Sebastian Masuda will produce the Kawaii Monster Cafe, set to open in Harajuku on August 1st.
Kawaii Monster Cafe is being touted as the largest cafe in Tokyo. As the name suggests, though, ...
Sanrio, the people behind of Japan's most successful character franchises like Hello Kitty and My Melody, have started a new digital character creation service called Chanrio Maker.
Chanrio Maker ...
Beauty meets cute with the Hello Kitty Narikiri Face Pack
November 24, 2014
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First we had the Kabuki Face Pack, a skincare tool based on genuine Kabuki make-up. This was a hit and was followed by the Animal Face Pack (a charity model based on a real tiger and panda in Ueno ...
We're not sure if this qualifies as a "trend" but it made us laugh.
To us, SpongeBob SquarePants has always been a bit creepy, but in Japan the yellow character is apparently a cutie. This must be ...
Mount Fuji Eraser
The Mount Fuji Eraser is a fun and clever way to bring this icon of Japan into your home or work stationery set. As you use the cuboid eraser, the shape of Fuji gradually comes into view and you find yourself holding Japan's most famous peak.
Yes, Japan's most famous unofficial mascot, that lovable jumping yellow pear Funassyi now has a kid brother.
If you believed Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture already had enough mascots with just one, ...
While Jins (aka J!NS) like to dabble in forward-thinking technology for glasses, they are also fully aware that spectacles are as much fashion accessories as they are practical vision tools. This is ...
Funassyi just can't be stopped. The pear (nashi) character that famously started off as an unofficial yuru-kyara mascot for Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture has become so popular that he now has his own ...
Recently many people were excited by the artist-designed rooms at the Park Hotel Tokyo that let guests stay in spaces incorporating calligraphy and matsuri-inspired colorful murals. We'll have to ...
Sometimes it can seem that Hello Kitty, Sanrio's popular cat character, is everywhere. Her cute iconic image adorns a nearly Mt Fuji-sized mountain of merchandise, from clothes to books, pens, ...
Fancy having Namie Amuro on your cup?
If you recall, Koppu no Fuchiko (literally "Fuchiko on the edge of the cup") was originally a Gachapon capsule toy created by Kitan Club. The mini mini Office ...
Japan Rail knows how to attract customers. In between rolling out snazzy new bullet trains and other technological advances, it periodically customizes JR Yamanote Line trains to look like a ...
The Koppu no Fuchiko ("Fuchiko on the edge of the cup") by Kitan Club and Katsuki Tanaka was first released in 2012 as a Gashapon capsule toy. In a nutshell, it's a series of cute figurines of an ...
You-Bumi Digital Waterproof Tablet Floating Stand
For using your tablet in the bath!
This is sure to get fans of Sanrio's popular feline character super excited. Behold, folks, the Hello Kitty Color Contact Lens, a pair of violet-colored contacts with the Hello Kitty character ...
As Japan’s population continues to decline, we see more and more non-human characters pop out and come to life on a daily basis. The yuru-kyara boom which started less than a decade ago is now ...
Over the weekend I was lucky enough to be offered a free ticket to the "Kawaii!! Matsuri". What is the "Kawaii!! Matsuri?" Well, it literally translates as "Cute!! Festival". And that is exactly what ...