Category Archives: Game & Toy

“Origami Kojo” Making Origami out of Leftover Paper

Shachihata’s “Origami Kojo” allows you to make origami sheets out of papers no longer needed without knife. It is a plastic board with two clear square, plastic plates; a square…

Free Geosocial Game for iPhone “DREAM OWNER”

Are you an iPhone user? Do you like geosocial game? Be glad! There is a free geosocial game for iPhone app just released last week. iPhone Application “DREAM OWNER: The…

Learn Japan through Simple Games

I found a useful website that provides a variety of games involving Japanese culture. Although they are designed for children, anyone who is leaning Japanese culture might find it interesting…

4D Cityscape Tokyo Time Puzzle

A unique three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle called “4D Cityscape Tokyo” will be on the market this fall. It is a puzzle of the scenery in Tokyo with a history experience feature….

B-LABO: Hello Kitty Shaved Ice

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Mini Hello Kitty shaved ice maker from a capsule-toy vending machine.   This machine may be very tiny, but you can actually use…

Daigo Umehara : God of 2D Fighting Game

  If you are a fighting game fan, you may know or have heard of Daigo “the Beast” Umehara, who is a famous Japanese fighting-game player. He won many championships…

“Bijin” Count-up Game for Darts

On this blog, we have made posts about digital clocks called Bijin-Tokei and Hanayome-Tokei. With these devices, beautiful girls or brides tell you the time. And today, we would like to…

Scavenger Hunt

  Have you ever joined a scavenger hunt activity? In Japan, many people often come together as volunteer workers to clean public spaces. In 2008, a group called “Japan Sport…

“Air Shodo” Online Japanese Calligraphy

  “Air Shodo” is a free online application that gives you shodo (asian calligraphy) experience! It is like “Online Calligraphy Wallpaper Maker” I recently posted, but from my experience, Air Shodo is easier to…

Online Calligraphy Wallpaper Maker

  A Japanese software company JustSystem which is famous for its word processor Ichitaro presents “online calligraphy wallpaper maker” on its website. It is pretty cool, and you don’t need…

One-Person Ping Pong Game – Rally without Ball

“Takkyu High Tension (Hyper Ping Pong)” is a table tennis paddle shaped electric game that a player can simulate ping pong rally along with the bouncing ball sounds. It was…

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