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High-Tech Japanese Toilets are Awesome!

11 Reasons Why Japanese Toilets Are Awesome

Japanese Toilets

Perhaps you’ve heard of them–these majestic plastic thrones with the latest in rear-end pampering technology. To the Western eye they are a fabled bathroom wonder only available to Hollywood’s super-rich, but in Japan these “washlet” toilets are accessible to all, from train stations to shopping malls to private commodes, with 72% of Japanese households now performing their daily duty atop these electronic bidet toilets.

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Find Out Which Japanese Rice Cooker and Dishwasher Are the Best

Have you ever wondered what’s in Japan’s water to make sushi rice look mouth-watering good? That same water can also clean an amazingly dirty gyūdon bowl; but the true secret ingredient to either of these is not the water, it’s the Japanese appliances. People from nearby Asian countries fly to Japan just to get their hands on the country’s rice cookers and compact dishwashers and if they can’t take it with them by plane, they’re sure to use a buying service like FROM JAPAN to get them.

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7 Tips for the Fukubukuro Hunting Season

Fukubukuro Season in Japan is basically the equivalent of Black Friday in the United States. Starting from the day after New Years and usually lasting until January 5, stores try to get rid of products left over from the previous year, by packaging them into bags called fukubukuro and selling them at ridiculously discounted prices. Usually, the fukubukuro is sealed to prevent you from looking inside, basically making it a mystery shopping event; however, in an effort to draw more customers recently some stores have departed from the surprise aspect and now post fliers showing what’s inside. That way, the customers don’t feel like they got a raw deal. Interestingly, it seems to be working for the stores as fukubukuro are as popular as ever.

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Where to Buy Doujinshi

Buying Doujinshi (Image Source: amiamiblog.com)

Finding good doujinshi is often a cause for major headaches. This is especially true for international buyers due to the limited numbers of available stock, even within Japan, causing many foreigners to head to Japan just to get their paws on a doujinshi by their favorite circle.

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Weird and Funny Japanese Oddities that You Need!

Are you looking for something just a little different? Want to spice up those boring play rooms? Know someone with…

The top 10 Japanese Items From Japan Of All Time!

Welcome to our site! Here at From Japan, we help people all over the world get the items “from Japan” that they may not be able to buy in their own countries. In doing so, we’ve noticed that some products are quite popular so we’ve assembled this list of the top selling items available through our site. We hope this will help you in searching for the items that you are looking for!

Ranking #1 – AKB48 photos

These are photographs of the idol girl group, AKB48, which is one of the hottest musical groups in Japan. The AKB48 concept is an “idol group you can meet” and it has around 90 members, ranging in age from early teens to mid-20s. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, its members perform daily at its theater in Akihabara. If you can’t go to Akihabara to see them in person, collecting photos is another way to connect with this group. These items are most popular in countries like the Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. Find them on our site by clicking here.

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