Everybody needs a little fun! Here you’ll find links to our Fun Link Friday articles compiled for easy access. There’s everything from online games and cultural events to bizarre news and neat stories from history. You can also preview the excerpt versions via the fun link friday tag. Enjoy!
- Rice Field Art
- Sushi Cat and デブ猫
- Halloween Prank Videos
- Translated Japanese Ghost Stories
- Online games for Japanese study
- Hanafuda!
- Done with turkey? Now try people!
- Take a Trip to Cat Island!
- Smart vending machines make corporate big brother a little more creepy
- Stuff You Missed in History Class
- Losing Time to Books Ngram Viewer
- Nothing like human sacrifice to top off a good castle!
- Do you know your prefectures?
- Winter Festivals in Northern Japan
- Above and beyond the call of origami
- Japan Blog Matsuri
- Japanese fonts
- Anna the Red
- Nandoku Kanji
- Podcasts for Japanese Learners
- World Digital Library
- Eigo Noto DVD 1: Understanding Japanese Women
- Digital Gallery of World Picture Books
- Saying Hello From Beyond the Grave
- An Introduction to Japanese Pro Wrestling
- Tokyo’s Themed Restaurants
- Miso: How it’s made!
- Japan’s youngest expert sake connoisseur
- Kitten delays Tokyo trains – Adopt disaster-affected pets!
- Japanese Drinking Games
- Japan Trends
- Documentary on Keiko Fukuda, Judo’s Only Female 10th Degree
- TEDxTokyo 2011
- Floating Japanese tea house in DC
- Japanese Graphic Design from the 1920′s and 30′s.
- Japanese Children’s Games
- Kusatsu Onsen
- Roudoku Podcasts
- Yôkai Train
- Halloween Bento
- Yuru Character Grand Prix 2011
- See Pochi Run! The most popular names for pets in Japan
- Fried Chicken and Sushi
- Yamada Keisuke’s Banana Art (on Tofugu)
- Kanazawa in the Showa 1930’s (1955-1965)
- Oshibori (hot towel) Art
- In Search of Sake
- Celebrity Ads
- Then and Now Photos of Dejima (via Japan Probe)
- The Ghibli Museum: The Most Magical Place on Earth
- Rethinking Tatami
- Gundam Galore!
- Ideal Japanese Leaders Poll
- Anatomical Cross-sections Made from Japanese Mulberry Paper
- 100 Examples of Japanese Municipal Flags
- Lars Martinson’s Kameoka Diaries
- On Being Funny in Japan
- Kenketsu-chan
- A Shrine to Energy Drinks
- A Magical Adventure: Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea
- World Heritage Site Shirakawa-gō (360°/Gigapixel)
- Here’s to a horrifying drive to work
- Miyajima: The Wonders of Japan’s Island Shrine (360˚ Panorama)
- Illusions
- Country Quiz
- World Map Quiz… in Japanese!
- Haruki Murakami Bingo
- Ii ne! Facebook is a perfect place for Japanese immersion
- TEDxSeeds – Toshio Ohi – Live performance of Japanese traditional art ‘OHI YAKI’
- The World’s Most Expensive 1 Bedroom Apartment
- Sapore dei Mobili
- Two Views of the Shikoku Henro Pilgrimage
- Japan’s Manhole Covers
- Inspirational Japanese
- Haikyo, Abandoned Sites in Japan
- Japan Fireworks
- Minimalist Miyazaki Film Posters
- Origami Heaven Event
- “A Fabulous Experience” Rotary Youth Exchange
- Japanese Street Fashion
- Complaint Choir of Tokyo
- Alex Mitchell’s Sengoku Avengers
- Halloween at Baskin Robins, Japan
- Halloween Bento Roundup 2012
- Apple Stencils
- Beer can Takatori Castle
- Interview with Frederik L. Scott
- Todaiji Recreated with LEGOs, Pop-up style
- The Best Japanese Junk Food of 2012
- Five Japanese Homes Designed to Keep You in Shape
- Designer Nori
- Yabusame: The Japanese Art of Horseback Archery
- 20 Years of Docomo Cell Phone Design
- The Wonderful Worlds of 100 Waka
- Wakayama’s Underwater Postbox
- Deep Kyoto & Kyoto Baths
- Amezaiku Candy Sculpting
- The Famous Foods of Every Japanese Prefecture
- How the heck is nori made?
- A unique White Day gift
- Photos of the Sakurajima Eruption
- Toyo Ito Wins Pritzker Prize 2013
- Cafe ChocoTea’s LINE Latte Art
- JAPAN THIS!
