Technically speaking, a Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container. Here are some of the coolest and most creative examples you’ll see today. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a 3-million+ views viral video of a bird that just wanted to play.
Hitoshi Takahashi always wanted to build a giant robot and that dream became a reality once he turned 50. He’s the owner of a machine shop in Ibaraki Prefecture and used the tools as well as the resources available to him to build KABUTOM RX-03. It’s 11 meters (36 feet) tall, 3.6 meters long, weighs 17-tons and is powered by a pair of diesel burning engines. Continue reading for a video and more information.
The top-grossing film on its opening weekend, Toy Story went on to earn over $361 million worldwide. Reviews were entirely positive, praising both the animation’s technical innovation and the screenplay’s wit and sophistication, and it is now widely considered by many critics to be one of the best animated films ever made. Now here’s how two of its most famous characters would look in a Japanese anime, or so one fan thinks. Click here to view the first image in this week’s funny school pictures gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of exactly how a space toilet works.
Scientifically speaking, a Velociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. This viral video from Japan shows what happens when a realistic raptor chases random people. Continue reading to see more.
No, this has nothing to do with aliens, but rather something that puffer fish use for mating. That’s right, “the more ridges built into the structure, the higher the chance the fish will mate. Additionally, the small rocks and seashells, so carefully dragged around the periphery of the circle, can serve as sources of nourishment for the small fish.” Continue reading for the video and more information.
Nagano Toyokazu, a geeky dad and photographer from Japan, wanted pictures of his 4-year-old daughter that she wouldn’t be embarrassed about later on in life. So, he started a “My Daughter Kanna” series that recreates some of her dreams in real-life. Continue reading for more.
File this under: Epic FAILS. These may look like normal photographs of a man and his girlfriend feeding him, but it’s all just an illusion created by Japanese photographer Keisuke Jinushi. If you’re unfamiliar with the “Forever Alone” internet meme, it’s basically “an exploitable rage comic character that is used to express loneliness and disappointment with life,” according to knowyourmeme. Continue reading to see how he really made this image and more.
My Neighbor Totoro fans rejoice! What you’re seeing above is a real-life recreation of Satsuki and Mei’s house, right down to the interior furnishings. It was built in 2005 for the World’s Fair near Nagoya, Japan and was designed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro. Continue reading for more pictures.
Photo credit: Japan Culture NYC
According to Japan Culture NYC, the famed ramen burger from Japan has hit America, making a pop-up stop in NYC’s Chinatown earlier this week. As you can see from the images, it’s essentially a beef patty surrounded by lettuce and two buns made of fresh ramen noodles. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of a daredevil who successfully completes a front flip on a Razor scooter.
From afar, this appears to be just another phone booth, but upon closer inspection, you’ll see that it’s actually a giant goldfish aquarium. That’s right, a group of art students from Japan that call themselves Kingyobu (meaning ‘the goldfish club’ in Japanese) have transformed this old telephone booths into functional goldfish tanks. Continue reading for more pictures.