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Kamotora Kacho Celebrates 8th Year Of Being Tokyo Business District’s Mascot, Suffers From Back Pain & Gout

A salaryman mascot from Tokyo who suffers from back pain and gout? Name us a more relatable icon than Kamatora Kacho.

Love bubble tea? Probably not as much as this Japanese college student, who harvested her own cassava root and made the drink from scratch.

If you need a boost of serotonin, this dinosaur race in Japan has your back. Watch runners sprint hard to rank first in T-Rex suits.

With Donbei's possible upcoming aburaage tofu blanket, their cup noodles won't be the only thing giving you warmth and comfort.

Collecting capsule toys is so passé. Give this capsule machine a go instead and end up with ID photos of random strangers.

You've seen them sizzling on hot pans. Now, watch the iconic street food come to life, as a giant takoyaki boat sails down the Ono river.

You've seen her crawling out of television screens. Now, watch Sadako as a YouTube star as she vlogs about her daily life on her channel.

For your next cosplay idea, take a leaf out of this Japanese salaryman's book and follow his workout journey to achieve Inosuke's ripped bod.

These stock photos of isekai shirtless men in a fantasy world are things that you never knew you needed until you see them on the web.

A Japanese photographer captured a picture-perfect moment of a passing train with a train conductor posing for the photo.