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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

  「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 sin

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓   In various articles we have been introducing different FIGURE types and brands, which are popular with collectors and newbies to the hobby. This article we want to devote to one of the finest and most excellent figure series out there, the one of SAINT SEIYA MYTH CLOTH EX by BANDAI. The fantastic adventures of Saint Seiya and other KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC is a creation of MASAMI KURUMADA and know through out the world of fans of the mang

   

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓ 'SIMPLE STYLE' and 'HEROIC ACTION' are the fundamentals behind BANDAI's popular figure series. Each figure is highly poseable and faithfully designed, combining all the aspects of 'modelling', 'mobility' and 'coloring' in one unit in top quality. The figures come also with a variety of exchangable parts, such as hands, weapons and facial expressions to bring out the fullest of every character in each pose. S.H.FIGUARTS figures have a standard s

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

All the writing with ink pen lovers will surely be fascinated with the item we are introducing to you! You already know that Uni-ball writing pens are practically the best of the world. The Mitshubishi Pencil Corp, creators of the fantastic gel pen, the super famous Uni-Ball Signo, have created their latest custom multi pen series of ink cartridge refilling. These are gel ink refills for the Uni-Ball Style Fit writing system, and it´s certainly a super high quality ink (notice that the pe

The ZEBRA SURARI EMULSION Ink pen is a innovation in ink history, the Japanese pen company Zebra develop a new ink type for their ZEBRA SURARI EMULSION ink pen line. This new emulsion ink combines, in a perfect balance, an oil-based ballpoint and gel pen ink, bringing smoothness and vibrant colors at the same time, an amazing development!   Available in multiple tip sizes and vibrant colors, ZEBRA'S emulsion is water resistant, smear-proof and even smoother than low friction ballpoint pens

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 time strategy

  Yoshi, everyone's favorite green dinosaur, comes in plushie form! Nothing can get more adorable than this. With his lovable features heightened by the soft, plushy material, Yoshi plushies have become all the rage for any Nintendo fan out there.  Yoshi has been a well-played character throughout many Nintendo Mario game series over the years. Compared to other famous characters like Mario and Luigi, he doesn't have a specific "power." However, Yoshi is able to ground pound