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Maywa Denki’s fun musical toy, the Otamatone, has now got its own iPhone app! Just like the regular toy there are two versions, black and white, both available for iPhone and iPod touch. Touch the Otamatone’s mouth to make music, tilting your phone to change the pitch. The Otamatone app can also “follow” your sounds and you [...]

Good news for designer t-shirt fans or anyone who knows an artist with potential. SNOW mag is teaming up with graniph to offer readers free t-shirts every month. But this isn’t just any old giveaway: graniph wants your input into their product line! To enter you have to introduce them to an artist (illustrator/designer) you would like [...]

Horse-racing has a reputation for being a sport enjoyed by only, well, old(er) men, right? No doubt with this stereotype in mind, the Japan Racing Association has been trying to re-vamp its image since 2008 with a series of TV ads featuring popular and good-looking celebrities. Now it has also launched Keiba Cinema, a web [...]

Slightly bizarrely-named manufacturer King Jim seem to specialize in making handy little devices. Remember the Relet, the e-money card reader that lets you check how much you have charged on your Pasmo? One of their newest products is the Mamemo, a funky electronic memo pad. Just sit it on your desk, and write and store all [...]

Okay, this is definitely *NSFW* but we thought it was pretty innovative. We saw over on TokyoKinky.com (NSFW) this post about the Count Machine Onahole (NSFW) — a masturbator that measures how many times you, ahem, “prime the pump”. This is an adult toy that is certainly useful if you are looking for pleasure and exercise at [...]