“I drink a gallon of water everyday. I’ve been training my whole life for this.” — U.X.S.

“Only in Japan would they have f*cking top battles.” — CorporalHotdogs

“It’s like F1 but for the middle class.” — zousanai

“Chuck Norris wants his matches back.” — LegoLego35

“Toshiyuki Nakagaki, a professor at Future University Hakodate, northern Japan, cultivates the slime in petri dishes and has discovered how the brainless organism is capable of finding its way out of a maze. The brainless organism is able to ‘organise’ its cells to create the most direct route through a maze in order to reach a source of food, according to his studies. The findings highlight how slime mould possesses information processing abilities shared by humans which are more sophisticated than the most advanced computers, according to Professor Nakagaki. “Humans are not the only living things with information-processing abilities,” he said. ‘Simple creatures can solve certain kinds of difficult puzzles. If you want to spotlight the essence of life or intelligence, it’s easier to use these simple creatures.” w/ photo

“Sometimes Japanese have universal comedy down perfectly! I don’t know what they’re saying but I get the idea and it’s very fucking funny!” — AbsolutePureEvil

“This special vending machine uses drips of coffee poured carefully through milk to form a face on the top of your hot beverage. In this particular case, it makes the face of a woman, floating in your foamy cuppa cappu. Apparently, that’s a pattern that Yojiya Cafe teaches its human baristas to make too. Here’s a video clip of the machine working it’s magic. Trust me when I say that since it does all of its tricks behind closed doors, it’s not very thrilling though.” w/ photos + video

“You won’t be driving cars this far in the future, the cars will be driving you.”

“Do you find yourself wishing that you could have had a little more practice before getting up to karaoke before all your friends?… private karaoke rooms could be just as fun and exciting for you. The single-person karaoke room, also known as ’1Kara’ in Japan, was launched late November, and has been gaining in popularity. The store is located in front of Kanda station in Tokyo and offers small, solo rooms, equipped with a table, chair, microphones, headphones and a small screen.” w/ photos + video

“It’s an interesting concept, but I don’t think it would be too safe for road travel. Looks very light and brittle. They should make a model S, which is more modern and is exponentially safer, with steel support beams and a metal fan instead of paper. In short, use the classic Japanese aesthetics, but with modern materials.” — LuwiigiMaster