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For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓ Who would have thought?! The Japanese discover their renowned swords again. In particular younger generations get hooked to the ancient weapons, the status symbol of the venerated Japanese knights of old - the samurai. The increased interest into the blade, however, can't only be seen with men, but also young women are surprisingly drawn to the topic, be it for KATANA (the Japanese word for sword) swordplay and dance exercise

Wanna add more pop to your drawings? Feel the need to highlight sentences in more vivid colors? In love with using colors but afraid of making mistakes? Pilot Frixion Erasable Color Markers are perfect for you! These markers are so colorful, it's as if a stream of a rainbow is captured in their ink! What makes them perfect is, like other Frixion writing utensils, you can erase what you've written/drawn/highlighted without having to worry about messing up your works or troublesome eraser shav

Sets available from JUNE 25, 2015: YAMATO (Standard) NAGATO (Amazon.jp Limited Edition) Set Content YAMATO: - PS Vita Face-Cover - Protection Hard Pouch – White with images of KAGA and AKAGI (possible to store the Vita with face-cover mounted) - Cleaning Cloth with Anime Series Theme Set Content NAGATO: - PS Vita Face-Cover - Protection Hard Pouch – Blue with image of AKATSUKI, HIBIKI, IKAZUCHI and INAZUMA (possible to store the Vita with face-cov

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

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓ TAKARA TOMY 's TOMICA are palm-sized diecast toy cars that have been around and appreciated for many decades by people of Japan and around the world. Other than plastic, diecast bodies give an authentic feel, despite the size of the vehicles and the gimmicks they come with, such as opening doors, give it a final touch. To its existing series of models resembling real automobile brands, Takara Tomy also introduced fiction

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

For products, scroll down to the bottom  ↓ STUDIO GHIBLI does not need much introduction, we think. With its many acclaimed works under the excellent direction of MIYAZAKI HAYAO it rose to one of the most prominent anime production studios in the industry. Feature films such as SPIRITED AWAY and PRINCESS MONONOKE awed the audience, earning the studio numerous prestigious awards at home and abroad. For many fans of the genre, Studio

Established in Japan in 1950, Midori is a Design Stationery brand of international repute - famous and admired for the smoothness of its MD paper, the quality of its brass products and its beautiful leather traveller's notebook. BRASS, an alloy of copper and zinc, has its own adorable gloss, and has been used in architecture, furniture and hardware, art and craftworks since antiquity. Over the years, its surface oxidizes to become a deep, tender color hue worthy of long appreciation.

Washi paper was first made in Japan, it's usually made using fibers from the bark of a specific Japanese tree called "gampi," the paper mulberry, or the "Mitsumata" bush. It can also be made using other materials like wheat, hemp, bamboo, or rice, and its name means "Japanese paper," this term is used to describe the paper made by hand. This paper is used for making the Washi Tapes, they're cute, they're Japanese, and they're perfect for decor or packaging. Due to this material, they'

It's not the first time we talk about Japan's favorite eraser, Tombow’s Mono eraser. We already introduced you to the fantastic Tombow Mono One eraser, an extremely compact, convenient, and refillable Tombow Mono eraser. This time we bring you something even better, the super useful Tombow Mono Zero Eraser! Imagine that you combine a Tombow Mono standard eraser and a mechanical pencil; that’s exactly what the Tombow Mono Zero is. This is probably the world’s thinne