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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 classes or

Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player strategy board game. Its earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the 6th century was brought to Japan where it spawned a number of variants. Two players, Sente (Black; more literally, person with the first move) and Gote (White; person with the second move), play on a board composed of rectangles in a grid of 9 ranks (rows) by 9 files (columns).   The rectangles are undifferentiated by marking or color. The bo

  The beautiful rose helps us to express our love to someone close to us. Roses represent deep love, elegance, and beauty. Besides poetic significance, roses also offer amazing benefits to our health. While roses are believed to relieve tension and stress through its entrancing aroma, they also help balance and smoothen our skin, while also being able to bring color to our lips and cheeks. How can we truly enjoy these wonderful benefits from roses without having to go through the process of

【J-SUB Shop Product Introductions – Pikachu related Items】 Pikachu debuts in Hollywood!!!!!!!!!!! And that is for the first time in live-action for Pikachu! From appearance he looks all cute and snugly…but inside a “middle-aged man”?! Hilarous ((*´∀｀)) Not only in Japan, but much-loved around the world, this Pikachu finally receives its long-awaited live-action movie adaption☆ Have you taken a closer look at it yet? We thought to take up on the occa

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

   

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

Splatoon is a video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game centers around characters known as Inklings—beings that can transform between humanoid and squid forms, and hide or swim through colored ink sprayed on surfaces using gun or brush-based weaponry. Splatoon features several game modes, including 4-on-4 online multiplayer and a single player campaign. Splatoon players control characters called Inklings, who have the ability to shape-shift between human and s

  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

Today we offer you a very special and magical item. A truly beautiful playing cards with many of the hand-drawn designs of the Miyazaki factory, also known as Studio Ghibli. In this precious box you will find drawings, for example, of one of the most popular and beloved character of the wonderful Hayao Miyazaki, the amazing Totoro. This lovely character is best known for appearing in "My Neighbor Totoro".  You will also find colorful drawings of many other Studio Ghibli films suc