Following the 2013 bikes and other merchandise, HRM Goodsmile Racing Bike Project has created three new snazzy Hatsune Miku racing bikes. The Racing Miku Hatsune Miku GT comes in three models: ...
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Japanese people like to dress up. Various commentators like to point to social phenomenon like cosplay (literally, "costume play") as examples of how people seek escape in role-playing and ...
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Glico's Papico ice cream has upped the marketing for its summer campaign and this apparently means appealing to the inner moe in every Japanese consumer. The frozen snack has relaunched with new ...
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Japan has a falling birth rate. The lack of babies isn't quite at Children of Men levels yet but it does have serious implications for the future. Who will burden the cost of the pensions and care ...
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A major trend in Japan recently is how local beer brands are trying to reverse their falling sales as the population declines and younger consumers turn away from traditional beers. After years of ...
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You might think there isn't much room for further development in the design of the humble flower vase. But you'd be wrong. Designed by Fumiaki Goto/224 Porcelain, the Hanabunko is a flower vase ...
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UTme! is a new service by Uniqlo, the Japanese apparel retailing chain with its sights set on world domination. UTme!, as its name suggests, lets consumers design their very own UT ...
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Mario to the rescue? The mustachioed plumber is going to become a toy figure -- no surprises there -- except that this is going to have NFC technology. Kyoto-based Nintendo are calling this ...
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Jins (strictly speaking, J!NS), the Japanese spectacles brand, has launched JINS MEME, the world's first eyewear that lets you see yourself. The glasses measure tiredness and concentration based ...
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Teapots are all well and good but they retain only around 30% of the nutrients from the tea leaves. Sharp spotted a way to deliver better cups of tea and in a very convenient way for the person ...
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walking bicycle club is a new brand of electric bicycle developed by automotive parts manufacturer Katayama Kogyo in cooperation with caliber designers like Shuwa Tei and Kenya Hara, and other ...
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Traditionally in Japan people clean their ears using a bamboo ear pick (mimikaki). This is actually said to be much safer and more hygienic than the typical cotton bud swab people use in other ...
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Feline-themed board game and ornaments
Another day, another intriguing Hatsune Miku collaboration. From expensive opera productions to every piece of merchandise an otaku can get his hands on, Hatsune Miku is not just a virtual idol, ...
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These are guaranteed to be a hit at any bachelor party! The Mousou Mapping Bra T-Shirt are a series of tees with a difference. Their fronts are decorated with the object of every man's daydreams ...
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While Japan's beauty and skincare product designers have produced no shortage of original and sometimes alarming-looking face masks, this might just be the most intriguing we've encountered in a ...
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