Culture
Odaiba Gundam on Flickr
Yesterday, flickr featured the 1/1 Gundam statue at Odaiba on its daily blog. They have an English and Chinese version of the blog. My photos of Gundam…
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Characters
Japanese characters and character goods: Rilakkuma, Hello Kitty, Gundam, Pokémon, Doraemon, figures, toys and gachapon.
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Characters
Rilakkuma PC Netbook
Bandai Networks has released a notebook PC for kids based on the popular San-x character, Rilakkuma . More Rilakkuma information here from shibuya246…
Characters
Rilakkuma Bento
There were a lot of character goods on display in Kyoto and Rilakkuma didn't miss out. From a Rilakkuma bento lunch to eat on the train to the goods in…
Tech
Japanese Twitter Users
Social Networking in Japan Whilst there are many popular social networking sites in Japan, including Mixi, GREE, Ameba, Livedoor and more, one site from…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk11
I went down to the Disney convenience store to check out their supplies for this weeks Conbini Monday. They had a few special Disney goodies as well as…
Characters
Mameshiba in Kyoto?
Spotted this very green Mameshiba looking character in Kyoto. It's good to see the Mameshiba character getting out to see the sites! or is it Mameshiba?…
Characters
Solar Bear
Solar Bear has now moved from being just a plastic model warning us about the threat of global warming, to having his own line of global products on the…
Characters
Bus Musume
We've had a few posts on trains in Japan recently, and to even things up I was going to highlight some buses. I came across a post by kimonobox showing…
Conbini Monday
Disney Conbini
If you thought all convenience stores in Japan were the same, branded as a Lawson, 7 Eleven, ampm or other type, then you need to take a closer look at…
Culture
Gundam Odaiba
I had heard that the Gundam model was almost finished and had some requests for photos
Characters
Rilakkuma at golf
Just catching up now on the photos from the golfing trip last week with Rilakkuma. The weather was not bad, the score not the greatest, but Rilakkuma came…
Characters
Rilakkuma at the Zoo
You might know Rilakkuma, but you have probably never seen him playing like this? The monkey here was born at the zoo. The mother monkey would protect the…
Characters
Rilakkuma Golf
San-x company have brought out a range of products for the golf. If you are a Rilakkuma fan who plays golf then these goodies will surely be on your…
Shopping
Shopping for Vitamins?
I found this guy shopping for his vitamins, and it wasn't even Conbini monday. His mom did say it was ok to put up his photo though.
Characters
Rilakkuma spotted at station
Saw these 2 guys waiting for the train at Shinkiba station (新木場). One of them had a cute Rilakkuma keychain holder. Can you find it in the photograph?…
Characters
Mameshiba to debut in English
Mameshiba, a character created by Dentsu, Japan's largest marketing agency, was created in 2008. The range of characters has now grown to over 25 and has…
Marketing
Making Photo Books in Japan
There are a lot of services on the web for making photo books, although many of them cost more to ship from the US back to Japan than the actual making of…
Characters
Rilakkuma Ice at Lawson
Rilakkuma started its tie-up promotions with Lawson late in 2007 and since then has been increasing its visibility in store. I went to this Lawson…