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Sakura "Koban" 2 Tier Bento Box -- Pink

Bento boxes are one of J-List's most successful items, and we pride ourselves on bringing high-quality traditional designed bentos from Japan to you. This one is no exception -- a beautiful sakura patterned two-tiered lunch box, with glittering sakura flowers on the lid, complete with a chopsticks case with a matchiing design. Baby pink in color, this bento box is also microwavable as long as you remove the lids first. This compact bento box can also be stacked into a single tier when not in...

Sakura "Koban" 2 Tier Bento Box -- Pink

Bento boxes are one of J-List's most successful items, and we pride ourselves on bringing high-quality traditional designed bentos from Japan to you. This one is no exception -- a beautiful sakura patterned two-tiered lunch box, with glittering sakura flowers on the lid, complete with a chopsticks case with a matchiing design. Baby pink in color, this bento box is also microwavable as long as you remove the lids first. This compact bento box can also be stacked into a single tier when not in...

Totoro 3D Mascot 2-Tier Bento Box

A great two-tiered bento set with bottom lid and chopsticks featuring Totoro from the wildly popular My Neighbor Totoro anime. This is a very well made sealing bento that will fit nicely into your bag or compartmentalized lifetsyle because of its handy verticle arrangement. Includes elastic strap for keeping your sauces and surrounding stainables safe from leakage. Awwwwingly cute with two 3D totoros on the front, and of course the effervescent soot sprites. Approximately 3 inches by 3.5...

Snake Strap Setta with Leather Sole ~ Size LL

These leather-soled Setta are just the thing for your summer style or Bleach Cosplay, with their strong leather sole and stylee snake skin (esque!) straps. A charming and traditional-looking pattern on the sole. This is the Japanese "LL" size -- they're 10.5 inches long so correspond to a US Mens size 9 or Womens size 10.5. (More like this) (Direct link to this product)  

100 Tough Questions for Japan ~ Eigo de Hanasu Nihon no Nazo

Living in a different country opens your eyes to a plenty of new experiences, some welcome, some "unwelcome" but all fascinating. It's exciting to be able make these discoveries on your own and compare it to your own culture, giving you more appreciation for both your home country and the foreign country you're living in. Japan, of course, isn't without it's own quirks, where you may find yourself shocked finding a man urinating out in public in the middle of a busy street, or the sound of loud...

Snake Strap Setta with Leather Sole ~ Size LL

These leather-soled Setta are just the thing for your summer style or Bleach Cosplay, with their strong leather sole and stylee snake skin (esque!) straps. A charming and traditional-looking pattern on the sole. This is the Japanese "LL" size -- they're 10.5 inches long so correspond to a US Mens size 9 or Womens size 10.5. (More like this) (Direct link to this product)  

Totoro 3D Mascot 2-Tier Bento Box

A great two-tiered bento set with bottom lid and chopsticks featuring Totoro from the wildly popular My Neighbor Totoro anime. This is a very well made sealing bento that will fit nicely into your bag or compartmentalized lifetsyle because of its handy verticle arrangement. Includes elastic strap for keeping your sauces and surrounding stainables safe from leakage. Awwwwingly cute with two 3D totoros on the front, and of course the effervescent soot sprites. Approximately 3 inches by 3.5...

Thick and Strong Chopsticks for Men

There are chopsticks, and there are CHOPSTICKS. These are a full length adult sized chopsticks (22.5 cm or 8.75 inches) but are extra thick for maximum durability. A dark colored men's style version that's made of wood and covered in a smooth lacquer. An excellent item for all Japanophiles. (More like this) (Direct link to this product)

Shadowing ~ Let's Speak Japanese! -- Nihongo wo Hanaso! ~ Beginner to Intermediate Edition

One of the best ways to learning how to speak Japanese is listening and repeating, which is what this book entitled "Shadowing" is all about. The book is designed to provide the bare basics of developing your pronunciation skills and listening comprehension throughout the entire 120+ pages of text. Written in Japanese (with furigana pronunciations) and English, Chinese, as well as Korean translations so you know the meanings of what you're expressing. The book starts off from the bare basics...

Castle in the Sky Laputa (region 2)

The long wait for one of Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's most famous and best-ever works is over, with the release of Laputa Castle in the Sky on DVD. A superb film made in 1986, just as Mr. Miyazaki was beginning his climb to international fame as the leading anime creator in Japan, it tells the fascinating story of Pazu and Sheeta and their search for the fabled floating city of Laputa, the remnant of an ancient civilization. A fantastic DVD release from Studio Ghibli and Buena...