Hello again from Japan, where basic drip coffee served in coffee shops is known as “American coffee.”
For a country that eats as much rice as Japan, they have some pretty interesting bread, too. I remember being happy to see how many kinds of delicious bread was sold in Japan, all very soft and usually baked in sold in small bakeries operated inside supermarkets rather than mass produced. You can buy bread sliced into eight, six or four slices, too, depending on how thick you like your bread to be — the thick kind is great for making French Toast. There are many kinds of “bread” sold in Japan that would be called doughnuts by an American. Anpan is bread with Japanese sweet beans (anko) inside, which is something that foreigners usually can’t stand. Melon Pan (melon bread) is a round, delicious sweetened bread that doesn’t really taste like melon, no matter the name. Curry Pan is a delicious ball of bread with curry baked inside it. Japanese bread is so popular here, there’s an anime show called Anpan Man, populated with characters that all happen to be Japanese bread products. Unfortunately, bagels are really difficult to find in Japan — there’s just no demand for them by consumers, so no one sells them. Mexican tortillas are similarly impossible to find in Japan.
Japanese companies are very good at coming up with special events to promote their products. The meat industry pushes February 9th as “meat day” because 2 and 9 (“ni” and “ku” in Japanese) make up the word for meat in Japanese (“niku”). On February 14th, women show their feelings for men by giving them chocolate. White Day, March 14, is the designated day for men to return the favor, giving white chocolate or other doilies back to women. Japan’s optometrists designate October 10 as “Eye Day” (Me no Hi) because “10 10” looks like two eyes with eyebrows if you look sideways. Today is November 11, or 11.11, and the Glico Confectionery Company has proclaimed that this is “Pocky Day” because the numbers look like little Pocky sticks. In commemoration of Pocky Day, we’ve stocked lots of different flavors of Japan’s delicious chocolate covered pretzels for you!
Time marches on and more and more calendars are selling out. We’ve gone through and added interior pictures from some more idol, anime, and other calendars, and we hope that you’ll find something you like. We have over 250 calendars in stock for you, a huge selection, ready to go out to you with no waiting!
For the new update, we’ve got some great items for you, including:
- First, we have some great plush toy items, including a fantastic plush Catbus and Jiji the cat from Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service — they are fabulous!
- For Astro Boy collectors, we have a great soft pillow that will brighten any room — trust us, it’s cool
- The cold cast and model magazine All That Figure sold out in record time, but we’ve got fresh stock for you now
- For fans of Japanese Race Queens, we’ve got new items for you, including a super new issue of Cool Girls, loaded with beautiful gals including Toko Ushikawa!
- Also, a very special magazine featuring Taiwanese Race Queen and super model Yinling, not to be missed
- For lovely Japanese swimsuit idol fans, we’ve got Dream Goes On, a photobook featuring some of the top models and idols in Japan
- For fans of our super-wacky Japanese T-shirts, we’ve added a new color for our popular “I want to be Japanese” shirt, attractive pink — great for girls or guys
- J-List carries Japanese film on DVD that are subtitled in English, for the enjoyment and appreciation of fans outside of Japan — we’ve posted Turn, a new Japanese film featuring the lovely Riho Makise as a woman who must relive a bizarre day over and over again in a very thought-provoking performance
- For lovers of our Japanese snacks, we’ve got Mousse Caplico (delicious ice cream cones that contain chocolate instead of ice cream), more healthy miso soup, and of course, a big restocking of famous Pocky!
- We love cute Sanrio goods from Japan, and we’ve got some nice items for you including new Shinkansen (bullet train) character goods, Hello Kitty snacks and candy, cute Hello Kitty toy cars and more — check out our items
- Also, we’ve stocked the popular and stylish Hello Kitty cappuccino and coffee cups, beautiful items that are great for serving drinks to guests
- If you dislike sitting on hard benches, we’ve got a handy portable seat cushion from Japan that allows you to sit in comfort anywhere, in your garden, in the park, at a baseball game
- We have a neat item, a handy wooden tray for displaying your treasures, or you can use it for serving sushi, we don’t mind
- For Inu Yasha fans, we’ve got a dynamite character strap — use it as a strap for your camera or phone, or as a keychain
- Another wacky item: cute “parody erasers” of Japanese snack foods, which must be seen to be believed
- Finally, enjoy useful items for your kitchen including bento related items, cool “rocket pencils” with individual pre-sharpened pencil “stages” that you can easily replace, a handy set of all-purpose pouches, fun Japanese play money, and more!
For our adult customers, we’ve got many new 18+ products. They include:
- We love the high-quality English-translated love-sim games from G-Collections, and since we’re having a “free shipping sale” on them this month, they’re selling very well. We’ve also posted their newest game, Private Nurse, for preorder on the site — preorder it now for free shipping when it’s ready!
- For magazine fans, some nice items in stock for you, including Oh! Pai (large breast fetish magazine), the new issue of Do-Up (featuring very, ah, detailed amateur couples in love hotels), and more
o Also for fans of Japanese amateur sex, we’ve got “I want you to Look at Me,” a nice perfect bound magazine featuring some lovely kogals age 18-22
o We’ve got new “sampler” items too, magazines which feature video CDs or DVDs inside, a great bargain
o We’ve got some nice photobooks for you, including a beautiful hardcover offering featuring six lovely nudes from Korea, a fantastic item featuring Ami Ayukawa, and more
o If you love hentai manga, we’ve got some excellent items for you, including a super all-game girl hentai parody comic, great hardcore comics and fetish comics from Japan’s top studios, and more, fresh stock of the popular Pururun Seminar and more
- For DVD fans, we’ve got another volley of excellent products, starting with a great “three in one” value pack with hardcore performances from Ami Ayukawa, Mako Takeda and Eri Imai, 3 full hours! (region free)
- Enjoy a great indies “premium fuck” with Yuna Akimoto in a new offering from Janes Co. Ltd. (region free)
- We love the exciting and erotic “Adult Video Wrestling” DVD releases from Obtain Future because they’re very authentic and enjoyable to watch — and we’ve got another great men vs’ women sex fest for you now (region free)
- For fans of lesbian kissing, a major Japanese fetish, enjoy more “obscene kisses of amateur girls” featuring close female friends who explore their first lesbian experience on camera (region free)
- From Soft on Demand, enjoy a great “cosplay jukujo” (mature woman) performance by Hitomi Yuki in which she tries on her old Gilgamesh Night costume — so cool! (region free)
- Enjoy the lovely erotica of Moodyz Musume, the first adult video pop group, featuring excellent erotic sex and more (region 2)
- Finally, another restocking or reduced prices on some popular DVDs, including Mirai Hoshizaki’s “Delivery Fuck,” Madoka Ozawa’s “Document Private Sex” and more!
One of our favorite magazines here at J-List is Giant Robot, a superbly put-together magazine of Asian pop culture, filled with interesting articles on just about anything you can think of. If you are interested in Japanese anime and Asian culture, why not support this great magazine by subscribing? Tell them J-List sent you. The URL to subscribe is here: http://secure.giantrobot.com/store.php?catid=G001 .
