Soulless titan’s face peeking out from the ground scares the living daylights out of people

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The creepy giants from Attack on Titan may be closer to us than we think. *Spoilers*

Most anime fans have heard of Attack on Titan by now, an amazing series that has already reached its third season. It tells the story of humans on the brink of extinction battling against some of the most creepy giants in history.

In the anime, the only structure sturdy enough to keep the invading giants at bay were immense walls built eons ago. After a climactic battle in the first season’s final episode, viewers saw a chilling scene where one broken part of the wall revealed that these barriers actually housed countless numbers of immobilized titans.

▼ The surprise ending shocked a lot of viewers.

So imagine how Japanese Twitter user @ARiA_OMG0820 must have felt when he stumbled across the same scene in Animate, a local comic book store.

▼ “Stop fooling around, Animate. That really creeped me out.”

おいアニメイトふざけんなよ本気でびっくりしたやん https://t.co/yoTib6DIGv

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ぽんすけ@EMTG (@ARiA_OMG0820) August 29, 2018

Well-made sticker or not, having an eerie face staring right back at you from a hole in the ground would have frightened even the bravest of souls, particularly since it belonged to a ravenous giant with a voracious appetite for humans.

It scared Japanese netizens that something so dangerous could be found so close to them:

“Hey!!! Quickly cover that up with a cloth and don’t let sunlight shine on it!!
“That’s a little creepy.”
“Ah, that’s the Animate in Kawanishi that I often go to! I’ll take care not to step on it.”
“That’s some scary stuff there.”
“It looks so real.”

We wouldn’t be surprised if people actually treaded carefully around the titan’s face for fear of disturbing the slumbering monster, but humankind would do well not to leave it up to chance. Prepare for the worst and get some 3-D maneuver gear and razor swords from a nearby convenience store before it’s too late!

Source, featured image: Twitter/@ARiA_OMG0820

Tokyo Street Style w/ Daniel Palillo Heart Shirt, Sheet Music Pants & Koji Kuga Boots

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In Harajuku, we came upon Nobuhiro, an 18-year-old student dressed in an eye-catching ensemble.

Sporting a pale pink hairstyle, Nobuhiro is dressed in a black-and-white checkered t-shirt with a center heart print, and white pants with musical notes print and metallic ruffled patches – both of which are sourced from Finnish fashion label, Daniel Palillo. He styled his outfit with black strappy boots from Japanese shoe designer, Koji Kuga.

Nobuhiro’s favorite fashion labels are Kidill and Daniel Palillo, and he is active on Twitter and Instagram.

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Japanese Hair Stylist in Harajuku w/ Strawberry Print Blouse, Mystic Wide Pants, Last Virgin Marilyn Monroe Bag & Fila Sneakers

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Meet Momoko, a Japanese hair stylist who caught our eye with her red-and-pink style on the street in Harajuku.

Momoko stepped out on the street wearing a sleeveless strawberry print blouse from Forever21, tucked into high-waisted pink wide-leg pants from Mystic, and paired with white FILA sneakers. She accessorized her look with a big red hair bow for her pink-tipped ponytail, a pink G-Shock watch, and multiple pink bracelets. In addition, she is carrying a red tote bag with a Marilyn Monroe ruffled heart patch from Last Virgin.

Momoko loves to shop at Little Sunny Bite, and she enjoys the music of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.

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This retro-cool Japanese sleeper train is now a super-cheap hostel right in downtown Tokyo

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After carrying passengers to Hokkaido, the Hokutosei is now taking guests to slumberland with a great location and special beer.

Staying in hostels can be a great way to stretch your travel budget, since you get a much less expensive place to stay in exchange for giving up fancy amenities you might not really want. The downside, though, is that in order to keep their costs down, many hostels end up with drab, dull interiors.

But things are a little different at downtown Tokyo’s Hokutosei.

Hokutosei is the Japanese term for the Big Dipper constellation, which might seem like an unusually poetic name for a humble hostel. But before it was a hotel, the Hokutosei was a sleeper train that ran from Tokyo all the way up to Sapporo, the largest city on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.

The Hokutosei train ran from 1988 to 2015, but after being decommissioned its owners didn’t send everything to the scrap heap. Instead, the sleeping compartments were taken out of the carriages and reinstalled in their current home at the Hokutosei hostel.

In addition to four-person dormitory-style rooms (some mixed-gender, some female-only), Hokutosei also offers semi-private single-person compartments. When you’re ready to get some shut eye, you can lie down on the authentic sleeper train bunk, close our personal curtain, and rest up for the next day of sightseeing on your itinerary.

Speaking of sightseeing, while Hokutosei is no longer mobile, it’s in a great location. Attached to the JR Bakurocho train station (naturally), the hostel is a great staging point from which to explore techno-trendy Akihabara, historical Asakusa, and cultural Ueno, from where the Hokutosei train used to depart.

