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Now you can carry the unnerving terror and beauty of Noh masks with you with new pouches from Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2026
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Practical and horrifying!

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• Japan
• (accessories • art • culture • Felissimo • masks • Noh • pouches • scary • scrazy • weird)

Expo 2025 mascot Myaku-Myaku to release tastefully erotic photo book

• Master Blaster
  Mar 19, 2026

Myaku-Myaku, you’re such a tease.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • books • COK • cute • Felissimo • funny • gravure • Mascots • Myaku-Myaku • photography • weird)

Snuggle up to a fried oyster with ingenious cushion and cover set from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2025

A soft and cuddly kaki fry, complete with lemon wedge for squeezing.  

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• Japan
• (accessories • cool • cushion • Felissimo • food • fried oysters • homewares • Japanese food • kaki • kaki fry • oyster • oysters • seafood • stylish • You + More)

Supercomputer noodles bring the magic of Fugaku to the dining table

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2025

The Venn diagram of computer geeks and noodle lovers overlaps in a delicious way.

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• Japan
• (COK • computers • cool • Felissimo • food • Fugaku • fujitsu • Japanese food • Noodles • RIKEN • SNJO • somen • supercomputer • taste test • weird • weird food)

Snuggle up to a Japanese Shiba Inu that looks real but is actually a cute hot water bottle cover

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2024

A sweet and cuddly way to stay warm this winter. 

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• Japan
• (animals • COK • cushions • cute • dogs • Felissimo • hot water bottle • interior • Kawaii • pets • Shiba Inu • shopping • shops)

Turn clear files into works of art with cleverly designed Japanese scroll

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2024

Make your anime crush the centre of attention with this unique new product. 

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• Japan
• (anime • art • clear files • clever • cute • Felissimo • interior • Japanese art • Japanese scroll • manga • scrolls • shop • shopping • wall scrolls)

New Akita Inu and Hachiko marshmallows are the best and squishiest souvenirs from Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 30, 2024

Shibuya is going to the dogs in the cutest way possible–and you can now take them home to share with family and friends.

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• Japan
• (Akita Inu • Akita Prefecture • collaboration • cute • Felissimo • Hachifull Shibuya meets Akita • marshmallow • One for Akita • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble Square • souvenir • Tokyo • YOU+MORE!)

Turn your cat into a tasteful nude painting with this decorative scratching post

• Master Blaster
  Sep 14, 2024

“Draw me like one of your French humans.”

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• Japan
• (art • cat beds • cat club • cats • Felissimo • paintings • pets • scratching posts • shopping)

New line of Ranma 1/2 lifestyle and fashion anime goods is here to help fans feel complete【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2023

The classic Rumiko Takahashi series teams up with Felissimo.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • cute • fashion • Felissimo • food • lifestyle goods • manga • ranma • Ranma 1/2 • Rumiko Takahashi • sweets)

Decorate yourself and your home with ancient Japanese exquisiteness from Felissimo

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2023

C’mon and add some Jomon to your life.

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• Japan
• (art • cups • cushions • earthenware • Felissimo • history • Jomon • Kaengata Doki • lunch bags • Ohkangata Doki • socks)

Pizza keychains from Japan are both cute and practical

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2023

New range includes three different cheesy pizzas to play with.

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• Japan
• (bag charms • cool • cute • Felissimo • food • keychains • pizza • plush • YOU+MORE!)

Never oversleep again under the stern supervision of Japan’s Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion

• Dale Roll
  Feb 3, 2023

We’d sign up to be terrorized by something so cute anytime. 

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • cushion • cute • Felissimo • funny • interior • pillow • plushies • red panda • sleep • stuffed animal • weird • YOU+MORE!)

Ranma 1/2 is half of team-up with Felissimo for a whole lot of cool fashion and lifestyle items

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2022

Rumiko Takahashi’s anime/manga hit serves as the inspiration for everything from ramen topping pajamas to “chain-link fence” pouches.
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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • earrings • fashion • Felissimo • manga • pajamas • Ranma 1/2 • Rumiko Takahashi)

Life-size giant freshwater stingray blankets to go on sale in Japan if enough people want them

• Master Blaster
  Aug 20, 2022

You always said you wanted a giant stingray blanket, but now it’s time to put your money where your mouth is.

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• Japan
• (blankets • CHAO • Felissimo • fish • giant freshwater stingray • Itabashi Botanical Garden • rays • World's Largest Freshwater Stingray Himantura Chaophraya Plush Blanket • YOU+MORE!)

Japan’s beer-selling war veteran anime penguins get new merchandise line【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2022

Felissimo brings back the Papipu Penguins.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • fashion • Felissimo • Papipu Penguins • Penguin’s Memory • Suntory • weird)

Become a sumo wrestler with the new top knot hairband from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2022

Channel your inner rikishi with a head-turning new fashion accessory.

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• Japan
• (accessory • fashion • Felissimo • funny • hairband • headband • LOL • rikishi • Sumo • sumo wrestler • wtf • You + More)

Learn about Noh with these cool accessories from Felissimo Museum Division

• Dale Roll
  Mar 31, 2022

These items are not only stylish, but also educational!

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• Japan
• (accessories • cool • educational • Felissimo • Japanese tradition • Japanese traditional art forms • Noh • Noh masks • stylish • theater)

Akihabara Nagomido manga cafe x Felissimo Cat Division Parlor collaboration café is open meow

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 22, 2022

Month-long specialty cafe offers the purrfect dishes and goods for cat lovers in Japan’s capital.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • cafes • cats • COK • cute • Felissimo • food • Nekobu • restaurants • Taisho • themed restaurants • Tokyo)

Sumo salt shaker steals the show in new range of Japanese wrestler goods

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2022

Add ceremonial salt to your fries, fight in the ring on a pouch, and watch a wrestler grow in your water glass. 

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• Japan
• (buy • cool • culture • Felissimo • funny • goods • shopping • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • tradition • traditional sports • You + More)

Adorable mandrake root plushie that screams when you pull it out of its pot could be yours soon

• Dale Roll
  Dec 24, 2021

It’s still a prototype, but it’s garnered enough interest that it might become a full product!

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• Japan
• (2ji • alarm • cute • Felissimo • funny • Harry Potter • personal alarm • Security • Twitter Japan • You)

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