Category: COOL PRODUCTS

Today the FIFA Club World Cup will be kicking off here in Tokyo and Yokohama. One of the sponsors, Sony, has a cool smartphone app that allows fans to show their support for their team in an ...

It's that time of year again. What to get the kids that will keep them occupied for at least an hour? And that savvy nephew who seems never to be surprised by anything? Then there's the parent who is ...

As if it didn't have enough issues with nature to deal with, on top of the earthquakes, tsunami, and volcanoes, every year Japan also has a famous problem with hay fever. After the war, in its ...

What makes a toy a good toy? Room for sensory discovery, imagination and creativity. At least, that's according to designer Makiko Shinoda, whose Playing with Senses Perceptible Chess Game is ...

Looking for some good Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping ideas this weekend? Forget your local store for a moment and feast your eyes on some of the goodies Tokyo has to offer. Japan Trend ...

We've blogged before about how Japanese eyewear brands are pretty interesting in what they do to promote themselves to a circumspect but myopic public. Now eyewear retailer ALOOK has got together ...

No more flabby anime fans. Stop watching Evangelion and get off the couch. You've got walking to do! That's what health gadgets maker Tanita is banking on with this Evangelion Digital Pocket ...

Japanese underwear brand Triumph regularly unveils a rather silly themed bra as a stunt advertise's its upcoming collection of clothing. For their new range the promo item is the Girls' Ishin Bra, ...

Working hard or hardly working. That is the question. Some people go to great lengths to construct homemade solutions to working or using your computer in a comfortable position (i.e. lying in ...

Fans of the Japanese anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica can now saddle up on a motorcycle decorated in the themes of the cult anime and manga. All right, so it's an electric scooter and is ...

There is already such a pantheon of RC driving and flying toys out there, you wonder where else there is to go for makers. Well, Kyosho have come up with this globe-like Space Ball, a ...

Just when you think you've got a grasp on all the myriad collaborations, tie-ups and spin-offs, along comes some more to confound you. NTT Docomo's new winter range of phones includes one for the ...

The folks at DigInfo have put together this nice report on a Japanese robot that can recreate the detailed brushstrokes of human calligraphy using a Motion Copy System. While the whole get-up may ...

Tirol are one of the funkiest of local sweets and likely one of the most "Japanese" due to their compact size and pop design wrapping. They can usually be found temptingly in a small cardboard ...

The contour Coca-Cola bottle has to be one of the most iconic beverage vessels in the world. But even when something is that established, it doesn't mean it can't be given new life sometimes when ...