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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

As a truly lover of carrying with yourself all of your dispositives, pencils, notebooks, notepads, smartphones, tablets, computer chargers, etc., you will surely prefer to keep all this important stuff well organized. There are many options out there, but today we offer to you the best bag you can ever dream. It is a super cute and powerful organizer, and as you will see, incredibly easy to take it with you anywhere you go and with all its compartments, which are specially designed for all kind

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

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

  MUJI (Mujirushi, 無印良品) is a Japanese company that revolves around the idea of a "no brand" concept and utmost simplicity. Through their natural, soft, and aesthetic products, they've captured the hearts of many around the world. Each product is carefully made through a process that is both good for the environment and also ensuring of good quality. With fresh and clean ideas come items that will make our lives better. One of their well known products is their cut cotton

  Nintendo is back with an extremely kawaii Yoshi game! Yoshi's Woolly World! Here's the link to Nintendo's YT vid that shows the cuteness of Yarn Yoshi: youtu.be/FhR77B6UoQ0 In this grand adventure, you can travel a whole new world that's completely made out of colorful yarn and patchwork! It's ridiculously adorable! The story goes like this.  Everything is peaceful on Craft Island...until Kamek comes and turns all the Yoshis into yarn! In order to put his fr

  Detective Conan, or Case Closed is a highly popular manga/anime series known by practically any Japanese person out there, fan or not. It is a detective series about a young, high school detective named Jimmy Kudo (in the English series). Jimmy later adopts the name "Conan Edogawa" to protect his identity after transforming into his younger self, hence "Detective Conan." The realistic, action packed mystery series of Case Closed will always keep you begging for more. T

We are sure you are one of those crazy coffee or tea addicted ones, and that´s why we bring to you one of Hario´s most successful products. It´s maybe seem an elegant, cool and super well designed bottle (which is true) of wine on the outside, but it has a small secret on the inside… it is not a normal bottle.   What it really is… is a teapot with the filter inside! If you love -and we know you do- tea´s or coffee´s real and true flavor, but you d

【J-SUB Shop Product Introductions - Stationery related Items】 Highly sought after! The Pilot Iroshizuku (色彩雫) 50ml Bottle Ink Series✧°˖✧˖° The special feature of the Iroshizuku fountain pen ink series is really its array of colors! Inspired by Japan’s natural beauty and scenery, the inks come in unique coloration. With the thickness of the pen tip and the strength given when writing, the settling of the ink and the whispering of the pen can be changed to various ap

There's a craze among modern Japanese women on leg aesthetics. Many Japanese women desire their legs to look long and slender. They aim for something called 美脚 (bikyaku) in Japanese, which refers to beautiful legs. Many women try to improve the condition of their legs in many ways, such as doing leg exercises, getting active, etc. A lot of my lady friends do yoga just for their legs, wear high heels to make their legs appear slender, and take the stairs instead of an elevator whenever possib