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From anime merch and luxury brands to rare trading cards and vintage electronics, Japan has some of the most profitable inventory for online resellers — if you know where to look. The only challenge? Most Japanese marketplaces don’t ship overseas, and sourcing directly can be intimidating without the right tools or partners. In this guide, we’ll cover three smart ways to source Japanese products for resale, including one method that most people overlook &

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

Takoyaki, the Japanese, fun-sized snack that's sure to rock your world! たこ焼き (takoyaki) literally translates to octopus (tako) and fried (yaki). Takoyaki are small balls of flour batter cooked in specialized takoyaki pans. In each ball, there are pre-cooked octopus bits. Takoyaki is usually eaten with takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, green seaweed bits, and dried bonito shavings. Most takoyaki contain ingredients besides octopus, such as green onions, pickled red ginger, and tempura scraps. The t

A popular must-do for Japanese-styled makeup is putting on false eyelashes. Japanese people tend to have eyelashes that are fine and short. Since most Japanese people want to go for the dolly-eyed, anime-styled look of bigger, fuller eyes, many use false eyelashes when putting on their makeup. Putting on false eyelashes volumizes one's eyes, producing a more open-eyed, brighter look. False eyelashes are a staple to "kawaii" makeup and fashion. Depending on the type and color of the eyelashes, th