around the world
- Japan, SE Asia
- (around the world • canada • capsule hotels • hostels • Malaysia • pods • Singapore)
Meet CHAO, the stage name of successful Japanese break dancer and member of the international extreme unicyling Team Unicycle TV. You read that right; extreme unicycling exists!
Over the course of one year, CHAO traveled to 42 countries and 121 cities, capturing footage of himself unicycling and his interactions with the locals in each spot. At the end of his journey, he put together some brilliantly-edited videos of his trip. After seeing them, you might just be inspired to start your own epic journey across the globe.
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- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day
- Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches
- Osaka governor suggests lowering voting age to 0 to curb population decline
- Harajuku Station’s beautiful old wooden building is set to return, with a new complex around it
- Historical figures get manga makeovers from artists of Spy x Family, My Hero Academia and more
- Suntory x Super Mario collaboration creates a clever way to transform into Mario【Videos】
- French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
- Mt. Koya planning to instate visitor’s tax to cope with huge tourist numbers
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
- Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
- New private rooms on Tokaido Shinkansen change the way we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- Beautiful Ghibli sealing wax kits let you create accessories and elegant letter decorations【Pics】
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
- New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
- Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
- Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
- Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
- Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
- Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
- Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
- One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
- We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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- Historical figures get manga makeovers from artists of Spy x Family, My Hero Academia and more
- Suntory x Super Mario collaboration creates a clever way to transform into Mario【Videos】
- French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
- Mt. Koya planning to instate visitor’s tax to cope with huge tourist numbers
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- Japan’s cooling body wipe sheets want to help you beat the heat, but which work and which don’t?
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Smash Bros. director Sakurai stabs Kirby in the face, has delicious justification for it
- Japan’s host club king wants to sell you some US$490 hair product in a tiny, tiny bottle
- Japan has seven lucky taxis in Tokyo, and we just boarded one of them
- Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
- The results are in! One Piece World Top 100 characters chosen in global poll
- Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei becomes VTuber/VVTUber and NFT
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