Yet another “only in Japan” cool product found by the chottomatte’s team! Ume (梅) in Japan are called the plum tree fruits. They are very popular and usually are sold as extremely soar pickles called umeboshi (梅干 literally “ume dry”). Believe it or not even though the umeboshi are ultra-soar – they do not taste [...]
After presenting you the cutest ever road barriers and batteries chottomatte team is proud to present another fine product of the Japanese kawaii industry – the cutest ever mobile phone chargers! They all come from the conbini store of Keio Plaza hotel, Tokyo. First is the AU model – stylish pinku (pink – jp.) with [...]
Everybody knows the Japanese beauty collagen drinks. A thousand different kinds of such drink can be found in every shop. But guess what – a new breed of collagen drink makes its way on the shelves of Japanese combini – Kirei Umeshu – the Collagen containing sake. Kirei – means beautiful, umeshu – is a [...]
Have you ever seen road barriers? Of course you have. But here is Japan and everything is different – including the road barriers! Why should you have the boring red and white strips pattern if you could have “pinku usgai” (pink bunnies in Japanese) instead: Just in case pink is not your favorite color there [...]
Koyo is the ‘autumn sakura’ of Japan. It is not the cherry blossom but the colorful leaves of the Japanese maple trees (momiji) which attract the visitors: But what if you could take with you some of the koyo’s momiji? Even more – what about actually tasting it? Thanks to Shirayuri Winery you do have [...]
Chottomatte team is proud to present you the new portion of weird Japanese vending machines. Be warned though – some of them are pretty disgusting so watch further at your own risk! First is the delivering chicken: Isn’t that cool – you just have to squeeze the chicken and it will immediately deliver something. Usually [...]
Where else but in Japan! A cute girl, a cute cat isn’t that the perfect combination for a battery set. And some hearts of course – they are important component of the final kawaii (可愛い – lovable, adorable, cute) composition. Every detail is quintessential! Notice the orientation of the two batteries and what they form: [...]
You might have thought that casting metal forms is a game only for really big boys. Guess what – you were wrong! In Japan any kid could do this if his parents buy him the miracle alloy kit from the local toy shop : First I was scared that maybe some crazy toy manufacturer have [...]
. The normal one . OK, before we jump into the really weird stuff I think it’s important to get an idea what is normal for a toys vending machine in Japan. Here are few examples. and HeartCatch PreCure (Porikiia) and Care Bears. Really nice, really cute. Everybody wants to have them. The twilight zone [...]
What will happen if Italy and Japan ‘cousins’ meet each other? – Tiramisu mochi of course: As you might know, mochi is a traditional Japanese food prepared from rice pounded to paste, shaped in round form. It is very popular around New Year. Tiramisu is the famous Italian dessert which name means – tira (take, [...]
