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This article picks two construction machine models from SIKU, a German brand whose series is based on vehicles actually working across Europe, faithfully reproducing their shapes and liveries. Both are listed on Japanese Rakuten shop item pages and available to order overseas through FROM JAPAN. Since its founding in 1921 SIKU has exported miniature cars to about 60 countries as a European top brand. The brand sticks to modeling from the real vehicles' drawings and switched to zinc die-cast in 1963. Liebherr, per its Hong Kong company profile, is one of the world's largest construction machinery manufacturers.
WTAPS is built around a concept of the right thing in the right place, with items based on an authenticity-focused military style, and the items also have an urban atmosphere. This article covers a WTAPS x New Balance ABZORB 2010 collaboration, listed on a Japanese Rakuten shop item page and available to order overseas through FROM JAPAN.
OLD JOE draws on traditional techniques, exploring and learning from artisans, and works to adapt ancient wisdom and aesthetics to the present. All 3 items are listed on Japanese Rakuten shop pages and can be ordered overseas through FROM JAPAN. Here they are in order: the STAND COLLAR ROVER JACKET plus two trousers, the WADORI MOULDER TROUSER and the BUCKLE BACK SAILOR TROUSER.
KATO is a Japanese model railway maker, and this guide covers their N gauge model of the "E7 Series Hokuriku Shinkansen Kagayaki." The E7 Series is the flagship train on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, with a nose shape carried over from the E2 Series bullet train and a calm sky-blue and copper livery. We picked 3 listings at Japanese shops, priced from ¥7,868 to ¥12,266, all new KATO items that ship overseas through FROM JAPAN.
Graphpaper is a Tokyo designer brand led by its creative director（南貴之）, reinterpreting authentic, universal standard pieces with a sense of "now" and "atmosphere" — a refined wardrobe proposed for grown-up wearers. Through FROM JAPAN's proxy shopping service, you can buy secondhand Graphpaper pieces directly from Japanese Rakuten stores and have them delivered overseas. This guide picks 3 items: the PUMA collab SPEEDCAT PLUS sneakers (unused, secondhand market), a simple dress, and a cotton knit vest, priced from ¥11,000 to ¥22,880.
Yasuhiko Yoshikazu is best known as the animation director of Mobile Suit Gundam, and the Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN manga（機動戦士ガンダム ジ オリジン） is his serialized work in Gundam Ace magazine. Through FROM JAPAN's proxy shopping service, you can buy these books directly from Japanese Rakuten stores and have them delivered overseas. This guide picks 3 books: a large-format collection of hand-drawn manuscripts from his popular works, Vol. 18 of the manga, and the first THE ORIGIN art book, priced from ¥792 to ¥4,400.
The STARLINGEAR Flaming Skeleton Key pendant is the pre-owned piece featured in this guide, and ships overseas through the FROM JAPAN proxy shopping service. This design has been part of the brand's lineup since its early days and has been remade three times; the official blog describes it as a piece designer RYK feels a special attachment to. The key motif carries a meaning too: unlocking someone's heart with a key and setting it ablaze. STARLINGEAR's official blog features the brand's store, STARLINGEAR HARAJUKU, in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo.