Sickness prevention face masks: a Japan thing, or a safety thing, or both?
It’s common in Japan – even more in winter – to see people wearing cotton or gauze masks over their
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Sanrio
How to order from the Sanrio Japan and San-X Japan online shops with DEJAPAN
For the most kawaii merch you’ll ever see in your life, go straight to the source. The Sanrio and San-X
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Shopping Spotlight: Heso Production
Osaka spirit – there’s nothing like it in the world. This city’s home to thousands of companies. (Including ones we
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Re-ment: cuteness in the palm of your hand
Blind boxes are a type of kawaii lucky dip. You know what the full set looks like, but not what’s
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Rooting for the underdog, rabbit, and cat: less well-known Sanrio characters
The 2018 Sanrio Character Ranking marked the 33rd time they’d asked us all to vote. When we posted this, voting
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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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Long exposure: Japan’s still in love with the instant camera
Digital cameras are super handy, aren’t they? Delete all the blurry selfies and only keep the shots you want. With
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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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