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Yet another Japanese weight loss trend’s brewing: a taster of Super Diet Coffee

February 22, 2018February 15, 2018 Kei 0 Comments amazon japan, coffee, Cosme, Culture Shock, japan, japan proxy shopping, japanese, rakuten, shopping, Super Diet Coffee, Trending, weird Japan

Japanese food is awesome. And we live in Osaka – Japan’s kitchen – which is where the foodie fun’s at.

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Does it rock or suck? You decide: 7 useless things you’ll find everywhere in Japan

February 15, 2018February 8, 2018 Kei 0 Comments asian beauty, Culture Shock, japan, japanese, merch, shopping, Trending, weird Japan

The quest for convenience in Japan’s led to some crazy inventions. And if something wasn’t invented in Japan, if it’s

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(Mineral) water, baby: everything you need for a home onsen

February 8, 2018January 28, 2018 Kei 0 Comments bath bomb, Culture Shock, japan, japanese, onsen, relaxation, sentou, super sentou, traditions

Japan’s public baths are famous around the world, mostly for 3 things: you gotta get naked in front of a

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Setsubun: magic beans in Japan

February 5, 2018February 1, 2018 Kei 0 Comments beans, Culture Shock, demons, japan, japanese, oni, ritual, Setsubun, spring, traditions

Feb 3rd is Setsubun in Japan. As far as tradition goes, Setsubun’s the first day of spring. Except it’s still cold.

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BKK48 (48 hours in Bangkok): Japan Expo in Thailand, 2018

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 Kei 0 Comments Culture Shock, japan, Japan Expo, Japan Expo Thailand, japan proxy shopping, japanese, merch, Osaka, otaku, shopping

Japan Expo Thailand is – combined with Japan Festa Bangkok – Asia’s biggest celebration of all things Japanese. Half a million

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FUNKY FRUIT: young Japanese fashion in a blender

January 22, 2018January 16, 2018 Kei 0 Comments Culture Shock, fashion, japan, japan proxy shopping, japanese, shopping, Trending

Are you ready to get funky? Fans of J-fashion brands like Listen Flavor, Candy Stripper, 390 Mart and Spinns are

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Fukubukuro lucky bags 2018: Village Vanguard, McDonald’s, Mister Donut, and Flying Tiger

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Kei 0 Comments 2018, cookies, Culture Shock, donuts, Flying Tiger, fukubukuro, good luck, japan, japanese, lucky bags, McDonalds, merch, Mister Donut, New Year, tote bag, Village Vanguard

A new year’s when your luck for the next 12 months is decided. Many people visit a temple or shrine

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Flavours made for grown-ups: Japan’s ‘adult’ drinks, candy, and snacks

January 8, 2018December 6, 2017 Kei 0 Comments Chupa Chups, Country Ma'am, Culture Shock, Fanta, food, japan, japanese, Japanese food, Kinoko no Sato, Pocky, shopping

It’s Coming of Age Day (January 8th), Japan’s yearly celebration of young people reaching adulthood. To mark the day, we’re gonna

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Saying goodbye to Swimmer: a final haul

January 1, 2018November 15, 2017 Kei 0 Comments Culture Shock, dolly-kei, fairy-kei, fashion, japan, kawaii, merch, pastel-kei, shopping, Swimmer, zakka

In early June 2017, kawaii zakka chain Swimmer shocked everyone by announcing they’d be closing in January 2018. It wasn’t

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Have a nice claup: Japan’s funniest English-inspired brand names

December 28, 2017December 20, 2017 Kei 0 Comments asian beauty, Calpis Water, Culture Shock, fashion, japan, japanese, merch, Naive, Nice Claup, shopping, Shopping Spotlight, titty & co, Wacko Maria

Every day, we learn new names for things in Japanese. Some of them are… well, we don’t think anyone asked

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