- Tokyo’s Shrinking Building
- JapanCulture NYC
- Japanese Latte Art
- Katsuyo Aoki’s Porcelain Skulls
- Town Bells
- How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC
- How to Count Anything in Japanese
- Cockatiel Sings Theme to My Neighbor Totoro
- Bag End Bonsai Trayscape
- 400th Anniversary of Japan-British Relations
- Google Street View of Gunkanjima
- Send your haiku to Mars!
- War Kimono
- Monsters from the kaibutsu ehon
- Nihonoranda.com
- Body Tattoo Marketing
- Suica Stickers
- Musical Kitchenware
- Around Japan in 47 Curries
- Superheroes in the Subway
- Inakadate Rice Field Art
- Banana Peel Tattoos
- “What kinds of Sadako would you hate to meet?”
- Shinagawa’s elephant temple
- Shoraida – The rice paddy ghost
- Halloween bento 2013
- Ramen cake
- Misao and Fukumaru
- A Dance of Brush and Ink: Tomoko Kawao at TEDxKyoto 2013
- Restoring a Sake Merchant’s Edo-Period Home
- All About Japanese Coins
- Ozu and Tokyo Story
- Biei’s Blue Pond
- Nora Moji
- 2013 Kanji and Words of the Year
- The Stray Cats of Kyoto
- Disaster-Response Robots
- Gokaku Iyokan
- Osaka Castle 3D Light Show
- 47 Bronin
- Wasei-ego poll
- Tokyo’s Best Plum Blossom Spots
- Map Design by Yoshida Hatsusaburo
- Nihon no kaomoji
- Japanese Railway Tourism Posters from the 1930s
- Your Cat as a Cat Bus
- Kanazawa in Spring
- Viscount Hayashi in The Lady’s Realm Magazine
- Letter from Sakamoto Ryoma Discovered in Tokyo Home
- Lost Treasures of Anime
- Cat Hanami
- Harry Potter as an ’80’s Anime
- All About Netsuke
- Three Videos on Language and Ethnicity
- Meine Meinung
- Compose Your Own J-Pop Songs
- All About Tsukemono
- The Secret Science Behind Japanese Food Pairings
- “Let It Go”: The Japanese Google-Translate Version
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Persian Surcoat
- Modern Japanese Crests
- Bonsai in Space
- Three Tales of Okiku
- Meiji Meth: the Deep History of Illicit Drugs
- Wagashi Designs from Nature
- The Real-life Shrines of Sailor Moon
- Moku Hanga
- Sôseki’s Kokoro on Hark! A Vagrant
- Rice cooker baked cinnamon apples!
- Crochet yourself a delicious meal
- Loneliness sells?
- Amusement Parks in Japan
- Travel Posters for Japanese Steamship Companies
- Giant Straw Boars of Ehime
- Halloween costumes in Tokyo
- Real Haunted Homes in Japan?
- Grated Daikon Sculptures in Nabe
- Crazy Fresh Chinese & OMG! Meiyu
- Japanese Youtubers for Listening Practice
- Extra History – Sengoku Jidai
- チンする、お茶する、ググる
- 3-Second Friday Shrimp
- Regional Ramen of Japan
- The Secret of the Shinkansen
- Chocolatexture
- Star Wars at the Sapporo Snow Festival
- Ghibli Land
- The Town that Inspired Spirited Away’s Food
- A Playlist of Music in Haruki Murakami’s Novels
- Home-for-all in Soma
- The Art of Kintsugi
- Japan’s Cherry Blossoms in Years Gone By
- Japanese Life in Lego
- Ikuta Niyoko’s Geometric Sculptures
- Suntory’s 3-D printed ice cubes
- Spinning tops
- Nanjyamonjya
- Dahl’s Japan
- Sushi bath towels
- Yaskawa Bushido Project
- Use Sushi Covers to Make Your Suitcase Stand Out!
- Useful Japanese Stationery
- Kuniyoshi Project’s Cat Prints
- Cats Wearing Kimono
- Hackathon at 762-year old Zen temple
- 8-bit Japan Nostalgia
- Japanese Landmarks. Medium: Curry Rice
- Curved Origami
- Ukiyo-e Animated Gifs
- Carved Pearl Skulls
- Japanese Ice Cream
- Giant Straw Dinosaurs
- Cherry-Blossom Stones (Sakura Ishi)
- Photos of Meiji Japan
- Weird Hotel
- Bringing the Murakami-style to life in video games
- Autumn Leaves Forecast
- Halloween Oden
- Rare Photo of Hachiko Found
- Dining with Dragon Balls
- Japan’s Turtle Tracks
- Star Wars Screen Painting at Kiyomizudera
- Kutaniyaki
- Koi sushi
- New Year’s Greetings from Early 20th-Century Japan
- Nihon Eiho (日本泳法）
- Eating from Miyazaki films
- Hachiko’s “hachiko”
- A history of Japan
- Magnetic air bonsai
- Download ukiyo-e collections
- New plant species discovered on Yakushima
- Anatomical illustrations of Japanese Folk Monsters
- A See-Through Home
- The Chemistry of Cherry Blossoms
- Vintage Japanese Magazine Covers
- Osaka River kaitenzushi
- Japan’s Invisible Trains
- Fortune kitties
- Photographs of Japan from 1908
- Japan’s Plushies Tormented in the Wash
- Hatching eggs outside of shells
- The Oldest Sake Shop in Tokyo
- Spider battles
- Learning Japanese through Instagram Flashcards
- kayakowithtoshio Instagram
- Samurai Problems on Twitter
- A History of the World in 100 Objects
- ‘Tokyo-ized’ Cities
- Living inside the active volcano Aogashima
- Japanese Pronouns
- 100-Year-Old Glass Plates in an Abandoned Japanese Home
- Amazon Priest Delivery?
