Q-pot accessories: sugar sweet fake food fashion
Q-pot is where real-looking fake food, kawaii-ness, and girly fashion jewellery meet. Don’t contain(er) your excitement, share it The Q-pot
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So Kawaii!
The absolute cutest stuff – straight from Japan!
Literally cats in hats: necos cat cosplay zakka
When you love cats and you love cosplay, combining the 2 makes sense. Someone else put that idea into action
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Sanrio Boys: a real bunch of characters
Sanrio characters number in the hundreds. Over 200, last time we counted. Trust us on that figure, ’cause we aren’t
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Ketchup in common: the many personas of Pikachu
It’s easy to recognise a Pikachu. The bright yellow-ness, the ears, the lightning bolts that come out of those cute
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A cat’s life: Japan’s love of nekos
Being a cat seems super easy, from the way some house cats act all day. Lie in a sunbeam, meow,
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Every visit’s a joy: Japanese Pokemon Centres
Pokemon Centres have saved our Pokemon (and our butts) many, many times – and they’re real-world lifelines for Poke-fans around
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Wrist rests while you work: 9 cute, comfy PC cushions from Japan
We type thousands of words every day to bring you guys news and merch from Japan, so we know that
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Sugoi kawaii, kuso yabai: cool stuff to buy from Japan online
Japan can be weird. We should know, we live here. And we think that’s because this country’s got cool stuff
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From chibi to collector’s edition: the many types of Japanese figures
The struggle to prove that our favourite game or anime character really exists is constant. Some of us snuggle up
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Turning Yokohama yellow: Pikachu Outbreak in Japan, summer 2017
The summer ‘Pikachu Outbreak’ event’s been ‘a thing’ for a couple years now. ‘A thing’ as in the biggest, craziest
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