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「一髪、二姿」(ichikami, nisugata). These are the words that have been passed down since old times in Japan. By taking care of your hair through keeping it shiny, healthy, and smooth, you can bring out the beauty within you. As you may know, the Japanese care for their hair as much as they care for life. Having beautiful hair is life. With hair that is glossy and soft, you can feel beautiful from the inside and out. The line of hair care products, ICHIKAMI, was created with the sincere wish for eve

suruga-yasuruga-ya;【J-SUB PROXY SHOPPING Introductions – Anime Popculture related Items】 The products we introduce you this time are all about the upcoming anime series of『ENSEMBLE STARS!・あんさんぶるスターズ！』!(^^)! Initially the ENSEMBLE STARS! Anime was set to air in 2017, but then the release dragged on and on…and now finally on JULY 7TH, 2019, it premiers, hurray ＼(^o^)／ That’s something to look forward to, isn’t it♪♪ Will the wait have been worth it and what kind of anime is it g

Few weeks ago we introduce you the SYLVANIAN FAMILIES one of the best known dollhouse sets ever. Created by the Japanese company Epoc in 1985, Sylvanian Families is a collectible line of dollhouses and animal figures. Although first Sylvanian Families were made of porcelain, nowadays they are made of other materials like plastic, metal and fake fur. In our previous post we introduce you a carefully selected list of ou

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