Tonari no To-to-ro, To-to-ro A Japanese bird who apparently is a big fan of the classic Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro), is getting quite a bit of attention online. Tweeted out on September 29 by Twitter user @J_grandiflorum the video below shows an interesting little cockatiel named Emi-tan doing something last week during a broadcast of the …

The hardest working dog on YouTube. Mari is an aspiring actress. She, along with her partner regularly put out YouTube videos showing off her various skills. Comedy, athletics, and even magic, she does it all and that’s despite not even being human. Since 2009, Mari, a very clever and well-trained Shiba inu, and her owner Inose have been making amusing …

Erina, I think you have a little something on your face. Chii-tan☆ is an adorable 5 month old female Asian small-clawed otter that over the past couple of months has become a major Twitter celebrity in Japan and even to some extent internationally. Cute videos like the one below in which Chii-tan☆ almost appears to be trying to talk to …

Who knew chihuahuas and parakeets could get along so well? A totally adorable and pretty comical animal duo composed of a mellow chihuahua and a somewhat mischievous parakeet seem to have become the latest animal YouTube celebrities in Japan. Uploaded to YouTube on September 6, the video below stars a chihuahua named Kanpei and a parakeet named Morecki. In the …

When you put your mind to it you can overcome any challenge… well, except a screwdriver… Japanese Twitter user yuiii (@yy221126) has a problem. She has three cats, Gris, Noir and Blanc, but they just won’t stay in the room she leaves them in. Why? Well, apparently Blanc, who seems to be the ringleader of this band of rebellious kitties …

Apparently, Twitter really loves mosquitoes. As convenient and fun as social media can be, there’s also an ugly side to it. Things like cyber bullying and stalking are problems that social media platforms are struggling to find ways to effectively combat. Unfortunately, with so many people on social media it’s impossible for actual people to look over every single picture, …

Dancing doggie style. With their short little legs, fluffy little bodies and general inability to appreciate music, you wouldn’t think that Pomeranians would be particularly good dancers. However, there’s a little Pomeranian pup in Japan that is proving you don’t need to be human to dance like a madman. The video below shows an adorable roughly 2-year-old Pomeranian named Kotetsu. …

It’s the circle of life. Visitors at an aquarium in the Japanese city of Yokohama, were recently treated to a free demonstration of how the food chain works when one of the facility’s stingrays got hungry and decided to make a meal out of a squid that was being kept in the same tank. This shocking scene took place on …

The cutest Shinto priest you’ll ever see is in Kanagawa. A relatively unknown Shinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture has suddenly become faamous due to its “substitute Chief Priest” having the head of a panda. Located in the Kanagawa city of Ebina Aruka Shrine (有鹿神社, aruka jinja) is a somewhat out-of-the-way shrine that despite being Kanagawa’s oldest shrine – records indicate …

It’s better than having a front row seat. The popular Japanese YouTuber Megwin has released a video in which he uses his face as a “ring” for Japanese rhinocerus beetles to battle on. The Japanese rhinoceros beetle, or as it is known in Japanese kabuto mushi, is perhaps one of the most popular insects in Japan. Boys in the rural …

This is one NSFW little doggie. Social media is filled with pictures and videos of cute animals doing cute things. However, sexy pictures of sexy animals are a lot harder to come by. That is, until now. Her name is Roco (ロコ) and she is an almost 2 year old shiba inu (Japanese dog breed) that is burning up Japanese …

Thanks to a Hokkaido company, farmers may soon be making use of mechanical wolves to keep their crops safe from pesky hungry wildlife. Called the “Monster Wolf,” this interesting alternative to the classic scarecrow was created by the Hokkaido machine parts manufacturing company Ohta Seiki, in an effort to help farmers dealing with animals, such as bears and deer, that …