MetaFilter posts tagged with Cute and Japan

boxes:Maru::baskets:Shiro

bobobox — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:12:38 -0800

The Basket Cat Blog: Shiro loves very small baskets. He also wears flowered hats (sometimes vegetables) and enjoys the idyllic Japanese countryside of Iwate Prefecture. He and his brothers are very chill. Many short but sweet videos of them have been uploaded to YouTube on the shironekoshiro channel. The blog is updated frequently and has extensive archives. More archives here. Twitter Facebook Kings surveying their domain. How many cats can you fit in a basket?

Anya's Worst Nightmare

The Whelk — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:27:33 -0800

Japan's Okunoshima Island once produced chemical weapons. After 1945, the facilities where shut down but the buildings remained and the island became famous for something else: Being home to hundreds and hundreds of rabbits. ((via)

Zombie Vs. Kids

fizzzzzzzzzzzy — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:40:37 -0800

Japanese children fight valiently to protect their home from a zombie. There's no way this isn't the cutest thing you see all day. (Don't forget to turn subtitles on). Full 7 min video, albeit without subtitles.

It comforts them to see an incomprehensible terror from beyond the reach of time reduced to cuddly, huggable teddy bear.

shakespeherian — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:34:48 -0800

Cthulu Is Not Cute. (NSFW)

U900

vronsky — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:02:27 -0800

Usagino U (ukulele, lead vocal) and Kumano 900 (ukulele, pianica, theremin, bongos) play American surf rock in Japan -- Isogabamaware ll Diamond Head ll Crazy G

Flash snowday! Tip: combine objects.

melissa may — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:15:05 -0800

Have a Minoto game to make a snow day bright. And have a few thousand more, because they are as sweet and brief as bubblegum: A Couple of Milky Way Cupid of the Mouse Rabbit and a Tortoise Bon Dance Travel of Racoon and Travel of Racoon 2 Go and Go Athletic Meet Medal Gets Small Samurai The Bride of the Fox Frog Prince Insect Diary Sakura -- Flowers from Harupeko Volume of a Certain Crab Pleasant Festival Cinderella and Prince Bear Catcher Elephant's Artist Rabbit's Rocket The Moon Princess Sleeping Princess Fireworks of Summer Break a Watermelon The Four Seasons of Castle Three Attendants Box of Sparrow Magic and Cat Escape Game of RPG Turtle Help Jack and the Beanstalk Katydid and Ant Rice Ball Which Rolls Treasure of Ogre Hyokori from the Pitch -- Peach Boy And look, there is a new Warbears just for Christmas. Stay warm and have fun!

For this you die, hooman.

MaryDellamorte — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:22:54 -0800

Japanese cat humiliation. SLYT

Faster than the average bear.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:03:52 -0800

Teddy Bear Pilot.

PARO

gottabefunky — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:30:39 -0800

PARO: Seal Type Mental Commit Robot for Psychological Enrichment.

Warning: Video May Be Manicly Energetic And Irresistibly Cute

yankeefog — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:34:09 -0800

The J Marimba Ponies have performed at Carnegie Hall, as well as in concert halls from Vienna to Japan. Even more impressive, the oldest member of the group is 12, and the youngest is 4 years old. Musical prodigies or novelty act? See them play Khachaturian's Sabre Dance (Coral link to Quicktime video) and judge for yourself. Via Music for Maniacs. Previously mentioned on MeFi but worth its own thread.

Hello Kitty I love you!!!

gen — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:18:10 -0800

The billion-dollar juggernaut that is Hello Kitty. Tokyo-based journalists Ken Belson and Brian Bremner have published a history of Japanese character-licensing company Sanrio and their most famous character, Hello Kitty. As Japanese "kawaii" (cute) culture continues to invade the world, this looks to be a great guide to the history and impact of Kitty-chan and her minions.

Momo's parts.

moz — Fri, 17 May 2002 08:41:06 -0800

Momo's parts. All about the different parts of one Japanese man's pet hamster plus illustrations. "I have read that hamster's whiskers shows the width that they can pass through. But Momo forgets. One day Momo tried to go into the cleaner hose. As he has the big hip, he could't go into it. And in his effect to go, he could't get his head out. When I ran to him in a hurry, his head gone out of the hose, and he rolled backward."