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Food art so cool you don’t want to eat it, but mmm…pancakes!!!

  KK Miller  

Food, although mostly delicious, doesn’t always look beautiful. But what if food that was tasty also looked cool? Something as simple as the humble pancake, always delicious, was turned into some pretty wicked art by a few artistic chefs on the Internet. It’s definitely making us impressed and hungry!

There are many ways to create beautiful pancake art, but an easy way is to make normal pancakes outlined in chocolate. For example:

EFF YOU VERY MUCH!

The cheapest World Cup package being offered by leading travel agency JTB is a ¥685,000 plan that includes a three-night stay in Brazil and tickets to only one game.

According to a survey by the US-based charity Save the Children, Japan is the worst of all G7 nations in which to be a mother.

It was revealed that parents in Setagaya-ku have to wait the longest of anyone in the country to get their kids into daycare.

Sentence of the Week: “A travel agency employee here [in Gifu] is under arrest for allegedly attempting to cover up his failure to properly plan a school trip by faking a letter from a local high school student insinuating suicide if the trip went ahead, police said.” (via Mainichi Japan)

Asshole Got A Thrill

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Smartphone Nabs

  Molester

The Next Big Thing?

The  ネオギャル

10 things Japan does better than anywhere else

LIFESTYLE JUN. 07, 2014 – 06:38AM JST

By Casey Baseel

10. Video games

It’s a sign of the times that Japan’s video game makers, who created and for years dominated the modern industry, only barely managed to crack the top 10. Still, even as overseas companies continue to make strides in the arenas of smartphone and social gaming, for some fans there’s just no substitute for a Japanese-made game.

9. Transportation infrastructure

It’s telling that the list was compiled from responses from people who live outside Japan, and not in it. Residents have a number of valid complaints about the country’s narrow roads, expensive expressways, and difficult to find parking. If you’re a traveler though, or anyone else using public transportation in Japan, there’s a lot to be thankful for, as it’s hard to imagine the train and subway network being much more efficient or punctual than it already is (quibbles about service ending shortly after midnight notwithstanding).