Top 25 products at JBOX.com

1. iTunes Japan Music Card

Wed, 16 May 2007 12:56:19 -0400

Apple's iTunes Music Store is incredibly popular in Japan, with hundreds of thousands of tracks of great music from Japan available for 150 or 200 yen per song. For fans of Japanese music around the world it doesn't seem possible to buy through the Japan iTMS, without a Japanese address and credit card. There is a way, however -- using the Japanese iTunes Music Card from Apple! A prepaid card that's charged with money for music purchases, this is a great way for J-POP/J-ROCK fans all over the...

2. Japanese T-shirt "Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend"

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:59:47 -0400

When we made our first "Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend" funny Japanese T-shirt back in 1997, we had no idea what a cult we were creating. Apparently there's a whole bunch of guys in the world who wouldn't mind getting attention from Japanese females. Our best-selling T-shirt ever, this shirt features clear, clean text and a message that is perhaps best translated as "Now accepting applications for Japanese girlfriends." Features a nice red "rising sun of Japan" in the design. You never know...

3. Kompeito ~ Five Color Traditional Japanese Candy

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:14:31 -0400

Another great taste from Japan that's been around for more than a century, this is Kasugai kompeito (also written konpeito) candy, a kind of hard candy that looks like stars, exploding out in all directions. This is a tasty package of an authentic sweet candy from Japan's past, with a ziplock seal for freshness. Each package is 6" x 8" (15 x 21 cm). As seen in the Ghibli film Spirited Away, by Hayao Miyazaki (this is what Kamaji feeds to the little soot sprites). Great for fans of Japanse...

4. Lotte Black Black Gum (Spicy Caffeine Gum)

Wed, 16 May 2007 12:58:30 -0400

A great chewing gum with a strong, minty flavor that's designed to give you a lift and wake you up, this popular gum is loaded with caffeine. Made famous all around the world by the Internet (and mentioned in Wired Magazine), this is a unique chewing gum, refreshing and full of energy that wakes you up -- and quickly, too, since caffeine in gum is absorbed 3 times faster than coffee. Jean-Claude van Dam did their commercials here in Japan. This is a delicious and flavorful gum with a real punch...

5. Morinaga Okinawa Black Sugar Caramel

Wed, 16 May 2007 12:19:45 -0400

Another wonderful treat from Japan, this is the famous Morinaga Milk Caramel, a delicious classic dark caramel with over 100 years of history, dating back from the Meiji period. Each box contains 12 delicious caramels. A great item with a delicious taste and long history. This is "black sugar" flavored caramel made with a special blend of black sugar grown in Okinawa. A wonderful and unique Japanese taste that J-List has been trying to make available for years -- now we finally have! If you eat...

6. ONIGIRI / Rice Ball Maker ~ Triangle

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:46:40 -0500

This is a handy and easy-to-use kitchen item for making your own onigiri (rice 'balls'). Just press some cooked Japanese sticky rice into the mold for perfect triangle-shaped onigiri. Great for when you have to make a lot quickly or you really want to impress with your 'cooking skills', and an awesome time saver for bento creations. Has top and bottom parts with flaps to make removal a snap. 'Hey, where'd you learn to make such great onigiri?'

7. "Beware of Perverts" (heather grey)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:03:24 -0400

Men touching women in trains is a real problem in Japanese urban life, and there are actually signs in some places warning women to "beware of perverts." Here's a great T-shirt that captures this zaniness, featuring a bizarre image of a man touching a woman on a train and a message of "Beware of Perverts" (Chikan chuui), with "Dangerous Persons are in this Area" printed below. A truly bizarre message and image that will cause confusion and funny reactions among Japanese who see it. Choose S, M...

8. Sakuma Drops Candy (Normal Edition)

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:26:31 -0400

A dynamite treat from Japan's past, Sakura Drops hard candy have been around since 1908, making them more than a century old. Featured in the famous Studio Ghibli film Grave of the Fireflies, a touching tale of two children trying to survive in war-torn Japan, they capture the era of the Showa Period perfectly. This delicious and long-lasting tin of candies will be useful after you've eaten the delicious candies, since you can put cool stuff in or build a shrine to the kids in the film in your...

