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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

Japanese stationery companies have the capacity to take those well known stationery goods, and transform them without modifying their usability. They´re capable to create ordinary stationery goods which seem to be totally new by just adding little modifications to the key idea, developing brand-new products that everyone know how to use. Midori is one of those Japanese stationery bands who focus their developments efforts towards this idea, brand new well known use

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day This is the title of an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures which was aired in 2011. It was directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and an anime film of the series was release in 2013. Its genre can be divided into drama, supernatural, romance, and tragedy. This is a story about a group of six childhood friends who drift apart after one of the friends called "Menma" dies in an accident. Through the reappearance of Menma as a ghost visiting one of t

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

Kuretake, founded in 1902, focuses on sumi-e inks for traditional brush calligraphy, pens and brush pens. Nowadays this modern Japanese company continues producing traditional ink. Their brush pens brushes are made with high quality hair making them some of the best pen brushes of the Japanese stationery, and today we want to introduce you one of their most colorful and best products, Kuretake Zig Letter Pens!  This stylish pen brings you the chance to pick your favorite pen body colo

As you already know, Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio based in Koganei, Tokyo (Japan), and founded on June 15, 1985. "Spirited Away" (2001) was their highest success, grossing over US$290 million worldwide and also winning a Golden Bear in 2002 and an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003. Many of their works have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award, and four have won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Five of Studio Ghibli's films rec

One of the top products sold at J-Subculture would be stationery supplies. And why not? Japan has the hottest new stationery, that are both trendy and functionable! Brilliant ideas for stationery come to life in Japan, expanding the numerous kinds of stationery out there. There are so many pens, markers, pencils, and other writing untensils in vast ranges of colors and designs to choose from.   Today, we at J-Subculture would like to introduce you to the Japanese company Pilot and its line

  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

 Apica CO., Ltd has produced high quality notebooks they like to call, Apica Premium C.D. Notebooks. The C.D. stands for "classical design." Apica has reached all the marks that meet the satisfaction of passionate writers through these notebooks. They've taken heavy consideration into the very design of these notebooks, from the binding to the quality of the paper used. These notebooks certaintly live up to their "premium" titles. There are so many reasons why these not

PILOT is one of the spearheads in the Japanese stationery industry and its DR. GRIP 4+1 one of the most complete writing utensil there is. Not only does it have a brilliant design combining tasteful colors and metal parts, the pen as much more to offer with many unique features. In Japan the pen made itself a name as being a writing instrument that even one writes a lot, the hand won't get tired easily. It is convenient to handle as the shaft lies comfortably in the writing hand. Furthermore, th