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For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓   On your marks, splat or get splattered!    SPLATOON for the WII U brings a fresh stroke into NINTENDO's game landscape and squids have probably never seen such a rapid rise in popularity - even if it is not for the palatine, then for the screen, as the INKLINGS, who can shape shift easily between humanoid and squid form, chase each other around the bizarre city of INKOPOLIS.  After many year

  ”すみっコぐらし” How about a comfortable life living in the corner? These adorable friends feel at ease when they're sitting in the end seats of a train, packed at a single table in a cafe, and simply lying together in the nook of the room. It's a lifestyle that keeps these friends cozy and snug. Let's take a look at these "things in the corner," shall we? すみっコぐらし (Sumikko Gurashi) are characters from San-x that are highly popular in

It´s not the first time we talk about Japan´s favorite eraser, Tombow´s Mono eraser, we already introduced you the fantastic Tombow Mono One eraser, a 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 thinn

Japan is a country filled to the brim with avid chopstick users. People acquire the skill to use chopsticks from an early age. Since chopsticks are a big part of Japanese food culture, you can find them in all sorts of designs in Japan. We at J-Subculture like to keep tabs on the assorted designs of chopsticks and today we'd like to talk about combat chopsticks! It's about time you've ditched the drab, wooden ones, isn't it? Man, do I know the struggle...  So combat chopsticks--what are th

In J-Subculture we are big fan of the Japanese stationery brands and Tombow is one of our favourite ones, we already introduce you some of their best products like the Tombow AirPress Pen, with a cool characteristic, the capacity to write even when you are doing overhead, thanks to his unique air pressure system.   Today we want to introduce you another cool stationery product developed by Tombow, the Tombow Zoom Multi Function Pen and Mechanical Pencil.  Sometimes, when you are

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓ TAKARA TOMY, which is licensee of POKEMON merchandise and manufacturer of the big selling mini figures POKEMON MONCOLLE (Monster Collection), incl. the POKEMON MEGA EVOLUTION SERIES, is about to release the latest series of collection figures with the POKEMON MONCOLLE EX, introducing several new characters of the POKEMON MOON & SUN installment, such as LITTEN, POPPLIO, SOLGALEO, LUNALA, ROWLET and many more. The grade of det

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓ Neither STAR WARS nor BANDAI need much of an introduction we think, both have been long-establish brands. However when these two join forces, fans of the Star Wars franchise can frolic of the sight of collectibles the cooperation of brands brings about. Bandai plastic model kits are no exception to this excitement and enjoy great popularity. Like the movies are always anxiously anticipated, also hobby enthusiast look forward eagerly to new rel

Pentel is one of our favorite Japanese stationery goods company, their products design and manufacture follows the most strict quality control standards. Pentel's designs are characterized by that peculiar Japanese way of thinking, and their Pentel Multi 8 multi pen is a shining example of this. Available in two different versions, the Pentel Multi 8 lead holder and the Pentel Multi 8 Ballpoint and Lead Holder. The definitive multi pen!   The Pentel Multi 8 lead holder is able to hold 8 dif

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓     It’s about time we dedicate an article to the hugely popular hobby of GUNPLA (ガンプラ Ganpura), which has been around for decades with a devoted and growing fan community in its homeland as well as abroad. Gunpla is the abbreviation (oh how Japanese like to abbreviate things!) of the words GUNDAM + PLASTIC MODEL and the products are manufactured by the renowned Japanese toy company BANDAI. Gunpla are customizable assemb

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 Japanese diet. Small fish w