary. → Read More
Short, two-panel Japanese comic starring an awkward bird is way too relatable
When all you can do is stare and coo. → Read More
Japanese cardboard-tank cats are here to conquer your heart and pillage your fridge【Pics】
These cats are done kitten around! → Read More
We won the Pokémon stamp and promo card lottery, here’s what it looks like inside【Pics】
Almost as rare as a shiny! → Read More
Japanese elementary teacher gives awful excuse for leaving his smartphone in girls changing room
"Oh, okay. No problem. If that's why you did it, no big deal!" → Read More
Japanese netizens react to U.S. dentist offering free cleanings if you beat him at Smash Bros
Does he main Dr. Mario though? → Read More
Japanese office disaster: man pees in drink bottle of woman coworker because “he liked her”
That’s not sweat in that bottle…. During the hot summer, Japan’s wide variety of drinks from vending machines is a godsend. They have everything, whether you’re craving a can of dashi fish broth, or drinking something out of a mayonnaise jar. One drink that you will not find in Japan’s vending machines, however, is urine. Unfortunately that’s what nearly happened to one woman in Hyogo… → Read More