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You behold a beautiful scenery that leaves deep impressions, sit in a coffee shop to unwhide from a busy sightseeing tour through the city or a philosophic moment comes to as you wait at a remote railway station, with MIDORI's Travel's Notebook series you may capture the essence of the those very moments and make it an unforgettable memory. The notebooks come in two, brown and black, respective three colors, the 2015 limited blue edition, and two size formats, regular and passport. The starter k

Japanese make up, cosmetics, and fashion has its own set of ideals. One key point of Japanese make up application is to increase the size of one's eyes. In Japan, having a pair of large eyes with double eyelids gives off a beautiful, radiant appearance. That is why there are tons of beauty products out there that aid to increase the size of one's eyes. There are many ways you can achieve larger eyes by using cosmetics. Some people draw deep, black lines using eyeliner to trace the eyes

  One of the hottest Japanese beauty products right now is the "Perfect" series by Shiseido Senka. In particular, "Perfect Whip" is one of the most popular of them all. This is a must for anyone who actually cares about their skin and wants an effective and affordable skin care product. Perfect Whip is a type of facial foam you can use easily through squeezing it out of its light blue tube. It only requires a pea-sized amount of create lots of rich lather, and usually co

  Detective Conan, or Case Closed is a highly popular manga/anime series known by practically any Japanese person out there, fan or not. It is a detective series about a young, high school detective named Jimmy Kudo (in the English series). Jimmy later adopts the name "Conan Edogawa" to protect his identity after transforming into his younger self, hence "Detective Conan." The realistic, action packed mystery series of Case Closed will always keep you begging for more. T

 In Japan, we have a culture of taking baths over showers. Baths are not only for cleaning ourselves, but also for having a relaxing time by yourself or even with family members! To soak in a tub of hot water, forgetting about one's troubles at the end of the day...isn't that soothing?    To make bath time even more comfortable, there are Japanese bath salts you can use! There are various bath salts to suit one's needs. They come in many fragrances and colors. Some use oils from

  For nearly 70 years, Pentel has supplied the world with the highest quality products, in fact Pentel invented roller ball technology...the smoothest way to express ideas.  Today we want to introduce you The Pentel Fude Touch Sign Pen, a must-have for every cartoonist and ink artist, a version of the popular and long-lived Pentel Sign Pen, but with a brush tip, adds a further dimension to the popular Sign Pen, capable of expressive strokes with its flexible fibre tip. This felt tip br

  Any pirate worthy of becoming the ruler of the seas ought to have a bounty over their head for some decent reputation. Our favorite members of the Straw Hat Pirates, as well as other characters from the beloved manga-anime series "One Piece" have their own "WANTED" posters, and they come in the shape of miniature puzzles!  Each miniature puzzle set contains 150 puzzle pieces. Upon completion, you have an admirable "WANTED" poster that you can hang in yo

We live in the 21th century, and we are sure that everyone of you already knows who Pokemon is. But if you are a young parent, maybe your little children won´t still know this character and all the series about this little monster and all of his friends and their many adventures. In 2006 the famous franchise celebrated its 10th anniversary! Pokemon, as we know it, is a super multi-media video game, manga, trading card game and televised anime franchise. Firstly created and developed for G

  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 pra

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 rec