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Super-cheap Online Shopping – Can you make a capsule hotel look cool with a 365-yen aurora light?

Masanuki wants to recapture the sci-fi excitement of capsule hotels, but he doesn’t want to spend much money doing it.

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Checking Amazon Japan’s Bath Salts Fukubukuro Lucky Bag for 2024

How many Japanese bath salts can we get for US$25?

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Checking Amazon Japan’s most suspiciously high-rated solar panel charger

We don’t know what to believe anymore.

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Studio Ghibli’s truck from My Neighbour Totoro now available as die-cast Takara Tomy car

Jiji the cat from Kiki’s Delivery Service also gets its own moving vehicle.

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Our writer gets enticed by AliExpress’s reading-in-the-dark glasses…but do they really work?

Masanuki is drawn to high-beam eyes like a moth to a flame.

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Looking to gift some food? Here are some of Japan’s most popular snacks with online sales

These snacks, both salty and sweet, will be sure to satisfy anyone. 

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We buy Amazon’s lowest-rated smartphone “Eye-view Camera Hat” for easy, hands-free videography

And while it is, indeed, hands-free, it has a few other problems…

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Our reporter’s faith in the Google gods is shaken by a dubious online purchase of a luxury watch

Is Google a god, or is it just as fallible as man?

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We try blue beer made with drift ice from Hokkaido

Drift Ice Draft even looks like sea ice from the north when it’s poured.

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Asahi opens online store to sell their edible cups, aims to reduce plastic waste

The brand will launch a brand new nutty flavor to round out the line.

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AliExpress sets new standard for “creepy cute” with Pikacentipede plushie

Human Centipede, watch out. There’s a new challenger in town.

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Japanese online fashion retailer Zozotown develops foot-scanning tech for perfect-fitting shoes

But can they get it right this time?

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Customer receives special treat with his package: edible packing!

When “DO NOT EAT” becomes just “EAT,” life is good.

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Perfect for cosplayers or for those who wish to experience what’s it like to be a woman.

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The epic tale of Mr. Sato’s new Zozosuit

Join us in a mail order adventure half a year in the making.

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Korean shopping site’s commercial series is brain-washing in more ways than one【Videos】

If you need a zen moment to reset your brain, this might do the trick.

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Customer gets an unexpected surprise when Amazon suggests additional items to purchase

Maybe Amazon and Studio Ghibli have a partnership to push a special agenda…

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New Philippine mail order site makes Japanese items available at the click of a button

Philippine residents can now get their hands on a plethora of Japanese items at TOKYO STYLE.

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Angel Beats! itasha auction wraps up for unexpected sum

Japanese marketing ploys of using popular characters to sell everything under the sun isn’t a new concept by any means, but when it comes to itasha, they’re almost always custom works created by otaku for otaku.

However, as part of a game-changing move, publisher VisualArt’s recently announced it would be auctioning off a BMW with an official Angel Beats! wrap job, posing the question of just how high fans of the series would go to purchase a one-of-a-kind, official item from their favorite series. The result, however, probably wasn’t what anyone was expecting.  Read More

New children’s superhero BABYTECTOR comes straight out of the womb ready for action!

Usually when people think of a superhero, they imagine someone big or strong, like Captain America or Baymax from Big Hero 6. That said, it’s important to remember that heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and when it comes to superheroes, Japan has quite the variety. But among Japanese good guys, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Anpanman, a superhero made out of anpan, a bean jam-filled pastry, definitely has a monopoly on the baby and toddler market. However that might be about to change with 441LABO’s newest superhero, Newborn Hero BABYTECTOR.

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