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I Went to a Japanese Wine Spa
In Japan, hot springs are at the top of the country's relaxation industry. They're so popular, in fact, that some spas feature flavored hot springs where you can bathe in a warm body of wine, green tea, sake, or coffee.
DIY Inventors: The Real Iron Man
Nearly a decade ago, Sun Jifa lost his hands in a fishing-related explosion. Sun couldn't afford prosthetic arms, but he didn't let this stop him from obtaining bionic hands—using his inventive imagination, Sun built his own metal hands.
This Elementary School Dropout Built a Robot in His Bedroom
After dropping out of school after the fifth grade, Tao Xiangli built his own submarine. Since then, he's been working on a constantly evolving human-size robot that lives in his bedroom. VICE visited Tao to talk about his robot and his dream to become...
A New Water Park in Japan Will Let You Play with Dolphins While You Eat Dolphins
The dolphin-meat-obsessed Japanese town of Taiji announced plans to build a water park that features dolphin stunts and attractions, while also serving them for the culinary enjoyment of their patrons. It could just be a publicity stunt, but it's...
Sex Church
Members of the Little Pebble Dohsyuku-kai gather in a cluttered space each morning and await secret messages from the Virgin Mary. Afterward, Jean-Marie lubes up a woman’s belly and pussy with yogurt and has sex with her at an altar as the other...
Canada Should Keep an Eye on the Fukushima Disaster
Just a friendly reminder that two-and-a-half years after an earthquake and tsunami caused a series of equipment failures and nuclear meltdowns in northeastern Japan, the threat of radiation poisoning in the Pacific Ocean will be around another 40 years...
A Comprehensive Guide to Cooking Meth on ‘Breaking Bad’
As a chemist and someone interested in psychoactive drugs, I’m a huge fan of Breaking Bad. Although the clandestine chemistry always appeared accurate at first glance, I desired a more detailed critique of Walter White’s syntheses.
Dominic Nahr's Eerie Photos from Conflict Zones and Disaster Areas
For this round of VICE Loves Magnum we spoke to Dominic Nahr, who is still running the gauntlet of selection before becoming a full Magnum member. We discussed Africa's endless potential for stories, the eeriness of post-tsunami Japan, and how a...
Bruce Gilden Takes Street Photos Like You've Never Seen Before
Bruce Gilden is most famous for his New York street photography. These days, that term might conjure up the idea of plonkers with DSLRs taking photos of Supreme-clad youths posing on street corners. But Gilden's signature style of in-your-face street...
Shimpei Takeda Makes Art Out of Radioactive Dirt
Shimpei Takeda was born in Japan and spent a lot of his youth in Fukushima, hanging out in the shadow of the reactor that would later meltdown and cause one of the worst...