Interesting piece of history here for you (from cracked.com): Originally, Nintendo was a playing card company. Among the licenses they held was Popeye the Sailor, which was owned by King Features. In 1981, Nintendo made one of those cheap pocket games  starring Popeye, and planned to release a more elaborate one for the arcades. A first-time designer named Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned to the project and began sketching game concepts involving t...

A haunting and beautiful depiction of true love. It’s carved out of styrofoam, made by Kordian Lewandowski, and it’s called “Game Over”. a2a_config.linkname="Mario and Peach Sculpture"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/?p=2890"; a2a.init("page");

Hm, interesting snack we have here. I’m not sure how I feel about it, so I will break down my comments and concerns. This candy confused me from the beginning. First of all, the packaging is muddled with unmatched colors and fruits. You have grapes, strawberries, pinks, reds, purples, and gold. I’m just not a fan of the graphic design. They do package each cookie separately, which is something i LOVE about japanese treats. So plus t...

If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you’ve probably seen our posts about the cool upcoming film called Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo. Well, I’m happy to report that the film raised enough money to open across the country, including here in Los Angeles. May 28 through June 3, the film will be playing at the Downtown Independent Theatre in LA. Click here for more information about the theater and the screening schedule. ...

Greeting Blog Readers! I know this is just one of your many stops along the internet today so I will keep it short and sweet. Packaging – Classic. Red backgrounds with white text have always been huge hits with the public [Coke, Vons, Ralphs, USSR] and it worked for me aswell. What is interesting about the design, is that it features a picture of the tiny products inside -standard – and also a picture of a massive swirling choc...

Another Poppin Cookin’ funtime snack!! This time, surprisingly, I did not do as well as with the sushi, maybe it was laziness, but this pizza stuff was challenging. Anyways, this kit was pretty much the same concept as the sushi, packs of powdered sugar that you add water to which makes it into a sugary substance that resembles whatever, pizza dough, cheese, sauce, meatballs, etc. It also had the same grape flavor, which, you know, do they ...

Kenichi Ito holds the Guinness records for fastest man to walk on all fours! That’s something not everyone can do well. I would be impressed if I were these girls! a2a_config.linkname="Monkey man in Shubuya"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/?p=2829"; a2a.init("page");

you really have no idea where this is going until the end. a2a_config.linkname="Fun Sushi Commercial"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/?p=2819"; a2a.init("page");

If you have seen these Google commercials, you will be stoked to see how easy it is to make your own and how touching they can be! The commercials are basically close ups of computer screens open to a google search window. Then you see words being typed into the search bar. This continues with several searches for different things until you start to see a trend develop with what the person is searching for, like, hey I know who this is that is se...

Japanese CD single chart of this week, it is K-ON!! opening song “GO! GO! MANIAC” ending song “Listen!!” got the first place of temples and the second place. “GO! GO! MANIAC” “Listen!!” a2a_config.linkname="K-ON!! OP&ED SONG 1, 2 finish"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/?p=2779"; a2a.init("page");

So, apparently there is a ‘drop candy’ boom happening right now in Japan, and people are going crazy for drop candy! I mean, it’s okay, yeah, I get people liking candy. But, wtf kind of flavors are these?! Ok, oyster drops was the grossest I could find, but there were other weird ones. Taco flavor? I mean, do they even have taquerias in Japan? Maybe, I don’t know. What else…beer flavor (ew) saki flavor (o god), and s...

My pigg… Japanese social network site~ Ameba pigg~ If you have an ameba blog, you can create your pigg by going to your main page. Or if you dont have one, go to ameblo.jp. It’s really easy! Even if you don’t speak Japanese. you can also go to ameblo.jp/howtoplaypigg for any questions! It’s an interactive world very similar to Gaia Online. I’m still trying to figure out why they call it pigg though…. You can d...

Well, I’m pretty excited about this one. Since I look nothing like Aki Hoshino, I am interested to see how I could look more like her. And, if you would like to know the answer to this question, too, then you can read her book! Because she just came out with one, all about how to look like her. It looks pretty thick, too. The 33 year-old (yup) says that her book lends helpful hints to women like how to retain your youthful body shape and h...

Spring is cherry blossom season in Japan. Everything turns pink from the flowers. Probably the best time to visit Japan. But when you can’t go, you can always substitute with Japanese goodies! Like this cherry blossom inspired chocolate. Morinaga Sakurano Koeda Isn’t this cute? So pink! This chocolate is very season appropriate. It has sakura (cherry blossom) petals in the chocolate and dōmyōji puffs. Almost mimicking sakuramochi. D...

So, I guess greeting cards just weren’t good enough for A Studio For Design, a London-based company that came up with the PostCarden. Apparently, they believed that greeting cards the way they are only bring ‘momentary enjoyment’ rather than lighting up your life day after day. I don’t know, I like greeting cards and they always make me happy, probably because I keep them tacked all over the walls in my apartment, but I d...