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Mister Donut, a popular doughnut chain in Japan, started selling “Sushido Delight” in its stores in Thailand. It’s a set of 10 different flavored doughnuts that each look surprisingly like different kinds of sushi.

For the fillings and toppings for those doughnuts, plenty of tropical fruits such as lychees, coconuts, and passion fruits are used, and that sounds really good. However, I am not sure if they look very appetizing to me since they look like sushi…

Most Japanese salarymen (meaning corporate employees in Japanese) have to wear leather dress shoes even in the summer time. Can you imagine how terrible it feels to wear the leather shoes all day? Inside of the shoes will become very humid, sweaty and hot…

Previously we wrote about Thanko’s “USB Necktie Cooler 3″ as a savior of Japanese salarymen in the summer time. You can read about it here.

Today we would like to introduce you Thanko’s USB Shoes Cooler “Mure Mure Non Non” that can save this poor situation of those Japanese salarymen.

“Mure Mure Non Non” is an USB cable attached with an air tube. Connect the USB cable to your PC’s USB port, put the end of the air tube in your shoes, and turn on the device, and then it will start sending cool air into your shoes. The stuffy air in your shoes will be gone so that you will be able to feel very refreshed.

The USB cable (1,200mm) and the air tube (330mm) are long enough to reach to your toes.

You can use “Mure Mure Non Non” for other parts of your body, and also you can even blow up a beach ball.

Price: 1,980 yen (including tax)

Those who have ever visited Japan in the summer time must remember how brutal Japanese summer is. It’s very hot and humid so that you pour sweat all over your body right after leaving home. Japanese salarymen (meaning corporate employees in Japanese) are poor things because many of them have to put on a tie even in the hottest month of August.

So, we would like to recommend the “USB Necktie Cooler 3″ released by Thanko. It looks like a regular tie at first sight, however you can pull the knot down and a fan shows up. Once you connect the tie to your PC’s USB port with the accompanying USB cable, the fan starts running and cooling down your neck area.

With a portable battery (sold separately), you can run the fan anywhere and anytime without a PC.

This practical tie with some light humor could be a great belated gift for your salaryman dad for Father’s Day.

Price: ¥2,980 (including tax)
Size: 480 x 95 x 24mm (tie part)
Weight: 120g
Power source: USB bus power
Accessory: USB cable

In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the release of Nissin Cup Noodle Curry, “Cup Noodle Curry trio with a mini GUNPLA (GUNDAM plastic model)” will be out on May 27. A total of 3 commemorative curry packages and models will be available.

Gundam (Mobile Suit Gundam) is a very popular Japanese televised anime series, loved by many fans.

Kinds of limited edition packages:
– Cup noodle curry “mini GUNPLA Original Kettle Ver.” – GUNDAM
– Cup noodle red curry “mini GUNPLA Original Kettle Ver.” – GELGOOG
– Cup noodle green curry “mini GUNPLA Original Kettle Ver.” – ZAKU II

Each Gundam character is holding a kettle representing the boiling water used for the cup noodle curry.

1,000 winners selected in a drawing will be able to receive an extra special cup noodle curry original GUNPLA (“MG RX-78-2 Gundam”). You can have a chance to apply for it by buying one of those 3 cup noodles.

Nissin also started accepting advanced orders for a special gift case which includes 2 of each of the 3 special cup noodle curry packages. The gift case costs 3,500 yen.

Japan might not like to use the nomenclature of the english speaking world. A vibrator is called “Handy Massager” and porn is called AV. Even with the different names, there is no difference in popularity for these type of devices. The J-AV industry, annually grossing billions of Yens, makes being an AV-Idol one of the top-paid “modelling jobs” on the market.

Madenma, or short “Denma” started out as a fairly simple company manufacturing regular massaging equipment. It came as a shock for the company when suddenly their product started getting plenty of visibility in AV (Adult Video) features. The free advertising clearly paid off, as it only took a few years for Madenma to transform from massage specialist into the top selling vibrator brand in Japan.

The company got so famous with these massagers, that they started creating cordless models an kinky coloured models in different sizes. There is a small “Handy Massager” in the family  <about 3.3cm x 18.5cm>  appropriately named ” Fairy Mini Mini ” priced at around 3500 Yen. The ” Fairy Baby ” is the smallest member of their lineup measuring a mere 2cm x 7cm and powered by USB/smartphone charger.

Their biggest model is called “Power Shake” ( 6cm x 28cm ) also priced around 3500 Yen, “Industry grade” quality. Specifications as follows:

• Power supply – AC100V 50/60Hz
• Power consumption – 10W
• Time rating per session – 20 min
• Number of vibrations: HIGH approximately 6,500 times/m
• Number of vibrations: LOW approximately 5,500 times/m

So if you’re a girl who wants to get her “buzz” on, feel free to visit the Madenma website or order yours (and other massaging equipment) right from our friends at J-List Japan.