Toilet Paper Nowhere to be Found? Try Yamato Transport
There are two kinds of people in Japan right now. Type A are those who have stocked up on all daily necessities and are preparing…
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Super Round And Realistic Duck Pouches Are The Best Way To Carry Your Quacking Goods
Perhaps as a sequel to their popular otter pouch that doubles as an arm rest, Japanese online retailer Felissimo has released puffy and realistic duck…
Bring Doraemon home to your kids with “Doraemon with U” programmable toy
© Kyodo News PR Wire The latest version of Takara Tomy’s Omnibot series, the “Doraemon with U” programmable toy was designed with the concept: “What…
Japan’s Mask Snood Fashionably Arrives Just In Time
Japanese online retailer Felissimo has sort of made their name on quirky animal-motif goods such as 3D hamster handkerchiefs and squishy cat paw handbags, one…
New Light Up LINE FRIENDS Phone Case Released
Roa International Co. Ltd, a company which specialises in the production of unique mobile accessories have produced an official licensed LINE FRIENDS light up phone…
Air Jacket “kiriko” case wraps your iPhone in beautiful Edo Kiriko art
About Edo Kiriko Edo kiriko 江戸切子, or cut glass from Edo, is a traditional Japanese craft dating from the 1830s in which clear colors and…
Japan’s Mini Shiba Bank Note Design Gets Sakura Season Makeover
When Japanese illustrator and manga artist Ponkichi (@PonkichiM) responded to Japan’s Ministry of Finance announcement of new designs for the 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000-yen bills…
Japanese Maker Uses Age-Old Craft For Elegant Earmuffs To Pair With Kimono
Tsumami zaiku is a traditional Japanese craft that dates back to the Edo Period used to create beautiful hair ornaments and sticks to pair with…
Japanese Penguin Mop Top Covers Are A Cute Cleaning Motivator
One of Japanese online retailer Felissimo’s biggest hits from their YOU+MORE! series (a play on the pronunciation of “humor” in Japanese) has been an “evolving”…
Adorable Cat-Shaped Japanese Geta Sandals Get New White Day Release
Nyarageta are feline-motif take on geta (traditional Japanese sandals) madeby Nara-based footwear maker Narageta (the name of the sandals is a pun combining the maker’s…
New Japanese Capsule Toy Series Is An All Star Team Of Public Drunks
It seems like nowadays Japan has a capsule toy for everything, including ham and egg hamsters and shiba inu with their heads poking out of…
Popular ‘Pokemon Shirts’ Add 100 New Designs Featuring Gold and Silver Favourites and Debut Kids Sizes
The Pokemon Shirts project started as a way for people to show their Pokemon love even in the corporate world. A collaboration between Pokemon and…
Recommended Japanese digital gadgets and convenient electronic goods in 2020
Smartphones, tablets, smart devices…all are now part of our daily lives and with the evolution in technology happening recently, I feel that Reiwa is the…
Slip back in time with these nostalgic Items from the Showa Period
Last year, the Heisei Period ended after about 30 years and here we are now in Reiwa, the new era of Japan. Time flies by…
A Brief Introduction to Hagi Yaki
Japan. 10,000 BCE. The Jōmon era. A time almost forgotten, except for the evidence of civilizations that have survived through traces of human existence. The…