Though renowned as one of the world's top makers of calculators, Casio was also among the first companies to create quartz watches, both electronic and digital: watches that could display the time ...
Sneakers revisited: Five Japanese sneakers unlike anything you’ve seen before
September 29, 2020
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You wouldn’t think so considering they spend half of their life barefoot, but the Japanese are very serious when it comes to shoes. Long gone are the days of the zori and geta split-toe sandals of ...
No more summer vampires: Five Japanese tricks for keeping mosquitoes away
July 28, 2020
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It’s a fact: mosquitoes are one of the prices we have to pay for summer. On the other hand, considering how bad the Japanese summer is, mosquitoes fall under the “insult to injury” category. ...
Flowing down the bamboo: Four gadgets for enjoying nagashi somen floating noodles at home
July 27, 2020
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It’s amazing what people will try to get some relief from bad weather. I mean who would have thought that having what is, essentially, pasta flowing in cold water through bamboo tubes cut in half ...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Yokosuka Sukajan Jacket
Official Summer Olympic Games souvenir baseball jacket
Dueling with Covid-19: Japanese martial arts during the coronavirus pandemic
July 20, 2020
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For all its fame as a world hub of martial arts with traditions going back centuries (yes, the samurai didn’t just wield their swords: there were schools and teachers and techniques and diplomas), ...
Sport meets tradition: Five Tokyo 2020 Olympics official merchandise items made by Japan’s craftspeople!
July 1, 2020
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For the host country, the Olympic and Paralympic Games are an opportunity to show off its best in tourist attractions, business, and all kinds of achievements, including cultural. Japan is no ...
Unleash your inner samurai: five products inspired by Japan’s feudal warriors!
June 23, 2020
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Despite their fascination with high-tech stuff (or precisely, because of it), the Japanese are surprisingly very attached to their historical tradition. The samurai, the warrior class prominent ...
Kakigori machines: Shaved ice desserts for the ultimate Japanese summer experience
June 17, 2020
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One of the many contradictions that make Japan such an interesting place is the mix of sophistication and simplicity. Take summer desserts, for example: every summer, in confectioneries all over ...
Neko Cup
The Neko Cup will totally transform the fun you can have at the beach or in a sandbox.
Five unique Japanese puzzles to help pass the time during lockdown
May 13, 2020
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Let’s face it: despite the talk about restarting the world economy, COVID-19 is still here, the vaccine is still not, and the best way to stay safe is staying at home, provided we can find a way ...
One of the big changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to societies everywhere across the world is how we work. All public health authorities agree that working from home is one of the best ways ...
There is at least one thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has made us look at in a different way and that is toilet paper.
Even in usually cool-headed and not-prone-to-hysteria Japan, as soon as the ...
Japanese artists and designers create ingenious DIY face masks to combat COVID-19
April 23, 2020
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And suddenly (well, not exactly: it took about a month) from just another Japanese quirk, face masks became a world standard!
All those “uniquely Japanese” and “only in Tokyo” pictures of ...
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.
Megahouse 3D animal dissection puzzles: fun, educational toys about food
April 8, 2020
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Most people love finding out how things work: this is what has made us evolve as a species, right? We have all cracked open a toy to see what’s inside it. The fact that we damaged it in the ...