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This is just one of the items in a range of delicious accessories designed for meat lovers.
If you ever wanted to turn heads and make people’s mouths water as you walk by them on the street, there’s no easier way to do it than with a meaty backpack. This new product is the latest to...

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The super heavyweight sleeping Pokémon is now available overseas!
American mail order site ThinkGeek has just revealed a new addition to their range of fan goods, with the Pokémon Snorlax Bean Bag Chair.
Weighing in at a significantly lighter load than its 460-kilogramme (1,014-poun...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HITA, Oita — Colored carp, sunflowers, zebra prints, and more. Colorful geta wooden sandals with these fancy patterns caught my eye when I visited Motono Hakimono Kogyo, a geta factory in Hita, Oita Prefecture.
“I hope people wear these fashionable geta on various occasions in th...

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Looks like Luffy and his anime cohorts have been enjoying too many high-calorie meals while sailing the high seas.
We recently took a look at what would happen if Pikachu started hitting the gym and packing on muscle mass, but what about the opposite scenario? Luffy and the other st...

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We bet your school backpacks were never this haute CUTEoure.
In Japan, the randoseru is a symbol of childhood. Children carry one of these hardy leather backpacks for all six years of elementary school, and they range from “quite pricey” to “eye-wateringly expensive”, depending on t...

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Anime News Network’s merchandise coverage sponsored by Tokyo Otaku Mode.The only organization strong enough to take on all the Godzilla and Unit 01 crossover merchandise is U.N. NERV’s Anti-Godzilla Division. The specialized unit has a modified logo, replacing NERV’s maple leaf with...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japanese fashion brand Trove has created a series of what it calls Wa-Robe items (“wa” meaning Japanese).
The most exciting of these are three Star Wars Hanten, coming in designs featuring Master Yoda or the poster for the original 1977 Star Wars, now known as Episode IV: A New Hop...

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These wide-eyed kitties will watch you with every step while you enjoy the comfort of padded soles.
From marshmallows to Band-aids, cat-loving retailer Felissimo has all the cute kitty products we could ever ask for. Now they’ve found a way for us to get a feel for the world of feli...

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This year, the ajisai hydrangeas that bloom in June can blossom on your summer kimono along with some playful white cats.
Feline lovers in Japan and across the world know that when it comes to cute cat goods, nobody does it better than Japanese online retailer Felissimo. With a sect...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
 
Coca-Cola has announced the “sumaho” (smartphone) vending machine. Though the name suggests a vending machine that sells phones, it is actually one that connects with a smart device and a dedicated app called Coke ON.
Vending machines are a fact of life in Japan. Especially in th...

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