Pictures, photographs, and images spreading in Japan and on the Japanese-language internet, along with the stories surrounding them, translated into English.
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Celebrity blogger Momo posts pictures of half her face with make-up, and half her face without, causing an online stir about how make-up changes women's faces.72 -
Pictures of a tomato that has appeared on Odakyu line trains, as well as in Shinjuku station, have started to trend online; tomato leaves netizens mystified. -
The new 'yuru-kyara' mascot for Okazaki City in Aichi Prefecture trends as netizens are filled with horror and delight at creepy-cute appearance of 'Okazaemon'. -
Netizens are amazed by a series of photographs of the remote volcanic island of Aogashima, which has 165 inhabitants, making it the least populated place in Japan. -
On 'White Day' (March 14), boys give girls gifts in return for what they received on Valentine's Day; Japanese girls tweet photos of the weird and wonderful gifts. -
Netizen photographs on Hamusoku.com show how the regions affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami have recovered in the two years since the disaster. -
A picture of supposedly Japanese teenagers eating at a table piled with McDonald's fries goes viral as netizens question their nationality and mock their glasses. -
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A fire broke out at Tokyo's busy Shibuya station at around 11:30pm on February 19, and netizens quickly uploaded details of the situation in real-time on Twitter. -
Digitized versions of old photographs of Osaka are posted online; netizens marvel at the city's golden era, surprised at the beauty of the prewar architecture. -
A series of photographs showing foreigners trying their hand at cosplay get reposted on Hamusoku; Japanese netizens term their efforts 'crude' and 'hilarious.' -
Pictures posted to Instagram of Sam, the cat with worried eyebrows, capture attention of Japanese netizens when they are reposted on blogs and compilation sites. -
Netizens' pictures of the unique snowmen they created during the heavy snow gain popularity on Twitter and are compiled by Twitter compilation site Togetter.com. -
A competition to find Japan's 'True Number One Hostess' was held in Tokyo, with the winner being crowned out of 5,500 entries. Netizens discuss the winning girl. -
Girls who wore 'oiran-style' kimonos for their coming of age ceremonies on 'Coming of Age Day' in Japan cause online controversy; netizens criticize their fashion.
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An Akihabara 'soineya' or 'cuddle cafe', introduces an 'ass pillow service' where men rest their head on a girl's ass for 1,000 yen per minute. Netizen responses. -
Japanese netizens discuss which of Japan's shrines is the coolest for a new year visit in this popular 2ch.net thread, with pictures of netizens' favourite shrines. -
A collection of photographs showing examples of Chinese counterfeit goods circulate on the 2ch.net blog Hamusoku.com; Japanese netizens amused.
