B-LABO: Unique Denture Strap

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Today, I’m going to introduce this unique denture-shaped strap from B-LABO.     The Bungu-o (stationery king) got this funny strap from his…

Japanese Shigaraki Ware Vase interior pottery

  This is a Japanese traditional Shigaraki ware vase. Shigaraki ware is pottery and stoneware. It’s made in Kouka area in Shiga Prefecture. Shigaraki ware is famous for raccoon statue….

Japanese Culture Influenced Tattoos

These words are the tattoos written in Japanese shown in the YouTube video below. It is interesting to see tattoos written in Japanese because not so many Japanese care to…

Bath Bomb Maker

  Do you know both bomb? It is a ball that fizzes in water, usually fragrant and colored. You can also find different shaped bath bomb at stores. BANPRESTO’s Bath…

Japanese Iron Lacquer Pendant necklace sakura cherry

  This is the pendant with a horseshoe shaped Nanbu Iron (painted lacquer). Although it’s small and simple, the texture of iron and the shape of horseshoe match each other…

Ninjas Crawling up an Advertising Display!?

Let me introduce you a post of a blog that I always check.     This is an advertising display on a building near Sumidagawa, Tokyo. It is an ad…

Wasabi Stories vol.225: “Making a Break With Wimpiness”

Today’s story-teller is judoka Tadahiro Nomura. First, he says that he goes to the bathroom and look at himself in the mirror after washing his face with cold water right…

Japanese Shigaraki Ware Vase pottery

  This is a Japanese traditional Shigaraki ware vase. Shigaraki ware is pottery and stoneware. It’s made in Kouka area in Shiga Prefecture. Shigaraki ware is famous for raccoon statue….

Mikan Citrus Peeling Art

  Mikan is a seedless citrus smaller and sweeter than orange. It is probably called “mandarin orange” in English-speaking countries. Mikan is a winter fruit in Japan and it is…

Kitchen Museum on Kappabashi Street – a Minor Tourist Destination in Tokyo

  Kappabashi Street runs between Ueno and Asakusa in Tokyo. Numbers of shops supplying the restaurant trade clustered on the street. Pots, pans, dishes, chopsticks silverwares, glasses… all kinds of…

My Neighbor Totoro Kawaii Interior Mat

  This is a Japanese my neighbor TOTORO interior mat. As you know, my Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro, in Japanese) is a 1988 Japanese anime movie written by Hayao…

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