Bread is one of life's greatest gifts. Whoever discovered that if you mix flour and yeast, then add some heat, you can create a doughy lump of heaven, should have been King. But gone are the days when a simple load of bread was enough; today, bread is a blank canvas with which you can do all sorts of magical things. One Japanese baker - @konel_bread - has adopted this philosophy and is creating loaves of bread with incredible designs in the middle. From cartoon characters to leopard print, each of her loaves of bread is a beautifully intricate piece of art. Scroll through and be amazed at her talent, but beware, you will be drooling!
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The one thing that makes you feel dumber than making a stupid mistake is when you make that mistake for a seriously long time. In this case, this person found some "snacks" they liked, and since the packaging wasn't obvious, they bought it again and again. A lot of people realize obvious things too late, but that doesn't make it much less embarrassing.
Japan is an incredible country that is famous for many things, but the height of its population is not one of them. The average person in Japan is much shorter than the average visiting westerner, which means that anyone over six feet tall might encounter some challenges if they go to visit. These pictures show just how much Japan's infrastructure is built with its' population's height in mind.
Cats are cats, even in Japan!
If you're a cat owner, you don't have to understand Japanese to understand the context behind each one of these comics... It would help, no doubt, but it's not completely necessary.
Artist @kyuryuZ or Cure Z on NekoNavi.jp has a gift for conveying the story past a language barrier. Below are some of the wonderful comics we simply had to share, along with some google translations of the story to each.
Remember to read from Right to Left
If you're unfamiliar with the manga TV series Dr. Stone, we'll give you a bit of a rundown: set in the year 5738 AD, genius student Senku Ishigami sets out to study humans petrified by a mysterious flash of light that occurred 3,700 years prior. After learning that reviving people is possible using nitric acid, he revives his friend Taiju Oki and two others with the goal of rebuilding society.
For the rest of you who clicked here because you're fanboys/girls of the show, please scroll down! And then head over here for more generic anime memes!
If you're unfamiliar with the manga TV series Dr. Stone, we'll give you a bit of a rundown: set in the year 5738 AD, genius student Senku Ishigami sets out to study humans petrified by a mysterious flash of light that occurred 3,700 years prior. After learning that reviving people is possible using nitric acid, he revives his friend Taiju Oki and two others with the goal of rebuilding society.
For the rest of you who clicked here because you're fanboys/girls of the show, please scroll down! And then head over here for more generic anime memes!
Japanese contemporary artist, Tokuhiro Kawai, is an expert with oil paintings but also a true cat lover.
He used his mastery to create surreal images similar to those created by the Italian painters of the High Renaissance.
But instead of biblical figures, kings and queens, Kawai infuses his paintings with cherubs, children and cats.
Lots of cats.
Take a look at some of Kawai's most interesting works that put our feline friends as their centerpiece.
Y'all ever hear of 'creative incompetence'? It's when someone goes out of their way to show they simply cannot accomplish a task. These fails are a bit different, as they come from people who seem to have gone out of their way to fulfill their duties, to disastrous or middling results.
Via Guardian Sport
In lieu of having fans in the stadium, the Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks has opted for a robot song and dance number that is about as technically intriguing as it is creepy.
Japanese people are known for their love for cats.
"Kuroneko Yamato" is one of Japan's largest delivery services. In English, it means "Black Cat Yamato".
No wonder, then, that the company has recruited an adorable black kitty as its new delivery driver.
Don't you just love wool-felt art? It is actually done by knitting wool fibers into shapes with special needles.
The recent creation getting hype in Japan is a "cat frames" by local artist, Fujitasatomi's (@fujita_satomi).
Scroll down to see what Fujita is doing with these ordinary-looking wool-felt fabric and eye parts…
With a closer look, you can see that each cat has a different facial expression.
How cute are they?!
Nasu Animal Kingdom zoo in Japan recently welcomed a new member to their family: an adorable female kitten sand cat.
The cat, still to be named, was born in late April and has been growing strong under the care of zookeepers.
Upon birth, she weighed in at 59 grams and measured 13 cm from head to tail. While she was weak early on, she has dramatically increased in size and weight.
Sand Cats, as their name suggests, are found in deserts throughout the world. Measuring about 40 to 60 cm in length, they are one of the smallest wildcats in the world.
Luckily for us all, the zoo has been releasing footage of their new kitten on YouTube, as part of a daily diary. And it only takes a microsecond to realize what all the excitement is about—we are totally in love!
Story via: The Japan Times
Northern Japan is known for its wealth of rice that produces a rich harvest each Fall. And after that rice is harvested, there's a huge amount of rice straw that is leftover called "wara."
The Japanese people are also known to not waste anything so that excess wara was reused in plenty of ways: roofs, fertilizer, livestock feed, and historically used for a variety of goods that have been since replaced with modern advances.
One area decided to do something different with the excess rice straw. In the region's capital city, Niigata, they have used the rice straw to create giant and incredible animal sculptures. The Wara Art Festival has been an annual event for the past decade!
Story via Atlas Obscura
Japanese Twitter user and arts and crafts handiworker @trill_yukawa, or Trill, decided to build a new house for his kitty, Hachi.
Up till then, Hachi lived in an Amazon cardboard box which he quite liked but was starting to be too small for him.
Trill knew it was time to build a special new house for his beloved cat, one that used his creative capabilities.
With the kanji for "fish" (sakana) and Hachi's name on it, it looks like Hachi wasn't just getting a new house, but their very own sushi restaurant!
Check out his working process on this very detailed design, all based on the Japanese traditional style including sliding doors, hand-painted windows, roof tiles and of course, a pet heater.
But at the end of the day, Trill knew only Hachi's opinion counts.
Maybe it was the appeal of possible sushi inside, but Hachi took to it quite naturally!
Some pet beds are cooler than others and these instant noodle soup cup beds from Japan have definitely nailed it.
The online craze started when a twitter user posted some pics and a video of her Shiba Inu puppy, Yuki, noddin' off, and having a sweet dream in one of these beds. It instantly went viral.
The noodle bed comes in a variety of flavors and can be purrfect for any pet this size.
This is definitely one of the most wholesome Twitter accounts we have seen lately.
The head priest at the temple in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, is documenting the four adorable cats living with him.
As you can see, it seems like they all very close relationships.
