So what’s the latest thing killing cigarette sales in Japan? No, its not the TASPO cards that are installed on cigarette vending machines. It’s actually the Nicotine patch. Since the Japanese health ministry relaxed restrictions and allowed the sale of the patches over the counter, nicotine patch sales have soared. Takeda Pharmaceutical teamed up with […] More
What do you get when you combine a popular fish cake manufacturer Odawara Kanko, and a big Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy team up? A very cool fishcake that celebrates both companies. The two companies have created the Tomy Car Kamaboko which just so happens to be shaped in Tomy’s classic toy cars. It’s not […] More
I decided to take a break from my seemingly normal routine of waking up, driving to work, coming home, and sleeping and catch up on my backlog of Netflix movies. Tonight I watched Yo-Yo Girl Cop. I know what you are thinking. A very cheesy J-Movie. You would be right. However, when the yo-yo wasn’t […] More
So what can you do in Hakone Japan that you can’t do anywhere else in the world? Bathe in a huge tub of soy milk. October 12th was the soy milk festival in Japan. To celebrate, an onsen in Hokone Kowakien provided soy milk baths for their guests. I have heard that milk is good […] More
You may have seen the countless number of “infinite” toys popping up like endless edamame and the Mugen Peri Peri. Well, banana’s have been given a lot of attention in Japan this year. Trends in Japan talks about the “morning banana diet” that has become a hit and sold more than 700,000 copies. And who […] More
Chris over at JPopJapan.com has relaunched his site and turned it into a community controlled JPop and Japanese music social bookmarking site. What’s cool is that its a unique idea as there isn’t one site that brings together all of the Japanese music sites and blogs available online. If you havn’t taken a look at […] More
I havn’t missed a day posting this year so far, and I don’t plan to, but my posts may get latter on in the day due to me having to find a new posting rhythm. One thing that I loved about freelancing is that I could make my own schedule, and rarely woke up before […] More
Do you remember when Tamagotchi was popular here in America? I’m not afraid to admit it. I had one of the “boy” Tamagotchi. It was red, and it was actually a male puppy. Even though Tamagotchi is back, and now in color for today’s youth, as an adult, you may not want to be seen […] More
We know Toyota as being the number one car maker here in America. However, what we will never see here in America by the company is so much cooler than just cars. In 2005, Toyota developed the i-Foot robot that offers the “pilot” three-dimensional mobility. Sorta the same concept as the Exoskeleton suit I wrote […] More
Bored and need a cool project that will take up a Saturday afternoon? How about making erasers shaped as fast food and sushi in your microwave. Yep, in your microwave. The products are from the Let’s Make Eraser with Microwave line of products. Currently there are 2 sets featured on Jlist, a fast food set […] More
This is a pretty neat optical illusion. Not sure where this is in Japan, if anyone knows, please leave a comment! If something like this was available in the states, it would probably be at a science and industry museum or Ripleys. More
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