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Exclusive Starbucks iced coffee glass handmade in Japan according to ancient Edo tradition

Oona McGee
Aug 18, 2016
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With more than a century of craftsmanship behind the creation of each little glass, these are some of the most exclusive and expensive items in the Starbucks range.

Japan
(coffee • crafts • craftsmen • cut glass • Edo • glass • glass blowing • glass making • glasses • Starbucks • traditional craft)

This cute Licca doll-inspired eyewear line guarantees you’ll be looking cute, literally

Jamie Koide
Jun 24, 2016

Eyewear brand Paris Miki teams up with Japan’s favorite Barbie-like doll, Licca, to offer a cool and sophisticated glasses line for women.

Japan
(collaboration • cute • eyewear • fashion • glasses • Licca-chan • Mitsukoshi • Room Room)

You can romance a pair of glasses in this new Japanese mobile dating sim

Evie Nyan
May 31, 2016

Finally, a dating sim for people who are attracted only to inanimate objects!

Games & Tech, Japan
(dating simulator • glasses • mobile game • romance games • video games)

See the world through the eyes of an anime heroine with new Sailor Moon eyewear from JINS

Oona McGee
Feb 23, 2016

The gorgeous eight-piece collection features a number of adorable, special details.

Japan
(anime • collaboration • cute • eyewear • fashion • glasses • JINS • manga • Sailor Moon)

New glassware from Japan uses condensation to create sakura cherry blossom imprints on your table

Oona McGee
Jan 21, 2016

Because you might be too old to play with your food, but you’re not too old to play with your glasses.

Japan
(cherry blossom • cool • cute • design • drinks • glasses • hanami • sake • sakura • snow)

New Sword Art Online glasses cut blue light from screens, include awesome extras

Oona McGee
Dec 14, 2015

A new series of glasses that cut blue light emitted by computer screens features six beautiful Sword Art Online character designs, plus some gorgeous accessories.

Japan
(anime • blue light • glasses • manga • SAO • Sword Art Online)

JINS MEME: Award winning glasses track your physical state and concentration levels

Oona McGee
Oct 17, 2015

Thanks to the world of smartphones, we’re now able to connect to ourselves on a physical level in a way we never could before. Fitness apps and wearable devices like the Fitbit wristband allow us to monitor everything from the number of steps we take to our walking speed and heart rate.

While activity trackers usually take physical data from our wrists, Japanese eyewear brand JINS is taking a very different approach by monitoring not only our physical but also our mental state, with the new JINS MEME glasses. Using a number of built-in sensors to gather data from the eyes and body, now you can monitor everything from posture to alertness levels and find out how your body and mind “age” alters throughout the day.

Japan
(apps • glasses • health • JINS • tech • technology)

The results are in for Kodansha’s guys-in-glasses poll

Anime News Network
Jan 17, 2015

For years glasses have been the bane of many young person’s existence. They have been seen as a mark of nerdiness and the source of ridicule. But recently, thanks to a renewed image through the lens of anime and manga, glasses have been transformed into a winning point for many characters, making them seem intelligent, sensitive, and even cool. In celebration of good looking men in glasses, publishing company Kodansha ran a popularity poll for 20 of their bespectacled charmers to discover who among their manga publications would be chosen as the most popular. While Miyuki Kazuya seems to have held onto his early lead, Chihayafuru‘s Arata surged in the polls at the last moment to take second.

Internet, Japan
(Anime News Network • glasses • ranking)

Self-healing glasses on sale next year

Master Blaster
Dec 22, 2014

Starting on 1 January, 2015 Vision Megane will begin selling their strongest frames to date. Dubbed the Super Taflex, it boasts extreme resistance to bending and stretching and also claims to be able to heal itself from everyday dents and scratches within ten seconds.

Japan
(glasses • healing • ultem • Vision Megane)

New Studio Ghibli sunglasses will make anime fans look like fat pigs

Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2014

Totoro may be Studio Ghibli’s most iconic roly-poly creation, but he’s not the only corpulent character from Hayao Miyazaki’s animation house. 1992’s Porco Rosso stars Porco, a heavyset seaplane aviator in 1920s Italy who happens to have the head (and build) of a pig.

But while Porco may not have typical leading man looks, he exudes a dashing, gallant aura, which extends to his cool old-school cool shades. If you’d like to copy his style without duplicating his physique, you’re in luck, as you can now buy official Porco Rosso sunglasses.

Japan
(anime • cool • fashion • glasses • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

New “kiss eyeglasses” can be worn by two smooch-loving people at once

Philip Kendall
Oct 1, 2014

Ever been so enamoured with someone that you simply couldn’t stop kissing them? Of course you have; you read RocketNews24! But what if both you and your fellow face-munching lover are glasses wearers? Isn’t it annoying when your frames keep clacking and bumping together?

Thankfully, Tokyo-based glasses maker Blinc Vase has the solution!

Japan
(fashion • glasses • Kiss • weird)

New hands-free binoculars let you see far, look like something out of One Piece

Master Blaster
Apr 5, 2014

Don’t you hate it when you’re out birding in Tibet and you spot a Sillem’s Mountain Finch? The find itself is great of course, but immediately upon sighting it you want to light up a cuban cigar in order to celebrate, in accordance with birdwatching tradition. The problem, is you have to put down your binoculars to do so, thus potentially losing sight of the rare bird.

To address this problem that we all must deal with at one point in our lives, a Shanghai wholesaler is offering “Meganegata Sogankyo” or “Glasses-type Binoculars” which allow you to see long distances while retaining the use of both your hands, in the most steampunk way possible.

China, Internet
(binoculars • fashion • glasses • weird)

Turn any anime character into a glasses gal with this awesome photo frame

Casey Baseel
Jan 16, 2014

In our modern world of contact lenses and laser eye surgery, no one really needs to wear glasses. Nevertheless, there are some people who choose to do so, as well as another set of not entirely overlapping glasses fans who simply feel the object of their affection looks all the cuter with a set of corrective lenses.

Now, a new glasses stand from anime merchandise producer Funny Trick lets you instantly transform your favorite characters, even those with 20-20 vision, into bespectacled beauties.

Japan
(anime • cool • fashion • glasses)

This cat wearing glasses is quite the looker!

Rachel Tackett
Oct 5, 2013

There’s no discrediting the fact that dogs can achieve a wide range of expressions when you draw on some eyebrows, but the fact of the matter is that cats still maintain a higher level of sophistication than dogs could ever even dream of. Don’t believe me? Check out this fancy feline wearing some really sleek spectacles! No dog could ever achieve an expression that harnesses such critical disdain and yet sends you head-over-heels in love.

Japan
(cat • fun • glasses • pets)

High-tech glasses provide near-instant translation of Japanese text

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Oct 4, 2013

Although major cities in Japan have installed signs in both Japanese and English, many foreign travelers still face difficulties reading the text found on things like menus, product packages, and billboards. That may all change thanks to NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile phone operator, and their new glasses that are capable of almost instantly translating Japanese text.

Global, Japan
(glasses • Google Glass • Intelligent Glass • kanji • translation)

The eye PIECE for you! One Piece glasses reduce computer glare and look good doing it

Preston Phro
Aug 20, 2013

So you’re a One Piece fan. You have the ice cream maker from KFC, you’ve stayed in the hotel room, and you never leave your house without your One Piece water cooler. But you still want more One Piece in your life! What’s a fan to do?

Well, why not slap your favorite character across your face and walk around like that all day??