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 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 scr

緑茶 (ryokucha) or Japanese green tea, is the top kind of tea that is consumed in Japan. There are many known health benefits from drinking green tea. For a beautiful life, drinking green tea is highly recommended, compared to its other tea counterparts. What is green tea made of though? And how is drinking green tea good for you? Let us at J-Subculture elaborate.  Japanese green tea is made from the plant, チャノキ (chanoki), or Camellia sinensis. The image above is a picture of th

【J-SUB Shop Product Introductions – Beauty & Health related Items】 High in demand also at our company, we introduce you to a very popular series of skin care products from Japan! In this article we talk about the basic skin care lines of HADALABO GOKUJUN Moisturizing Skin Care (肌研 極潤), HATOMUGI Skin Conditioner (ハトムギ化粧水), KIKUMASAMUNE Sake Skin Care (日本酒化粧水) & MUJI Sensitive Skin Care (MUJI 化粧水): These 4 brands are much appreciated in J

Stapleless staplers?! What are those?! These AMAZING works of stationery are as just as their name implies; they're staplers that don't use staples! So wait, how are they staplers if they don't use staples? Let's find out. The acclaimed company of Japanese stationeries, Kokuyo, has produced a one of a kind item that will certainly rock your world. They look like staplers, have the same function of a stapler, and they are truly called "staplers," but their designs a

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓ AMIIBO distributed by NINTENDO is a game accessory figure with a built-in IC-CHIP.  The figures can be read into the WII U ‘Wii U GamePad’, the ‘NEW NINTENDO  3DS (incl. XL)’ as well as the 'NINTENDO 2DS' systems, whereby it allows players to enjoy various interlinked activities within the game, such as training characters or collecting all kinds of bonus content for compatible software. The IC-chip embeds two

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

What is collagen? Collagen is the most common protein that is produced in the human body. Collagen has various roles to benefit the body, but the most visible role is its power over our skin. Collagen makes the mold of our skin and strengthens it while helping replace and restore dead skin cells. When we're young, the natural process of producing collagen is consistent. However, as we age, the production of collagen in our bodies declines, making our skin sag and leading a quicker path to wrinkl

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 introduce 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 na

Your child is sleepy… he or she needs to go to bed, but he won´t fall asleep if he doesn´t have with himself a particular, close and spongy friend. He doesn´t want any kind of plushy doll… he has the perfect friend already, and its name is Anpanman! And what your child needs is an Anpanman sweet and plushy doll!! Every cute and super funny Anpanman characters are perfectly well designed in order to be perfect to huge… your kids they are going to love them!

  WELCOME TO THE NANOBLOCK WORLD OF ANIMALS! Each animal is from the Nanoblock mini collection series. These nanoblocks are so tiny. At first, they seem unconnected, but when you put them together, they form an adorable animal! They're so small that they can fit in the palm of your hand! Just looking at them makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside. They make great decorations too! And they're great for your personal collection. If you look very closely, you