This is a video of the Great Ball Contraption (GBC) of Japan Brickfest 2025, constructed using 49 different ball-moving LEGO modules from eight master LEGO builders. The machine spans a very respectable 31 meters (102 feet). Damn, that is a lot of ball moving! Me? When I’m uncomfortable at the

This is a video of Norm Nakamura of Youtuber channel Tokyo Lens riding and discussing Eno, a tiny standing taxi that can briskly roll up to three passengers to their destination. The lil autonomous taxi is powered by AI and features LiDAR sensors to monitor people, cars, and other obstacles

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