Products
Beautiful Japanese commercial for the Touch Wood cell phone by NTT DoCoMo
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo has an impressive commercial for their Touch Wood SH-08C cell phone. The ad was produced by a Japanese agency Drill, Inc. Watch it here: Read More
‘Kudamemo’ Japanese fruit-shaped notepads
Believe it or not, these neatly sliced apples and pears are actually notepads! Delicious Kudamemo notepads, designed by Masashi Tentaku and produced by D-Bros, look very much like real fruit, but if you look closer, you’ll see they’re made of 150 sheets of note paper. Read More
Ice cubes in the shape of polar bears and penguins
Tired of cooling your drink with old school square ice cubes? Here’s something cuter! Japanese manufacturer Monos recently started selling a new product named Polar Ice, which is a set of two silicon molds that make ice cubes in the shape of a polar bear and a pair of… Read More
Japanese egg vending machine
In Japan, where there is a vending machine for just about anything you can think of, it’s perhaps no surprise that you can also find a vending machine for eggs. Watch this automatic hen house dispense fresh eggs: For a few hundred Yen, the machine offers a selection of different… Read More
Turn your iPhone into your favorite Japanese food
Are you sick and tired of looking at your plain old iPhone case? These wacky Japanese iPhone covers from iMeshi will turn your pet into some highly realistic looking Japanese food. It’s just too bad you won’t be able to eat it. Read More
Creative barcodes amuse Japanese shoppers
Barcodes, those monotonous symbols of our consumer civilization that make us pay for every product in the world, have received some pretty extreme makeover in Japan. Since 2005, a Shibuya-based design agency D-Barcode has been turning those conventional black and white lines into unique and inventive creations. Read More
Japanese head massager ‘Head Kenzan’
If you want to give your head a soothing massage while enjoying the benefit of looking like a tribal chief at the same time, you might want to consider this Japanese head massager called Head Kenzan. Read More
Futuristic ‘Cool Leaf’ mirror keyboard coming soon
Japanese company Minebea will soon launch its new flat keyboard called Cool Leaf, designed by industrial designer Kazuo Kawasaki. The product will be in stores in Japan on May 13, 2011. Read More
Grand Pianist: The world’s smallest grand piano
Japanese company Sega Toys is selling an insanely small grand piano which is an almost identical copy of a real piano. This miniature piano, called Grand Pianist, measures 25 cm (9.8″) in width, 18 cm (7″) in height and 33 cm (13″) in length. It is powered by electricity… Read More
Necomimi: Headband with cat ears that move in response to your feelings
Japanese company Neurowear has invented cat ears on a headband that move and wiggle in response to your emotional state. Read More
