oh Japan

This series of photographs was taken in the Maniwa and Okayama Prefectures of Japan. Using a slow shutter speed, the region's mating fireflies create an amazing scene of neon light on the natural landscape. Check out all of them here, and more in the gallery below!

The ice cream is only available in Japan for the time being, but I'm sure with enough fan outreach we can get a little beta carotene-infused ice cream over on US soil. Who's with me?

I don't even feel tricked that I was just tricked into watching an ad!

Starting in 1997, Japanese machine shop owner Hitoshi Takahashi started building this 17-ton robot. Two diesel engines allow the machine to walk at a brisk 2.5 MPH, which is just fast enough to walk straight into my mecha-loving heart.

Tsunoshima Bridge, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan