Magical Urban And Natural Landscapes In Japan By Hiroki Furukawa
Outstanding travel landscapes by Hiroki Furukawa, a gifted self-taught photographer, and traveler based in Kumamoto, Japan. Hiroki focuses mainly on landscape photography. He travels around Japan to capture spectacular natural and urban landscapes. Continue reading »
Japanese Illustrator Enchants Twitter With Magical ‘Full Moon Coffee Shop’ That Only Appears To Exhausted People
In the famously overworked country of Japan, many people are on the look out for the ultimate way to chill out after a hard days work, resulting in establishments like cat cafes and sleep cafes popping up in the cities. Continue reading »
Japanese Engineer Perfectly Re-Creates Models From The Popular ’80s Sci-Fi Saga For His Son
If you are not familiar with Maschinen Krieger (abbreviated as Ma.K) here is a little bit of background. The franchise was started by Kow Yokoyama in the 1980’s. Yokoyama-san was a scratch-build modeller, artist and sculptor. Among his works he built machines of war that would fight in the 29th century, but took their visual cues from early 19th century weaponry and the early NASA space program. All his models were pieced together from numerous kits including armor, aircraft, cars and found objects (like ping pong balls). Continue reading »
“Big In Japan”: 30 Times People Traveled To Japan And Realized They’re Too Tall For It
“My 6’7″ Stepfather Is Visiting Japan This Week”
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Perhaps it’s the geography of the country; the wide-open spaces of the Prarie, the vast cornfields in the midwest and the deserts of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah – Americans are comfortable with big. Big cars, big meals, big houses. Continue reading »
Japanese Nighttime Factory Photography Will Have You Believing FF7’s Midgar Is Real
We’ve seen that nighttime scenes and tours of factories in Japan can be surprisingly gorgeous, as well as photography that makes you feel as if you’ve stepped into a world of science fiction. But while fans await the upcoming remake of Final Fantasy 7, they may have an opportunity to visually explore Midgar with the amazing drone photography of Tetsuro Kobayashi. Continue reading »
Japanese “Sheer” T-Shirt Gives You The Body You Always Wanted
The “Delusion Splash T-shirt” is an intriguing Japanese garment that cleverly uses shading to trick people into thinking that you look much better than you actually do. Continue reading »
Scary Looking Loaves Of Bread That Turn Out To Be Adorable Anime Characters When Sliced
Japanese baker Izuyo creates loaves of bread and other baked goods that look really scary when they come out of the oven. Once the loaf is sliced, however, adorable animé characters are revealed and the world is good again. Continue reading »
Drinking Glasses That Turn Into “Curious Cats Peering Into A Fish Tank” When You Fill Them
Japanese online goods retailer Felissimo has built up a steady inventory of items certain to please cat lovers. Their latest release takes a cute scene feline fans who happen to own pet fish may be all too aware of, with drinking glasses that imagine a cat starting longingly at a fish tank. Continue reading »
This Realistic “Girlfriend Hand” iPhone Case Promises To Keep You Company
If you’re looking for a handy new iPhone case, look no further. Sold by Japanese smartphone case retailer Hamee, this unusually shaped case called “Nami’s Hand” is realistically modeled after a real woman’s hand, reproducing details right down to the whites of the nails and palm lines. Although not as soft and flexible as a real hand, the fleshy parts of the fingers and palm are still remarkably soft to the touch. Continue reading »
Photos Of Tokyo In The 1970s Seen Through The Eyes Of A Canadian Who Moved There At The Time
Two School Girls, 1979
After arriving in Tokyo in the 1970s for what had to be a short trip, Greg Girard instantly made up his mind to stay there. The photographer got a part-time gig working as an English teacher, giving him plenty of time to explore the city with his camera. Renting a darkroom and making black and white prints, and sending his slide film to a commercial processing lab, his pictures from this period remained largely unseen until The Magenta Foundation put them together into a book called ‘Tokyo-Yokosuka 1976-1983’. Continue reading »
Japanese Photographer Tantan Turns A Rainy Night In NYC Into A Dreamy Wonderland
Tantan, a young Japanese creator who counts photography among a list of talents which also include videography, musical creation, music festival management, marketing and modeling, happened to be visiting New York City on a rainy night when he felt compelled to take out his camera. Continue reading »
Japanese DJ Not Only Makes Music But Also Wraps Everyday Objects In Realistic-Looking Human Flesh
