Category: COOL PRODUCTS

Japan's largest retailer Aeon is offering yukata (cotton summer kimono) this year with peach and soap fragrances. Part of its new "adult kawaii" range of hundreds of summer items, the yukata ...

After the Tohoku disaster, we have all become a bit more conscious of the "gear" needed in an emergency. Bottled water. Warm clothes. Geiger counter. Hardhat. In Japan, schools and companies ...

Following the Tohoku disaster in March 2011, we've all thought much more about the kind of tools and clothes that we need when society as we know it breaks down. From flashlights to emergency ...

Japanese beer makers are in trouble. Retail sales for regular beer have been declining for years now as salarymen who like a can of fizzy lager in the evening opt for cheaper variations. Even ...

If there’s one thing you’ll notice walking around Tokyo, it’s that people are always on the move. At any given moment of the day, no matter where you are in the city, the sidewalks are jammed ...

For its latest concept bra to announce its new range, Triumph has come up with the Branomics Bra. Yes, you've guessed it. This is a reference to Prime Minister Abe's "Abenomics", the fiscal ...

For a country with a declining birthrate (and by extension, the population as a whole), Japan's toy manufacturers are not showing any signs of giving up. Granted it hasn't been plain sailing for ...

Raising kids is indeed one of the toughest jobs out there. While parenting entails balancing when to treat and when to reprimand your child (of which I’m sure the latter is much harder), Media ...

The Japanese have one of these effortless and inimitable attitudes towards religion. It is both part of their lives, sort of, in the form of Shinto customs, visiting shrines, animistic "power ...

The popular anime franchise Evangelion is well know for creating all kind of Evangelion-themed products. To promote the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the latest movie Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo ...

Residents in Japan may have spotted that recently Kirin has been featuring Disney characters on its Gogo no Kocha (Afternoon Tea) drink bottle labels. Just another gratuitous and forgettable ploy ...

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 ...

Panasonic has just launched a new service whereby you can get your very own uniquely designed camera. The Design Simulator customizing service can be accessed via PanaSense, the maker's ...

Lanterns in Japan are called chochin and are featured on the front of most izakaya restaurants, as well as shrines. There is a famously huge one, for example, at Kaminarimon ("Thunder Gate") in ...

Fashion and beauty aids often overlap, and here's a great example of one product that does it in a medically proven way too. We spotted these recently at a trade fair and feel they desire some ...