This is a clip of Sanrio characters interacting across two 3D billboards outside of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. Is this the best use of 3D display technology? There’s no question, and I don’t expect to see anything more impressive until 4D billboards, which, let’s not kid ourselves, Japan probably already

This is a well-edited video created by Paulo From TOKYO highlighting a typical work day in the life of Mai Kohagura, manager of a Taito Game Station in Tokyo. It was pretty fascinating to watch her routine from start to finish . Not only because I love game centers, but

These are a couple videos highlighting the lives of 69-year-old funeral director Hisao Mitani and his 26-year old African spurred tortoise, Bon-Chan. The two have been together since Mitani’s wife found Bon-Chan in a pet shop 26 years ago, and since the tortoise was about 10 (and a decent size),

These are several videos from the Diorama Restaurant in Osaka, Japan, of the resident cats playing with the model trains that run around the restaurant. Wow, this restaurant has it all — model trains AND cats. All the restaurants around here have no frills, just bad food that’s even worse

This is a video of Youtuber DancingBacons providing a first-person POV experience of eating at an individual hot pot dining booth at a Japanese chain. It’s wild because you’re sitting right across from, and next to, other people, but there are dividers in-between to remind you that you’re alone. Me?

This is a video of a person buying and taste-testing different cakes-in-a-can from a vending machine in Japan. Even as a cake aficionado (caker), those cakes look GOOD. I like how they’re served in transparent cans too so you can actually see what’s inside. Here in the U.S. they would

Note: Check your volume, yelling. Because Mother Nature is everywhere and she’s pissed, this is some helmet-cam footage from a climber in Japan being attacked by a bear. If you watch the footage closely you may notice the bear has a cub with it, so it probably felt it was

This is a behind-the-scenes look at how Japanese school lunches are made. The meals, which are heavy on the vegetables, are changed every day, and several new menu items are added monthly so the kids don’t get bored of eating the same food. For reference, when I was in school