The sleeping compartments aren’t the only pieces of the Hokutosei train that are still in use, either. The second floor of the hostel has a common-use lounge with furniture and fixtures from the train’s dining car.

Since the train used to carry passengers to Sapporo, the lounge’s drink menu includes Sapporo Beer, and even a special version of the brew that’s normally only sold in Hokkaido.

▼ If you decide to have a couple of the special Sapporos, be careful climbing the ladder if you’re sleeping in one of the upper bunks.

You’ll also notice that the menu has English translations. The hostel is welcoming and accommodating of foreign guests, and during our stay the other guests were an eclectic mix of domestic and international travelers, both young and old, male and female.

Oh, and don’t worry. The hostel’s commitment to its source material doesn’t extend to its bathroom facilities. Those are modern and numerous, and the shower and self-laundry areas are also clean and convenient.

Prices vary by specific date and room type, but you can get a bunk in one of the dormitory rooms for as little as 2,100 yen (US$19), and Hokutosei occasionally offers discounts for its social media followers that knock its rates down even lower. Even at full price, though, this is a great, and fun, bargain for accommodations in central Tokyo, and definitely easier than building a full-scale train replica in your own home.

Hotel information
Train Hostel Hokutosei / トレインホステル北斗星
Address: Tokyo-to, Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi Bakurocho 1-10-12
東京都中央区日本橋馬喰町1-10-12
Website

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Japanese Streetwear Styles w/ Rick Owens, Black Comme des Garcons, DRKSHDW Leather Pants & Dr. Martens Boots

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While walking along the streets of Harajuku, we came upon Koutarou and Hikari, whose takes on minimalist street style easily caught our attention on the street.

At the left is Koutarou, wearing a grey-and-blue colorblock long sleeve shirt with black constrast sleeves and black drop-crotch pants, both of which are from Black Comme des Garcons. Black socks, black boots from Dr. Martens, a gauged earring, and a black crossbody bag – also from Black Comme des Garcons – completed the 20-year-old student’s outfit. Koutarou is active on Twitter and Instagram, follow him!

Sporting a white bob is 20-year-old Hikari, who is clad in a black sleeveless long top from Rick Owens, paired with black skinny leather pants from Rick Owens DRKSHDW and black mid-calf zipper boots, also from Rick Owens. In addition, Hikari is toting a grey suede tote bag from Rick Owens. Comme des Garcons and Rick Owens are two of Hikari’s fashion favorites, and he is also active on Twitter and Instagram.

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Student gets a huge surprise when his teachers finds out he doodled anime’s Naruto on his report

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When a student’s love of anime pops up during school time, some teachers would be mad, but this one decided to be awesome instead.

By some measures, Japanese kids are incredibly mature. For example, they’re responsible for cleaning their classrooms, and often serve the school lunch as well, things that would be unthinkable in many other countries.

Then there’s Japanese Twitter user @2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b, whose school requires the students to keep a written record of what they did in class that day. But still, kids are kids no matter where you go, and on one recent day @2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b simply wrote in “Excel” and “probability” for the material they’d covered.

Since he had so much room left over, he decided to doodle Naruto, the ninja star of the anime/manga of the same name, and then submitted his report to his homeroom teacher. But instead of getting angry at @2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b’s half-effort, the teacher got artistic instead…

この間学校の日直だったんだけど でっかくNARUTOの落書きしたら 大蛇丸で先生から帰ってきた。 先生の画力やばい。。！ https://t.co/QyuMWvKwsl

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りんご🍎 (@2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b) August 28, 2018

…and returned the notebook with an amazingly detailed drawing of Naruto’s adversary Orochimaru, with a stern expression as he says “I’d like you to start concentrating a little more.”

This isn’t the only artwork exchange that’s happened between the two either. On another day, One Piece hero Luffy served as @2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b’s muse, and his teacher added the smiling likeness of fellow anime pirate Robin to the page.

ちなみにワンピースのルフィもあるお https://t.co/Hp1zNTm2Um

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りんご🍎 (@2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b) August 28, 2018

“My teacher’s drawing skills are crazy…” tweeted @2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b, which had some commenters assuming the homeroom teacher must also teach art. But nope, @2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b says she’s actually a health and P.E. instructor, just one who likes anime and can produce amazing sketches.

It’s always refreshing to see a teacher who manages to encourage creativity and curiosity instead of stifle it. Still, we can’t help feeling that if we were in @2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b’s shoes, we’d give up on filling out the form entirely and just spend all our tie drawing anime characters so we could see who the teacher chooses for the next cameo.

Source: Twitter/@2LQgeW9dKjvGR1b via Jin
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