The sharpest looking underwear you’ve ever seen. From the legendary katana that samurai carried into battle, to some of the best kitchen knives around, Japan is known for being responsible for some of the most finely crafted blades in the world. As such, perhaps it shouldn’t be all that surprising that there is a Japanese YouTube channel that has become …

File this one under “Don’t try this at home.” “Intense” and “acrobatic” are not words that tend to be associated with the act of evacuating one’s bowels. However, there’s a Japanese YouTuber who seems very intent on changing that. The name of this YouTuber is Omamesanshiro. Although he’s particularly well-known for doing “Let’s Play” type videos of pachinko games, he …

No Japanese necessary! Have you ever wondered how to make a set of VR goggles out of plastic drink bottles? Or how about how to use a T-shirt to make ice cream? No? What about how you could use straws to steal somebody’s snacks? Still no? Odds are you haven’t but you can definitely learn how to do all these …

Get ready to say goodbye to your underwear, and hello to fundoshi. Until the end of World War II the preferred undergarment of Japanese men was neither boxers nor briefs, it was that traditional form of Japanese underwear that looks like a cross between a little apron and a thong, the fundoshi. Although it might be hard to imagine, pretty …

If you’re feeling a “little” hungry, then this YouTube channel is for you. Miniature Space is a very popular Japanese YouTube channel that since December of 2014 has been uploading cooking videos. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill cooking videos though. Yes, all of the videos on the channel show someone skillfully preparing delicious looking food. However, as one might expect given …

They say if you fold 1,000 paper cranes you get to make a wish, but what about 1,000 poops? Whether you’re a beginner trying to learn how to do origami, or an expert looking to spice up your paper art repertoire, YouTube offers some great origami tutorial videos. In today’s article we’re going to be taking a look at five …

These bento are just too cute to eat. Kyaraben is the Japanese word used to refer to those incredibly cute and very impressive bento (boxed lunches) based on popular anime, cartoon and mascot characters (the word kyara is derived from the English word “character”). Pictures of these eye-catching food-art masterpieces can be found all over the internet, and odds are you’ve …

Now you can exercise every time you put on a condom! Japanese condom maker Okamoto Industries Inc. has releeased a video that hopes to both educate people about how to properly put on a condom and get them to burn a few calories in the process. Totally ridiculous and completely over-the-top; Okamoto’s new educational video is not at all the …

Japanese kitchen knife is samurai sword? If you’re looking to shave off about a quarter of a second from the time it takes you to take off your t-shirt then Japanese pop idol Erina Kamiya has a video for you. Aside from her work with the Japanese idol group Kamen Joshi (Masked Girls) Erina Kamiya is also known for her …

Educate yourself. The Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DcCoMo has released an English language comedic video aimed at people visiting Japan.   The video, entitled “HOW TO USE TOILETS in JAPAN” has two main segments. The first half deals with, what one would expect given the title, how to use toilets in Japan. It does so in a style quite …