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Studio Ghibli mixes with sporty street styles of New Era to put No Face on your head in cap series
- Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2025 - Tweet
These Spirited Away characters may not be able to talk, but they’ve still got seven ways to help you make a fashion statement.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball caps • caps • fashion • hats • manga • new era • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Why a sugegasa sedge hat needs to be your Japan summer essential
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2025
Prevent heatstroke and beat the heat with a product that’s been around for centuries.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • fashion • hats • Mr. Sato • sandogasa • SNJO • straw hats • sugegasa • summer)
Real-world, real-big Final Fantasy Black Mage hat on sale for fans of magical fashion and Vivi
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2025
Square Enix brings the hat of Final Fantasy IX’s fan favorite sorcerer to our reality.
- Japan
- (Black Mage • fashion • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XI • hats • Square Enix • video games • ViVi • Vivi Ornitier)
New Era combines with old eras for amazing hat collection based on Japanese painting masterpieces
- Casey Baseel
Jan 21, 2025
Legendary ukiyo-e and mythological icons part of the collaboration between New Era and the Tokyo National Museum.
- Japan
- (art • baseball caps • baseball hats • caps • culture • fashion • hats • history • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • museums • new era • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Tokyo National Museum • ukiyo-e)
Spirited Away’s radish spirit dances as new Bubblebody figure from Studio Ghibli
- Oona McGee
Feb 20, 2024
Beloved minor character gets a starring role in new Studio Ghibli release, and there’s a red bucket hat in store too.
- Japan
- (anime • bobblehead • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • figure • GBL • hats • Hayao Miyazaki • Oshirasama • radish • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Spirited Away and New Era team up for new line of Studio Ghibli fashion【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2024
No Face and others from the Aburaya bathhouse appear on caps and daypack.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball caps • COK • fashion • hats • Hayao Miyazaki • headwear • new era • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Maybe Japanese pilgrims were right about beating the heat all along
- Master Blaster
Aug 10, 2023
Mr. Sato scores a nice hat trick.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • fashion • hats • Mr. Sato • sandogasa • SNJO • straw hats • sugegasa • summer)
Pikachu helmets are coming to Japanese pro baseball team’s uniforms【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2023
Yokohama adds some Pokémon style to their batting helmets and caps.
- Japan
- (anime • Baystars • cool • cute • DeNA Baystars • fashion • hats • Pikachu • Pokemon • sports • video games • Yokohama • Yokohama Baystars)
Elegant Spy x Family character hats come to the real world for in-disguise-level cosplay【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2022
Eden Academy beret comes in both adults’ and kids’ sizes for anime fan families.
How to make money with Amazon Japan’s lowest rated, one-yen hat
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2022
Forget crypto. The real money’s in Straw Hat Big Size Sweat-Absorbing Quick-Drying Cool-looking Gentlemanly Natural Paper Adjustable Size 99% UV Cuts.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • fashion • funny • hats • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • weird)
Ness’ Earthbound hat comes to the real world thanks to New Era, Earthbound popup store on the way
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2021
Quirky classic Nintendo video game inspires fashionable caps and gigantic plushie of franchise’s mascot creature.
- Japan
- (Earthbound • fashion • hats • mother • new era • nintendo • plushies • video games)
Japanese masturbatory aid Tenga creates tissue-dispensing hat for…various purposes【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 17, 2021
White stuff comes right out of the slit!
Japanese fashion brand Keiko Tagai turns beautiful old kimono into stylish hats
- Dale Roll
Nov 5, 2020
A new form breathes a new life into an old fashion.
- Japan
- (designer • fashion • hats • Japanese kimono • Keiko Tagai • kimono • stylish)
Adorable Sanrio hats come with moving ears that will keep you comfy, cozy, cute
- Katy Kelly
Aug 19, 2019
What’s cuter than a Hello Kitty hat? A Hello Kitty hat with twitchy ears!
- Japan
- (apparel • Cinnamoroll • cute • ears • fashion • hats • Hello Kitty • Kuromi • Pochacco • pom pom purin • Sanrio)
Wear a Japanese lantern on your head with the new Chochin Cap from Kyoto
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2019
Who needs a baseball cap when you can shade your face with a paper lantern instead?
- Japan
- (00 • caps • chochin • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • cute • fashion • hat • hats • Japanese lanterns • Kawaii • Kyoto • lanterns)
Turn heads under the cherry blossoms with a sakura hat from Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 25, 2019
Pink hat perfectly resembles a traditional Japanese sakura sweet.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cute • fashion • hanami • hats • Kawaii • LOL • pink • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura mochi • sweets • Village Vanguard)
Pokémon cosplay for cats: New gacha capsule toy series from Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 22, 2018
Six Pocket Monster characters to suit all types of furry felines.
Christmas cat capsule toy hats from Japan will make your holiday feline festivities jolly
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2017
♪Santa Cat is coming to town♪
- Japan
- (animals • capsule toys • cats • Christmas • cosplay • cute • gachapon • hats • Kitan Club • pets • Santa Claus • toys)
Special Ash cap Pikachu added to Pokémon GO for game’s first-birthday celebration
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2017
It’s not like Pikachu really needed to be any cuter, but he’s gotten an adorableness upgrade anyway.
- Japan
- (anime • ash • cute • hats • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Satoshi • video games)
Japan now has knitted “twintails caps” so you can stay warm while keeping your cute hairstyle
- Oona McGee
May 10, 2017
Now everyone can enjoy Japan’s iconic twintails hairstyle at any time of the year.
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