Archive for the 'Japanese products' Category

Neon Genesis Evangelion canned coffee

Friday, August 24th, 2007

The fresh catch of the day in Akihabara, Neon Genesis Evangelion canned coffee. I can see fanboys across the globe peeing themselves with envy. Oh, how they wish to drink the canned artificial coffee beverage bearing the emblems of their desires. If you haven’t tried this stuff yet it:
a. tastes nothing like coffee, but closer […]

ENJOY THE COLOR!

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

In Tokyo, you either pay 100 yen and get the cheap plastic deal of chemical-flavored mints, or you pay 500 yen and get the designer tin containing exactly 20 mints, each with it’s own pattern designed and laser etched on top of each mojito flavor-infused mint. High-end products run rampant here and I’m always wondering […]

Wax food

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

I took this shot in front of Maisen in Omotesando, which is a famous fried pork restaurant to put it bluntly. These display foods are made entirely of wax! I don’t know how these displays keep from melting in the boiling summer heat of Tokyo. There’s a big area near Ueno where they make this […]

Hyoutan Water

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Found this at the Kinokuniya market up the street from my office. It’s a sort of bottled water in the shape of a hyoutan, and it’s name actually is “Hyoutan Water”. There were about 10 different patterns on the bottles, I thought this one was nice and brought it back. What was really cool was […]

NISSIN Chin

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

NISSIN recently rolled out new instant noodles under the name “Chin” with a few different flavors. Easy, illustrated instructions on the side indicate you open the box first, tear open a bunch of little spice/sauce packets, empty their contents back into the “Chin” box and nuke it for 3 minutes. The photos above are of […]

EVERYBURGER

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Not one or two, but EVERYBURGER. All of them. Chocolate and biscuit masquerading as burger. Finally.

After opening the box I was surprised by the accuracy of the little things. They even got the little sesame seeds on top of the bun AND the melting cheese!
*Updated since post was accidentally deleted due to server issues. Thanks […]

Totally sweet PC case

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

I saw this at BIC Camera a few days ago. How can anyone resist transforming their PC into a spiky, angry robot head. The oddities out there are simply endless…