- The Art of Tea? Kengo Kuma’s $80K Silver Tea Set
- Hypnotic gifs of Japanese joinery
- Amezaiku
- Rocks with Faces
- Videos of Japan’s Traditional Artisans
- Roman Coins Found in Ryukyu Castle
- The Origins of Japan’s Christmas Cake
- The Salt Sculptures of Motoi Yamamoto
- Turning Invasive Species into Sushi
- Japanese Idioms and Proverbs
- Kayashima: The Japanese Train Station Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree
- Matcha… beer?
- Sushi donuts
- Ama, traditional Japanese women divers
- Vegetable carving art
- Kyoto University Graduate Cosplay
- Japan’s Railway Pointing System
- 100 Years of Japanese Animation
- Far Outliers
- Learning Kanji Through Poop
- The Secrets of Soy Sauce
- Australian Pirates in Early Modern Japan?
- Pigeon Heels
- From Mud to Kimono
- Samurai Tradition in Modern Photography
- The Most Loyal Cat in Japan
- Pop-up Kirigami
- Lacquerware of Aizu-Wakamatsu
- Yoisho!
- Twin Peaks Bento
- Cultural Icon Kokeshi
- Robotic Fish
- Bamboo art and design
- Rice Paddy Art of 2017
- Learning the Language of Crows
- Haiku Contest!
- Newspaper Animal Sculptures by Chie Hitotsuyama
- Tsumami Zaiku/Kanzashi crafts
- Traditional Indigo Dyeing
- Cookie Masterpieces of Japan
- A Brief History of Kimono
- Laser-cut Stationery Surprises
- Japan to build wooden skyscraper
- Tea-making robot
- Jomon-pattern tattoos
- Japanese gift wrapping
- Traditional Japanese colors
- Japanese “tips”
- Food waste tableware
- Portraits of samurai
- The view from the shogun’s (toilet) seat?
- Rice paddy art of Inakadate 2018
- Early Sound & Video Footage of Japan
- Miniature Bonsai Sculptures
- Cut-paper origami cranes
- Digital recoloring of premodern statues
- Moving Paper Designs
- Mapping Ukiyo-e
- Throw out your garbage!
- Cooking Edo Period Food 🍚
- 2019 Rice Field art at Inakadate
- Ikebana Battles 🌿🌻
- Small Worlds Tokyo
- Olympics meets Noh
- Interactive digital views of the Edo period
- Eiji Ohashi’s lonely vending machines
- Is Japanese the most difficult language?
- Power Rankings of Japan’s Mascots
- Ukiyo-e project and modern prints
- Move over, gingerbread house, here’s a sweets sailboat
- Newspaper Sculptures by Atsushi Adachi
- Breakdancing Monks
- Super-sized Sushi 🍣
- Japanese currency redesigns
- The Thinnest Japanese Paper in the World
- Amabie Sweets
- Virtual Museum Exhibits
- Musical Calculators
- Mystery Vending Machines
- Masterful kiri-e designs by Masayo Fukuda
- Ukiyo-Enerator
- Ukiyo-e Memes
- Muscleman Tea Party
- Supernatural Cats
- Original Kanji Contest
- Food-inspired inks 🍜
- Contemporary Ukiyo-e in Airbrush
- Snow Monkey Relaxation
- Kimono Craft Past & Present
- Bamboo Art of Tanabe Chikuunsai IV
- Lego Great Wave
- A Single Sheet Samurai
- Viewing Cherry Blossoms in Art
- Meguro Parasitological Museum
- Pixel Animation Battle of Sekigahara
- Edible Toast Masterpieces of Japanese Art
- Dinosaurs Found in Japan Identified as New Species
- Social Media Omamori
- The Tiny Worlds of Tanaka Tatsuya
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