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緑茶 (ryokucha) or Japanese green tea, is the top kind of tea that is consumed in Japan. There are many known health benefits from drinking green tea. For a beautiful life, drinking green tea is highly recommended, compared to its other tea counterparts. What is green tea made of though? And how is drinking green tea good for you? Let us at J-Subculture elaborate. Japanese green tea is made from the plant, チャノキ (chanoki), or Camellia sinensis. The image above is a picture of the flowers of

As you already know, Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio based in Koganei, Tokyo (Japan), and founded on June 15, 1985. "Spirited Away" (2001) was their highest success, grossing over US$290 million worldwide and also winning a Golden Bear in 2002 and an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003. Many of their works have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award, and four have won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Five of Studio Ghibli's films r

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

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