The popular Q-pot Cafe is celebrating the start of 2016 -- the year of the monkey in Japan -- with some themed special items on their menu.
Available only from January 3rd to January 11th, the New ...
The “wearable Christmas tree” now running the streets of Tokyo
December 23, 2015
/
Japan Trends
In need of some holiday cheer? Fed up with all the bad news stories clogging up on your feed?
Then take a gander at something that is bound to make you smile: the Running Christmas ...
Quack Face Dog Muzzle will mean your pooch looks great while still providing adequate protection whenever you take them for a walk.
The "duck bill" design is comfortable for your dog to wear but ...
Back in 2012, Yusuke Oono was one of the winners of the You Face contest with a palm-sized, fan-style 3D picture book.
Now Loftwork, the agency behind the original awards, has got together ...
JAL Ultraman 55th Anniversary Ice Watch
Tokusatsu TV series and Japanese airliner collaboration wristwatch
All year Japan has been going Star Wars crazy, not least because a certain film sequel is about to be unleashed on the world box office.
This has lead to a slew of products and tie-ups. Some of ...
You loved the Mewgaroo Hoodie with its cat paws, cat ears, and special pouch for snuggling up with your pet.
Now Unihabitat are back with the next big thing in Japanese pet products: the Mewgaroo ...
Poppet 3D pet face reliefs: the next Japanese pet trend?
November 19, 2015
/
Japan Trends
Poppet is a new service that allows you to create a kind of 3D "relief" with your pet's face.
Being handmade and durable, the idea is that the relief is far superior to a regular photo. Pet-owners ...
Ever since 1987, Japanese bra maker Triumph International Japan has released a concept bra inspired by something topical twice a year.
What with everything that has happened this year, you might ...
Licca-chan I Love Sumikko Gurashi Doll
Cute San-X character dress doll
This is definitely the gray zone between cosplay and cosme.
Japan's latest awesome face pack innovation is the Osamu Tezuka Face Pack.
This time the skin-care mask transforms you into two ...
Border Shirtsizer is a new type of musical instrument gadget that films the stripes on a shirt with a video camera and then converts the lines into sounds. The "player" stands in front of the camera ...
Toyota reveals driving communication partner robot Kirobo Mini
October 30, 2015
/
William
While the Tokyo Motor Show is traditionally the event of the year to show off new cars, automobile makers also love to present their latest concepts and other mobility-themed ...
If you thought the SpongeBob SquarePant and Yummy Mart was bizarre enough, wait till you see this.
Yummy Mart's latest branded clothing line is Coca-Cola.
The five items -- including a bra ...
Pet-owners, rejoice!
Japan's most innovative pet products brand Unihabitat has heard your prayers.
The Mewgaroo Hoodie is part cosplay, part pet clothes for owners. It features a unique ...
Sanrio are the most successful participant in Japan's enormous character industry, not least since they gave the world Hello Kitty.
But they aren't happy to rest on the laurels of profits pouring ...
It's not long until Halloween.
Every year Shibuya transforms into a veritable smorgasbord of youngsters in wildly vibrant costumes, invading Scramble Crossing and Center Gai.
But how about a ...