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Hey, waifu, I’m home: Gatebox, the kawaii 3D virtual assistant

We know you’ve thought about it. About what your life’d be like if you had a waifu waiting at home. […]

In summer, you’ll see all kinds of merch with designs inspired by Japan’s big festivals. Hand fans, bottle covers and

There’s Japanese food, and then there’s food you can only get in Japan. Like snacks and food so spicy, you’ll

Find out if your towel rack holds up to a set of Imabari towels, made in Japan. Woven at the

The reigning champion for strange-but-useful home/office supplies is King Jim. You thought BIBILAB was weird… you thought Dreams Inc. was

Y’know those cute designs you see all over Japanese goods? There’s a high chance they came from the mind (and sketchpad)

If you’re kinda clumsy like we are, laundry day comes around too often. Wearing something white’s asking for trouble. Same

Support a football team that doesn’t exist, and you’ll never be let down on match day. Wave your scarf in

We’ve gone over different types of figures before – but we didn’t cover Ultra Detail Figures. And with an epic

Think about toothpaste for a second. Put that fresh, minty taste in your mind. Now, try and imagine brushing your

We could make a real bad joke here about the safest places to keep your stuff. But this isn’t a

Some movie names don’t survive the translation from English to Japanese. ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ somehow became ‘Bus Man’. The whole ‘Fast