Amazon (Amazon Japan) is running a four-day “Smile SALE” from 9:00 a.m. on May 31 to 11:59 p.m. on June 3. The sale also includes Jackery Japan’s “Portable Power Supply 1000 Plus,” which sells for 117,600 yen, a 30% discount from the regular price of 168,000 yen. Portable Power Supply 1000 Plus is a model…

Citizen Watch will sequentially release limited edition models commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Citizen Promaster brand in the land, sea, and air categories, respectively. The first watch from the nautical category, the Mechanical Diver 200m 35th Anniversary Limited Edition (NB6026-56L) will be released on June 6, 2012. It will be priced at 143,000 yen…

UNIQLO is holding the “UNIQLO Thanksgiving Festival” until June 2 to thank for its 40th anniversary. The second phase of the event started today, May 31. A flyer was released on the official website. The highlight of the collection will be UNIQLO U’s crew-neck T-shirts (short sleeves), which are made of materials, silhouette, and details,…

New panda items and monochrome food ・Big clip (two pandas): Felissimo’s “YOU+MORE!” brand launches a new 15cm wide big clip with Gemini Panda printed on it. Available in blue and red (440 yen each). Panda Mont Blanc: Mont Blanc with whipped cream and strawberries at Dolce Fleurier (920 yen) Coffee bag and snack set: A…

Walt Disney Japan launched “RAINY DAY,” a new collection of items for use during the rainy season. The lineup includes a folding umbrella (4,700 yen), an originally designed umbrella case (1,700 yen), and a raincoat (7,500 yen), all jointly planned with the rain goods brand Wpc. The jointly planned item is the “[Wpc.] Folding Umbrella…

MD Holdings released “Osaka-Kansai Expo Myakumyaku Dry Small Natto Beans Dashi Soy Sauce Flavor” and “Osaka-Kansai Expo Myakumyaku Dry Small Natto Beans Light Salt Flavor”. Priced at 540 yen at the official online store. Small natto snacks packaged in seven sachets designed with the official Expo character “Myakmyak”. The low-temperature vacuum-frying process keeps the bacillus…

Amando will renovate its Amando Roppongi store (6-1-26 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo) to commemorate its 60th anniversary. Amando was founded in Shimbashi in 1946 with the founding philosophy of “making customers happy with sweet foods. From 1949, after the war, the company opened stores in Tokyo with pink-toned interiors and packaging, hoping to “bring cheer amidst…

Daisho-in Temple (210 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture) will start offering “Summer Festival” and “Dragonfly and Ladle” paper-cut red seals on June 1. The cost is 1,500 yen for the “Summer Festival” and 1,400 yen for the “Dragonfly and Scythe. Produced by ELternal, a consulting firm, it aims to increase the number of fans of…

Alpen released a neck cooler “Tigola Ring Cool 28℃ 4h” from the Tigola brand, available in three sizes, all priced at 1999 yen. Designed to last for 4 hours at 34°C. Made of PCM material that freezes naturally at temperatures below 28°C. Freezes in cold water in about 60 minutes and in the freezer in…

Kusatsu Now Resort Hotel (750 Kusatsu, Kusatsu-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma-ken) has begun operating “guest rooms with private barrel sauna x natural hot spring outdoor bath. The barrel sauna is equipped with a Halvia heater, and a self-launching water bath using natural mountain water and a water bath are also available. Bedrooms can be selected from 2,…