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*Red* Retro USB Game Pad -- Nintendo Ver

At J-List we love Elecom accessories. Smart, stylish and functional, their products have a wonderful simplicity to their design that make them exceptionally useful. This game pad is no exception to the rule -- a standard 8 button game pad that has a touch of retro and fits like it was personally made to be in your particular hands, modelled after Nintendo's original Nintendo Famiy Computer (aka the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES). This fits into USB slot and requires no drivers for...

Hidenori Matsubara Artworks

Hidenori Matsubara is a character designer who is perhaps most widely known for his work on "Ah! My Goddess." This thick artbook not only focuses on his work from the famous anime series, but tons of others that you probably didn't know he was involved in as well such as Sakura Taisen (aka Sakura WARS), Gungrave, Rurou ni Kenshin, Return of Nadia, and tons more. Inside the 140+ pages are tons of artwork from actual cell captures to beautiful water/ pencil colored artwork as well. Great...

Hello Kitty Sanrio Strap Chirimen - Lucky Cat

This darling Hello Kitty netsuke (strap) make a great style addition to your bag or car, and has a little bell on it for extra cuteness! Made of chirimen (kimono) fabric, this Hello Kitty is seated on a zabuton (sitting cushion) and posed just like the famous Maneki Neko (Lucky Cat) that is an iconic symbol of Japan. Measures about 2.5 inches tall, with a 2 inch braided yellow strap. An official Sanrio product. (More like this) (Direct link to this product)

Brown Totoro Towel Blanket 140 X 190cm ~ Extra Large

An Extra Large Totoro towel blanket that's light to carry, even when wet. In Japan, many people use this type of towel as a shade blanket or for use as a "towelket" (a combination towel and blanket) for taking a nap on a warm day. Great on the beach, as it won't pick up as much sand as normal beach blankets, and the Totoro image will bring a smile to everyone's face. This is the big tan version featuring O-Toroto, Chibi-Totoro, some leaves, and a soot sprite. Now you can chill in the sun...

FX Neo ~ Japanese Hard Minty Eyedrops eye drops JAPAN

In Japan, a major category of product are "hard minty eye drops," which you put in your eyes to both refresh yourself and wake yourself up, as well as wetting the eyes. This is the famous eye drops known as "FX" by Santen, and they will wake you up indeed. This is a really cool item that's a huge hit at J-List, known and loved by many who want to experience the thrill of Japanese minty eye drops! Note: because this can dry out your eyes if you wear soft contact lenses, the maker recommends that...

Japanese T-Shirt "It is Forbidden to Urinate Here"- Men's standard

For whatever reason, Japanese men think nothing of stopping to urinate outdoors wherever they might be, along the side of the road or into a rice field, even while passing a beautiful Buddhist Temple. Here's a cool shirt that says "It is forbidden to urinate here," that's modeled after real signs you can see in Japan. A lovely image of a Japanese arch is shown on the shirt, for that extra classy touch. This is a standard men's T-shirt, in red. Sizes S and L are available. Please note that this...

Mikakuto Shigekix Super Ramune

A wonderful and highly unique Japanese snack treat, this is one of our favorites here at J-List -- Shigekix, a wonderful ramune soda "hard gummi" (the same texture and quality as gummi, but in a chewy, harder version). Extremely sour, this thrilling lemon treat will surely cause your face to contort as you eat it. It's great fun, and each package has only 89 calories. (Note: "shigeki" means "stimulation" in Japanese, so it's a stimulating kick to your mouth that's great fun.)

Japanese USB Keyboard -- Black ~ Elecom

If you are using a computer fully capable of entering Japanese characters but your keyboard only has an English layout, this USB full-sized Japanese keybaord is for you. Containing the standard Japanese 108 keybaord plus 3 hotkeys, this sleek and stylish Elecom keyboard is all you need to be able to input Japanese characters with just a few keys. You have two methods of input with this keyboard, you can enter Japanese using the Romanized spelling or type in hiragana directly through a different...

*Sumo* Photo Stand -- Yokozuna

Fans of the traditional Japanese art known as Ukiyoe will love this traditional item with a modern twist. This fabulous picture frame is made of quality materials and decorated with a wonderful artistic depictions of Sumo wrestlers in the traditional Ukiyoe artstyle and elegant reflective paper. This easy to fold/open picture frame measures 6.5 x 5 inches and will fit photographs in the dimensions of 6 x 4.5 inches. Perfect for framing your favorite moments from Japan! A great item for all...

Kana de Manga: Japanese Sound Effects

Have you ever wondered what a cat's meow sounds like in Japanese? How about the grumble of an empty stomach, the wail of a police car's siren or the crash of an ocean wave? Japanese manga artists rely heavily upon onomatopoeia - sound-effect words - and this special entry in the best-selling Kana de Manga / Kanji de Manga language-learning series from Japanime is jam-packed with illustrated examples of those sounds (and more!) in action. Featuring more than 100 Japanese onomatopoeia and their...