Animals & Characters

Takoyaki, the Japanese, fun-sized snack that's sure to rock your world! たこ焼き (takoyaki) literally translates to octopus (tako) and fried (yaki). Takoyaki are small balls of flour batter cooked in specialized takoyaki pans. In each ball, there are pre-cooked octopus bits. Takoyaki is usually eaten with takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, green seaweed bits, and dried bonito shavings. Most takoyaki contain ingredients besides octopus, such as green onions, pickled red ginger, and tempura scraps. The t

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 and b

My Neighbor Totoro is one of the best known Japanese animation movies of all time, and probably the best movie from its animation studio, Ghibli Studio. For most of us My Neighbor Totoro was our first Japanese animation movie, the one who introduced us to the Japanese animation, and in many cases the movie who awakened our interest. This beautiful story and one of its main characters, Totoro, that scary and at the same time cute monster, teach us to protect and love the mother nature.

suruga-yasuruga-ya;【J-SUB PROXY SHOPPING Introductions – Anime Popculture related Items】 The products we introduce you this time are all about the upcoming anime series of『ENSEMBLE STARS!・あんさんぶるスターズ！』!(^^)! Initially the ENSEMBLE STARS! Anime was set to air in 2017, but then the release dragged on and on…and now finally on JULY 7TH, 2019, it premiers, hurray ＼(^o^)／ That’s something to look forward to, isn’t it♪♪ Will the wait have been worth it and what kind of anime is it g