Japanese DJ and artist Shishido Mazafaka — aka Doooo — is sending shivers down the spine of the internet with his hyper-realistic body artwork that doubles as a coin purse. Continue reading »
This Is What Happens When You Face Swap A Cat With Spirited Away’s No-Face
These days, the initial buzz surrounding face-swapping apps has mostly died down in favour of the gender-swapping one. But there’s still people out there finding inventive ways to utilise the function to its full comic potential. Japanese Twitter user Hakusama is one of those masters keeping the face-swapping flame burning. Continue reading »
“The Call Of The Void”: Polish Photographer Lukasz Palka Captures Streets Of Tokyo
Polish photographer Lukasz Palka explores his fascination with Tokyo in this series of captures taken from different rooftops all over the city. Continue reading »
American Artist Captured Stunning Monochromatic Photos Of Tokyo Cityscapes At Night
Austin is a designer, engineer and multimedia artist based in SF, California. He recently finished a series that he developed across a few trips to Tokyo in 2017-2018, where he spent his nights examining the city from above. Continue reading »
“Return To Magenta”: Photographer Xavier Portela Captures Asia In A Neon Pink Glow
Brussels-based photographer Xavier Portela (previously) manipulates the colors in his photographs to create fantastic images that capture the emotions and “electric feeling” he experienced while visiting some of the world’s most iconic cities. Continue reading »
Samurai Bottle Helmets Are Here To Fiercely And Elegantly Adorn Your Bottles Of Booze
Tadayasu Co., Ltd., producer of traditional Japanese armor, has released a set of intricately crafted bottle toppers in the guise of famous samurai helmets. They’re designed to fit snugly over the top of your drink of choice, whether it’s a large bottle of Japanese sake or your favorite bottle of wine. Continue reading »
“The Moon In Your Hands”: The Only One Leather Handbag That Captures The Complex Surface Of The Moon In Its Texture
Designed by the Japanese designer Takahiro Kitamura, the Planetario Clutch Bag is an exquisite leather handbag that captures the complex surface of the moon in its texture. Continue reading »
This Is How Manhole Covers Look In Japan
There are many different ways that artists and city municipalities can work together to decorate their cities, but it seems like city administrators in Japan have come up with one solution that is as unexpected and whimsical as it is creative and beautiful – decorated manhole covers. Continue reading »
Japanese Papercraft Artist Turns Whisky Packaging Into Awesome Knight Figure
When Japanese university student and papercraft artist Haruki sees a box of sweets or snacks, he sees just the beginnings of his next artistic transformation. Continue reading »
Photographer Jun Yamamoto Captures The Magic Of Japan Streets At Night
Vibrant night urban shots by Jun Yamamoto a.k.a. jungraphy, a talented self-taught photographer, and retoucher currently based in Tokyo, Japan. Jun focuses mainly on urban and street photography. Continue reading »
Japanese Latte Artist Creates Beautiful And Colourful Depictions Of Various Bird Species
Japanese artist Ku-san is a home barista who has taken on latte art as a hobby. As the owner of a pet bird, she has combined both her passions and depicts various colourful bird species in gorgeous designs. Continue reading »
“Schoolgirl Nightmares”: Bizarre And Horror Paintings By Kazuhiro Hori
The world can be a cruel place.
But in it, Japanese artist Kazuhiro Hori sees young girls as the quintessential embodiment of innocence and purity. Channeling this outlook, his illustrations depict nightmarish worlds populated by rosy-cheeked schoolgirls in distress. Continue reading »
Japanese Sculptor Shows How He Transforms Wood Into Surreal Sculptures
These surreal wood sculptures by Japanese sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki will become so much more impressive once you see how much work it took to make them! For one of his latest sculptures, an otherwise-ordinary girl with 12 faces, Kanemaki created a series of progress photos that show the sculpture’s progress from crude log to finished work of art. Continue reading »
Curious “Shiba Inu Sticking Their Heads Through Walls” Bath Towel Set Gives You A Patiently Waiting Shower Buddy
You don’t have to peruse Japanese online retailer Felissimo’s YOU+MORE! series (previously) that long to find out that they have a fondness for making products themed after funny internal images and shiba inu. One of their latest items takes the best of both worlds and combines them with shiba inu peeping out from a hole in the wall, based on the viral image below – the bath towel set! Continue reading »