9. Ramune Bottle Candy

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:41:22 -0500

Ramune candy (also written as lamune) is a delicious snack treat from Japan's Showa era, loved by all Japanese for decades. Inspired by the famous Japanese ramune drink, which has the glass ball inside the bottle, the word is based on the English word "lemonade." Here's Morinaga's great ramune bottle candy for you enjoy! Use the bottle for something else when you're done, too. A great item for fans of "dagashi" traditional candy from the Showa Period.

10. Lotte "No Time" Gum

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:14:11 -0400

A wonderful gum from Lotte and one of my first loves when I came to Japan, this is Lotte's "No Time," a delicious cube-shaped gum that brushes your teeth after meals, with tiny granules that remove plaque and clean your teeth. A wonderful item from Lotte! With all Lotte's delicious popular chewing gum, you get not only tasty chewing enjoyment, but funny English as well! In each pack of Lotte gum there are rare sticks that say "Yes, Chewing!" on them. Buy a case of this gum (15 packs) and get...

11. Japanese T-shirt "Baka Gaijin" (Stupid Foreigner)

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:21:56 -0400

Two words a foreigner living in Japan learns pretty quickly are baka (stupid) and gaijin (foreigner). We put these two fun words together on a bizarre Japanese T-shirt that's perfect for fans who want to show their devotion to Japanese wacky culture. Dare to be stupid with this bizarre and fun Japanese T-shirt! Sizes in stock are S, M, L, XL. (SZS SZM SZL SZXL) 15% off 3 or more shirts or hoodies. Click for shirt size info. Why are our shirts better?

12. Japanese T-shirt "Emergency Exit" - Green

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:43:33 -0400

If you've ever been to Japan, you've surely noticed the green Emergency Exit signs that adorn every door. This image is such a unique image of Japan that we thought we'd put it on a wacky T-shirt just for you. Universally recognizable by all Japanese, this unique shirt is sure to get you lots of attention! It's also something you can wear in front of potential future in-laws without offending them. Choose S, M, L, XL, XXL, white text on a green shirt. (SZS SZM SZL SZXL SZ2XL) 15% off 3 or more...

13. Japanese T-Shirt "Expel the Foreign Barbarians"

Sun, 03 May 2009 23:16:06 -0400

A great and totally wacky new Japanese T-shirt from J-List! A famous slogan of the Meiji Restoration, an exciting time in Japan's history when Japanese rallied around Emperor Meiji to create a strong, modern nation free of the influence of Western nations. A famous slogan studied by all Japanese (it even appears in James Clavell's novels about Japan), the slogan in Japanese is sonno joi (sohn-NOH JOH-ee). The silhouette of Admiral Perry's black ships, which are seen in the background. Very...

14. Vegetable Shaper Assortment Set ~ SAKURA, Plum, Maple Leaf, Chrysanthemum

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:18:35 -0400

This stainless steel vegetable cutter is a fantastic way to make your presentations all the more better. This set of cutters feature shapes of the leaves from trees Sakura, plum, maple leaf and chrysanthemums. Absolutely cool to see your wonderful bento creations covered in edible (and nutritious) leaves of various shapes and colors. Also useful as cookie cutters. This is a set of four, 2 large and 2 small versions. Kakko ii!

15. Pocari Sweat Powder

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:50:21 -0400

Pocari Sweat is famous all over the world because it has an odd name that makes you think you're drinking someone's sweat, although this product contains no sweat . What it really is a refreshing sports drink that puts various chemicals back into your body that you lose while sweating. (Pocari comes from the Japanese word pokkari, which means "floating like a cloud"). Now you can enjoy this great drink in powder form. Just add the powder to a liter of cold water and you're set to go. The most...

16. ECO Re-usable Silicon Bento Cup ~ 4pcs

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:42:18 -0400

In our ongoing quest to help make bento culture even more fun for our customers, we've gotten in this line of silicon washable cups that help keep your food separated in your lunch box. This is a set of four open-ended cups that you can use to fill up with all sort of side dishes. Microwave safe. A great ECO friendly way to keep the Earth from pollution.

