Smell like a unicorn, ufufu: Vasilisa perfumes & scents
Watch enough Japanese variety TV shows, and/or the commercials in between, and you’ll know about Rola. It’s safe to say
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Shopping Spotlight
Cool, new and unusual Japanese shops – and shopping experiences.
Maison de Reefur: House of pink and glamour
The Daikanyama area of Tokyo is home to a rare Maison de Reefur shop in Japan. This exclusive boutique keeps
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Don’t sew, just go and geek out: cosplay stuff you can (and should) buy pre-made
Not all cosplay outfits are created equal. Not by the cosplayer, anyway. Some people love spending hours crafting, stitching, and
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Stylish Japanglish: J-fashion collections with names as funky as the clothes
Japanese fashion labels – from a bunch of sub-genres – give their clothes and their collections some unusual names. A
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Wakka wakka wow: Pac-Man Ginza Style
Pac-Man and one of Ginza’s poshest department stores aren’t 2 things you’d put together. And then someone did. Pac-Man Ginza
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Big in Tokyo: a massive BE@RBRICK Summer event at Omotesando Hills
Omotesando Hills is a big shopping complex in Tokyo, close to Harajuku. It’s kinda fancy – not as expensive as
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Funk up your Japanese figure collection: join the Daruma Club
We’ve already explained a bunch of different types of figures. There’s one we didn’t cover yet: Daruma Club. What does
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A guide to using the Nendoroid Face Maker
Yeah, there’s a Nendo Face Maker website out! You can order the faces you make, for the Nendoroid bodies you
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Shopping for Japanese fashion on Yahoo! Auctions: what to look for
A handy way to dig up limited-edition Japanese streetwear and second-hand clothes is on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. Yep, the resellers
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Thanks for the low prices: it’s 390 Mart
390 yen. At the time we wrote this, that was just under £2.80, and around $3.55. How much you can
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