“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

“How well will it hold up when I shake the crap out of it to get my stuck bottle out?”

“Yes, one Maru is not enough! We need a whole army of Marus!” — charley388

“And so begins the penguin mission to render dogs useless. With dogs out of the way, they can make their ways into our homes and hearts to be tickled and fed as much as they want. Dogs have a sweet deal, and they want it.” — Rallikt

“This is very lovely, a beautiful woman doing her yoga and a beautiful cat keeping her company! You can see what a nice bond they have.” — YakimaGulag

“Exotic creatures lie at the bottom of Japan’s Suruga Bay, including spider crabs, chimaeras and lantern sharks.” — NatGeo