World Heritage site
LEGO reconstructions of famous structures, while certainly impressive, are nothing new. Japanese LEGO artisan Talapz, however, brings his miniature brick models to a whole new level by turning them into fantastic colorful pop-up books.
Check out a video of his latest creation, the famous Japanese Buddhist temple complex, Todai-ji, below.
The future is up: The next ‘world’s-tallest-building’1
Can you understand me now, Google Glass? A Japanese perspective2
Cute sleepy animals captivate Japan, teach us some new vocabulary at the same time!【GIF Gallery】3
Japanese iPad artist is the Leonardo da Vinci of digital finger paints 【Video】4
Xbox Live hacked? Rumours flood the internet after ominous tweet left by hacker 【Updated】5
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal1
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For2
Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit3
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!4
Take a Ride on the Zoo Train Where the Seats Stare Back5
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan1
Real-Life Barbie Gives Her Friends and Family a Makeover, Turns Them into Dolls2Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal3
Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”4
Oozing up From Below, Mysterious Marshmallow-like Substance Covers Nanjing Street5
We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
Peenzilla Worship! Japan’s Kanamara Festival Coming Up this April!2
Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum3
Chinese Student’s Bicycle Seat Breaks and… Gyah!4
Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】5
Japanese mom shows daughter how it’s done with awesome old-school gaming notebook
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal
Take a Ride on the Zoo Train Where the Seats Stare Back
Ukraine’s Anime Girl and Real Barbie Meet Face to Eerie Face!
We devour a mountain of ramen (toppings)
Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!
Freeze the funk out of your shoes this summer
Satisfy a Royal Craving – We Try Ice Cream Fit for an Emperor
Philip Kendall
Writer / Translator Hailing from Liverpool in the UK, Philip Kendall made Japan his second home in the summer of 2006 after dolefully abandoning his childhood dream of becoming a ghost buster.
Steven Simonitch
Writer/Translator Though a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Steven currently resides in Nagano, Japan, where he is known by the old lady at the supermarket as “the white guy who always buys 2 packs of natto.
Master Blaster
Writer / Translator Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Steven Le Blanc and Masami M.
Kay
Writer / Translator Kay is a native Japanese who has lived in Honolulu, Hawaii and Los Angeles, California. She currently resides in Tokyo and enjoys writing about a wide range of topics, including all things cute and glamorous.
Michelle Lynn Dinh
Writer / Translator Originally from California, Michelle is currently working as an assistant English teacher on the tiny island of Chiburi in Shimane prefecture.
Jessica Ocheltree
Writer / Translator Jessica Ocheltree is a freelance writer and editor living in the exciting, interesting and sometimes perplexing city of Tokyo.
80-year-old Japanese man conquers Everest, 81-year-old Nepalese rival hot on his heels