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Easy-to-use item goes viral and sells out as everyone attests to its soy marinated egg perfection.
The best things in life are priceless, but the most useful things tend to only cost about 100 yen (US$0.90).
It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’m not just saying that because he signs my cheques.
We’re pleasantly surprised to discover that a 100 yen gadget allows us to make acceptably decent sushi.
Japan’s economical provider of weird products does it again, with a battery powered infinity mirror light. Who doesn’t need one of those?
One is a collection of oddly useful household goods while the other is a cosmetic paradise.
Our in-house bargain beauty buff has found yet another method to upgrade his locks. How shiny can a 100-yen camellia oil brush make your hair?
SoraNews24 sends our thrifty reporter to test a set of sponge curlers, so he looks like an old-timey housewife. And that’s before he takes them out.
In-house reporter Go Hattori bravely takes the plunge to see if this cheap product will fluff his curls up or leave them a floppy, flat mess.
We tried out the portable sparkling head spa and now we can’t ever go back to normal hair washing again.
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