45 Japanese Products You Can Buy Now

May 18,2024

Everything made in Japan from dish towels, to discontinued street-style magazines, to mini-erasers, to Hello Kitty Jenga..
Have a kawaii (that’s cute in Japanese) moment with this ruler that also has mini rabbit and ice-cream stencils. .
This is an edible newspaper, so the babies can stay busy snacking while you get on with the reading. (We promise this is not fake news.) .
A knife-sharpening stone nice enough to keep on the counter. .
Twenty colorful masking tapes. .
Forty-eight watercolor pens with a real brush tip. .
A toothbrush for Japanese and American dogs. .
A 2.4-inch-tall travel alarm clock with baby-blue accents. .
A pair of bonsai scissors, for those invested in the art of bonsai (and for those not, they’re still pretty cool). .
A bundle of 27 Japanese snacks. If you don’t read Japanese, each one becomes a mystery adventure! .
Bath powders, which are the same as salts, that also have rave reviews on . .
This tiny action figure is only three inches tall and looks like it’s made out of cardboard boxes, if you’re looking for a new desk friend. The eyes light up, too. .
Tabi socks separate the big toe from the rest, so you can wear them with flip-flops, or just to give your big toe some private time. .
This is the best snack ever, a very thin cookie dipped in flavored icing. If you’ve never had it, get this starter pack with all six flavors right now, and then decide on your favorite flavor to order in bulk (mine’s strawberry). .
Nothing screams Japan like extremely detailed mini-erasers shaped like snacks. .
These are like doggy-poop bags, but for diapers. Seal a dirty diaper in here and it won’t stink up the whole garbage can. .
This mini-stapler is about the size of a grown woman’s palm. .
And a millennial-pink label-maker to complete the desk-accessory set. .
This waist pouch is like a fanny pack, but more socially acceptable because it hooks around a belt, instead of coming with it’s own buckle-up strap. .
For those of us who still have a headphone jack, this little cat will plug into and hang off of it, which serves two purposes: (1) It’s super cute. (2) It’ll stop the jack from filling up with dirt. .
Bring a piece of Japan to the fruit platter with these cute animal toothpicks. .
Rayon and cotton dishcloths in gently blue patterns. .
A silicone lid to keep drinks hot, disguised as a pig. .
Sure, they sell Ito En in America, but we’d bet the Japanese one tastes better. .
In Japan, they sleep on futonlike mattresses on the floor and fold them up every morning. .
It wouldn’t be a made-in-Japan list without something from Hello Kitty, so here she is in a Jenga Junior set. .
Japanese horse oil soap. .
A scissor so compact, it folds up as small as a pen for cutting on the go. .
We’ve all seen animal face masks by now, and here’s a Japanese one that’ll make you look like a dog.