Category Archives: Home & Garden

Green Tea Matches

Japanese people love green tea, and  in Japan you can find a variety of tea leaves and green tea bottled beverages. Green tea is very integral in our daily lives…

Japanese Furoshiki & Hand Towel Tenugui Set

  This is a Japanese hand towel and mini furoshiki (wrapping cloth), chopsticks case set. How would you like this wonderful towel set for gifts?   If the eBay link…

Which Bedding the Japanese Use Futon or Bed?

The result of “What Types of Bedding Do You Use?” poll taken by goo was opened, and futon topped the list over beds.     After the result opening, a…

Moving TV Commercial : Messages From Mom

  This is a TV commercial of Tokyo Gas.     Mother speaks: “I have fewer conversations with my son than I would like, so have decided to cook nice…

Kawaii Massage Cushions

Mother’s day is just around the corner (^^). Have you chosen a gift yet? Today, I would like to introduce something nice for your Mother’s day gift. Look at these…

National Treasure Teahouse Built Out of Cardboard

Today, I would like to introduce a Japanese teahouse. The most interesting feature of this teahouse is that this is the perfect re-creation of a national treasure and built entirely…

Mobile Beauty Instruments Will Be Hit in 2011!?

According to the “2011 Hit Products Prediction Ranking” by NIKKEI TRENDY (December’s issue), mobile beauty instruments will be hit in Japan next year. A wide variety of stylish and compact…

Panasonic’s Retro Promotion for Latest Electrical Appliances

  There is a tendency for young people to stay single in recent years in Japan, and the number of late twenties and early thirties’ people who live alone has…

JAPAN Style 1st Anniversary Campaign! Free Gift Giveaway! – Part2

    Today is the second day of the free gift campaign (to see the first gift, click HERE). Today’s gift is “sushi magnet” ! (brand new).  

Shishi-odoshi Water Fountain USB

      It is called “Shishi-odoshi,” a water fountain made of bamboo. The name literally means “deer scarer,” and originally made to scare away animals damaging agriculture, but it…

Sectional Open-Air Bath Made of Hinoki

Taking an open-air bath is one of the Japanese people’s enjoyments. But I had never seen a sectional open-air bath like this before!    

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