It’s a small word (filled with crazy miniatures) after all. Tokyo is set to get a new theme park just in time for the surge in foreign visitors that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic Games are sure to bring. However, this theme park as its creators are calling it won’t feature giant thrill rides. Rather it will be an …

Absolutely pointless and totally sexy. From tiny underpants for your water bottle, to figures of gorilla-faced dogs, Japankyo has covered many examples of totally ridiculous Japanese capsule toys. However, today we’ll be taking a look at what may just be the most absurd one yet: swimsuits for smartphones. Sold via capsule toy vending machines (a.k.a. gacha gacha/gachapon) and online retailers …

It’s only a matter of time before we get an E. Honda figure that transforms into a Honda Civic. The Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy and the video game developer Capcom have teamed up in order to create a new line of Street Fighter II themed Transformers figures. The new line of figures consists of two two-pack sets; one of …

Everyone needs some cute panties. The Japanese toy company Takara Tomy has announced the release of a set of “cute” underwear for its popular Licca-chan line of dress-up dolls. his announcement came via Twitter on August 2nd, which also happens to be underwear day in Japan (it’s due to a pun based on the numbers eight and two and the …

Because your bottle needs to hide its shame. Those amusing little underpants designed for drink bottles that made headlines on many English language news sites when they were first released a couple of years ago are back. Advertised as a way to catch the moisture that drips off of a cold drink bottle on a hot day and “guard” the …