17. Genki Workbook 1 ~ An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:05:45 -0500

One of the questions we get asked at J-List a lot is, "I want to start learning Japanese, what book do you recommend?" Most textbooks are entirely dry, uninteresting, and cannot follow a student's pace, leaving students frustrated. However, a new series by The Japan Times has recently taken Japanese language for foreigners by storm, and comes highly recommended by anyone who has taken it -- Genki, An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese. The entire course has 23 lessons, guiding the student...

18. Easy Boiled-Egg Shaper -- Rabbit & Bear

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:49:04 -0400

Add a little character to your bento lunches with these cool boiled egg shapers (yudetama gokko) from Japan. Designed to handle large eggs, these shapers help mold your delicacies into fun characters that smile back at you when you're ready to munch on your lunch. Easy to use, simply place the boiled egg inside the shaper (make sure the egg is hot), and close the lid, place the device in some cold water for 10 mins, and when it's done, you've got cute edible characters that you can place inside...

19. Wiener Shaper -- Octopus

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:04:10 -0400

This unique device is a fun hot dog shaper that can be used to make it look like an octopus. Simply slide down the hot dog into the plastic which will cut the hot dog into 6 thinly sliced pieces to form the tentacles of the octopus but don't let it go down all the way. Just let it slide down half way so a head is formed and simply pull out to reveal the cute octopus you created. A great way to make kids bento meals fun again.

20. Japanese T-shirt "Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend" (version 2)

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:03:03 -0400

An alternate version of our most popular wacky Japanese T-shirt ever, this features beautiful kanji written with a brush script for a stylish message. A great way to attract a Japanese female, or just wear something wacky on your body! A literal translation of the message on the shirt would be "Now accepting applications for a Japanese girlfriend." It's pronounced Nihonjin kanojo boshu-chu . Currently available in attractive charcoal. Size Small available only! This is a close out item to make...

21. Japanese Calligraphy T-shirt - "Sake-bito" (I Love Alcohol)

Sun, 03 May 2009 23:16:06 -0400

J-List has another wacky kanji T-shirt featuring beautiful characters penned with a traditional writing brush (fude pen). A parody of famous shima-bito (Island-Person) designs from Okinawa, this shirt proudly proclaims you as a sake-bito , literally a "person of sake" or someone who loves to drink all forms of alcohol. (Sake, pronounced sah-KAY, can refer to normal rice wine as well as all other forms of alcohol). Hiragana characters are written beside the kanji to illustrate the pronunciation...

22. Genki I ~ An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1 Textbook

Sun, 03 May 2009 23:16:06 -0400

23. ONIGIRI / Rice Ball Maker ~ Heart & Star Shape

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:20:13 -0400

This is a handy and easy-to-use kitchen item for making your own onigiri (rice 'balls'). Just press some cooked Japanese sticky rice into the mold for perfectly-shaped onigiri. Great for when you have to make a lot quickly or you really want to impress with your 'cooking skills', and an awesome time saver for bento creations. Has flaps in the top of the mold to make removal a snap. This set of onigiri makers has 2 shapes: heart and star-shaped. 'Hey, where'd you learn to make such great...

24. Wiener Shaper -- Penguin

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:21:25 -0400

Among the foreign community, the Japanese are famous for their perfectly cut mini-wieners you find in so many lunches (bento boxes). What's the secret behind these ubiquitous morsels you ask? Why the Wiener Cutter of course! Now you too can have the most perfectly cut wieners on the block, and not only that, they'll be shaped like cute penguin!, complete with eyes and arms! Be the hit at school. Be the talk of the water cooler clique at work. Wonderfully wacky.

25. Wiener Shaper -- Crab

Mon, 21 May 2007 07:20:07 -0400

Among the foreign community, the Japanese are famous for their perfectly cut mini-wieners you find in so many lunches (bento boxes). What's the secret behind these ubiquitous morsels you ask? Why the Wiener Cutter of course! Now you too can have the most perfectly cut wieners on the block, and not only that, they'll be shaped like cute crabs!, complete with eyes and legs! Be the hit at school. Be the talk of the water cooler clique at work. Wonderfully wacky.