Unusual things that are normal in Japan
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This mirror portrait was taken 100 years ago in Japan
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TIL buffets are called "vikings" in Japan. This is because a Japanese restaurant manager went to Sweden and liked smΓΆrgΓ₯sbords so much he copied the idea at his restaurant. This Swedish word was too hard to pronounce in Japanese, so the word "vikings" was used instead after a employee suggested it.
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My Workstation 2021 .... in Tokyo, Japan!
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Myopia correcting 'smart glasses' from Japan to be sold in Asia - Can a pair of unique spectacles banish nearsightedness without surgical intervention? Japan's Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings says its wearable device can do just that
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On Nov 8th, 2016, a 30m-by-27m and 15m deep sinkhole opened up in Fukuoka, Japan damaging the road & threatening nearby buildings. However, it took only 48 hours to repair power cuts, restore gas and water supplies, as well as fill everything with 6,200 cubic metres of sand & cement.
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I gave my Switch a Japan inspired makeover
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Making fake lettuce which is usually displayed in the windows of restaurants so you "know what you're going to eat" - Japan
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Today, Kane Tanaka of Japan turned 118. She's the third person verified to have reached this age.
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Snowfall in Hokkaido, Northern Japan
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TIL after the 2011 earthquake in Japan, members of the yakuza gathered supplies and gave food to the victims. Some even opened their offices to people who couldn't return home. Some people felt like their response was much quicker and efficient than that of the government.
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Japanese kid ridiculed by the audience for not speaking Portuguese well just won the All Japan High School title.
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Japan makes stick-resistant packaging for food products to reduce residual waste. This is yogurt!
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This mirror portrait was taken 100 years ago in Japan
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Freddie Mercury on a bullet train during a Japan tour.
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The sand in Okinawa, Japan contains thousands of tiny "stars". These "grains of sand" are actually exoskeletons of marine protozoa, which lived on the ocean floor 550 million years ago.
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SpongeBob reimagined in Mythological Japan. Took me 4 days to make, I hope you enjoy it!
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Japan is still trying to figure out Christmas
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This LCD screen in front of a building in Japan
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My mom, Japan, 1966 - Taken by my dad
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Population density map of Japan.
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In Hiroshima Memorial Park, Japan, thereβs the Peace Flame. The flame has burned continuously since it was lit in 1964, and will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.
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American B-29 Superfortresses delivers incendiary bombs to the city of Kobe, Japan (June 5, 1945)
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Container ship βOne Apusβ arriving in Japan today after losing over 1800 containers whilst crossing the Pacific bound for California last week.
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TIL Curry was introduced to Japan by the British. The British brought curry from India back to Britain and introduced it to Japan after it ended its policy of self-isolation. Curry in Japan is categorized as a Western dish
wikipedia.org/wiki/curry
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Around 80 percent of people in Japan believe the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, planned for the summer, should be canceled or rescheduled, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
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Researchers in Japan have made the first observations of biological magnetoreception β live, unaltered cells responding to a magnetic field in real time. This discovery is a crucial step in understanding how animals from birds to butterflies navigate using Earthβs magnetic field.
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Anti British propaganda, Japan 1941 (1080Γ1231)
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Moon over the castle. Gifu Castle, Japan
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