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Motorcyclists Embrace the Spirit of Christmas
Offbeat  (tags: christmas, Elizabeth Sanders Home, orphans, charity toy run, Kanagawa, Japan, motorcycles )

Naoko
- 16 hours ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
For the kids at Elizabeth Sanders Home in Oiso, Kamagawa Pref., Dec 13 was a day they won't forget anytime soon. On that Sunday nearly 80 motorcyles came rolling into their compound carrying more than 150 presents.
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Pictured: The Terrifying Moment Bear Savages Nine People at a Bus Stop in Japan
Offbeat  (tags: black bear, bus stop, tokyo, japan, attacked people )

Simone
- 94 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
This was the terrifying moment a bear went on the rampage attacking nine people at a bus stop in Japan, leaving four seriously injured. The hour-long attack happened at a bus terminal in Takayama, Gifu - 220km west of Tokyo - on Saturday afternoon.
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When the Catfish Stirs
Offbeat  (tags: Japan, earthquakes, prevention, risks, interesting )

Michelle
- 173 days ago - economist.com
Earthquakes, and the preparations for them, are metaphors for Japan's malaise
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Ice Hotel in Japan
Offbeat  (tags: ice, hotel, japan, bored )

Veljko
- 281 days ago - bored-space.com
Japan opens ice hotel, tourists rush to book rooms. Following the model of norththern-European countries like Sweden, Japan opened an ice hotel in Alpha Resort Tomamu's ice village, on Hokkaido Island.
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Japanese Mall Fountain
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, japan, amazing, fountain )

Tanja
- 366 days ago - superpastime.com
Watch this beautiful fountain and you will not believe your eyes. Really amazing!
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20+ Really Thin Buildings and Houses in Japan
Offbeat  (tags: Architecture, Building, Japan, Design )

Jollygirl
- 370 days ago - bouncingredball.com
Thin buildings-in Japan, where real estate is prohibitively expensive, there are lots of them. You've probably seen one of these: quaintly slender buildings sandwiched between two large ones; sharp, pointed corner structures hugging every available space.
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Extreme Ironing Sport!!!
Offbeat  (tags: sports, funny, extreme, japan, ironing )

Petar
- 374 days ago - moolf.com
Extreme Ironing Japan, takes great pride in the sport of Extreme Ironing, which currently consists of 5 different styles...
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The Latest Shoe Fashion in Japan.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, bizarre, culture, japan )


- 510 days ago - superpastime.com
Pictures of modern shoes and of those from geisha time.
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Japanese Railway Turns to Feline 'Stationmaster' for Help
Offbeat  (tags: Cats, Japan, Stationmaster )

Ladyhawk
- 577 days ago - news.yahoo.com
In times of need, Japanese say they can even ask the cat for help. In this town in western Japan, people look to Tama, a nine-year-old cat working as master of an unmanned train station.
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Scientists Teach Rodents to Use Rake ::: Pink Tentacle
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, news, off-beat, odd, bizarre, animals, Japan, rodents, feeding, training, wppm.org, sgsgs )

Ikey
- 636 days ago - pinktentacle.com
odents can learn how to wield tools with the proper training, according to new research from Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN). In a series of experiments conducted over a 60-day period, researchers taught six degus (small rat-li
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Harajuku Girls Are the New Geisha's
Offbeat  (tags: celebrities, babes, sexy, japan )

Nikola
- 683 days ago - bored-night.com
The Harajuku Girls are four young women who were hired in 2004 as backup dancers for American singer Gwen Stefani's Love...
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Japanese Girl's Letter Returned 15 Years Later ... By Fish
Offbeat  (tags: japan, note in balloon, japanese fisherman )


- 696 days ago - uk.news.yahoo.com
TOKYO (AFP) - A letter that a young girl in Japan sent into the sky in a balloon some 15 years ago has been found on a fish hauled from 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) below the Pacific
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Frozen Baby Mammoth Headed to Japan
Offbeat  (tags: odd, interesting, mammoth, off-beat, preserved, japan )

Burton
- 719 days ago - pinktentacle.com
The nearly complete body of the female calf less than one year old, said to be one of the best-preserved specimens of frozen mammoth ever discovered to be on display is over 10,000 years old.
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Japan Drops Humpback Whale Hunt Under Pressure
Offbeat  (tags: hunting, GoodNews, japan, whales )

Cindy
- 729 days ago - goodnewsnetwork.org
I recall a petition about the whale hunting in Japan. I thought this news was a nice change. Tokyo dropped their plans for the whale hunt. I wanted to also introduce this website that's all about good news. http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org
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Japan Halts Humpback Whale Hunt
Offbeat  (tags: australia, whales, GoodNews, oceans, japan, humpback )

Ruth
- 734 days ago - cnn.com
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan has "temporarily halted" its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica, said the chief Japanese government spokesman on Friday.
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