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There's a craze among modern Japanese women on leg aesthetics. Many Japanese women desire their legs to look long and slender. They aim for something called 美脚 (bikyaku) in Japanese, which refers to beautiful legs. Many women try to improve the condition of their legs in many ways, such as doing leg exercises, getting active, etc. A lot of my lady friends do yoga just for their legs, wear high heels to make their legs appear slender, and take the stairs instead of an elevator whenever possib

Furikake is a Japanese topping which usually is a mixture of dried tuna, sesame seeds, salt, sliced or seasoned seaweed, etc. Furikake is mainly used to sprinkle over steamed rice and noodles, but it is also used for salads, soups, pasta, and sushi rolls. Here it goes a brief history… Around 1912, a pharmacist called Mr. Suekichi Yoshimaru of Futaba, came up with the idea to make a product with ground fish bones to compensate for a lack of calcium in the Japane

Calling out to Nintendo players! Are you prepared to blast off to PNF-404 and help Olimar fix S.S. Dolphin to get back to Hocotate? Today we'd like to spread the word on Pikmin goods you can get here, at J-Subculture! If you're someone from the GameCube era, then you probably know about the game Pikmin. Even if you don't, you must have seen Olimar and his little plant friends here and there on the Nintendo Wii or 3DS. The Pikmin series offer a three-dimensional, real ti

To those with a great memory, you probably remember that we've introduced to you before a series of adorable animal mini clips by the Japanese stationery company. (Interested in this product? click the following link for details: www.j-subculture.com/guides/sub/623). Today at J-Subculture, we'd like to introduce you to a different adorable series from Midori. They're Midori Mini Magnets! Midori's stationery game is going on strong with these perfectly tiny and practical magnets! Their ani