Domo stuff

Domo cellphone strap

Domo slipper

Domo pencil case

Domo iPhone case

Domo backpack

Domo sweater

Domo nail polish

Domo Slurpee cup

Domo dress

Domo bottle box

Domo keychain

Domo xbox

New Year's in Japan

The Japanese celebrate the New Year in a big way. The official New Year falls on January 1st, however, in actuality the season itself runs from the 31st of December through the 3rd of January.

Preparation for the New Year begins during the middle of December, with people preparing New Year's postcards usually purchased from the Japanese Postal Service known as nengajo. These cards are sent to business clients and aquaintances, friends, and family members. Those destined for businesses are usually printed commercially at a print shop while those sent to family and friends tend to be handmade. For people with large mailing lists, though, the trend is to have all the cards prepared commercially.

Some pictures about New Year's in Japan:::

Referrence:

http://www.tanutech.com/japan/newyear.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year

Valentine Days in Japan

In Japan, the custom that only women give chocolates to men. Many women feel obliged to give chocolates to all male co-workers, except when the 14th falls on a Sunday, a holiday. This is known as giri-choco , from giri ("obligation") and choko, ("chocolate"), with unpopular co-workers receiving only "ultra-obligatory" chō-giri choko cheap chocolate. This contrasts with honmei-choco (Favorite chocolate); chocolate given to a loved one. Friends, especially girls, may exchange chocolate referred to as tomo-choko; from tomo meaning "friend".

In the 1980s the Japanese National Confectionery Industry Association launched a successful campaign to make March 14 a "reply day", where men are expected to return the favour to those who gave them chocolates on Valentine's Day, calling it White Day for the color of the chocolates being offered. A previous failed attempt to popularize this celebration had been done by a marshmallow manufacturer who wanted men to return marshmallows to women.

In Japan, the romantic "date night" associated to Valentine's Day is celebrated in Christmast Eve

Harajuku

Harajuku (原宿) in Japan refers to an area around Harajuku train station. Harajuku style is a japanese fashion adopted by the teenagers and young adults in the area and its side streets which have many boutiques, trendy stores and used clothes shops.

Japanese Harajuku Girls and Harajuku Style has been used to describe teens dressed in many fashion styles ranging from Gothic Lolita (also gothic loli) Visual Kei, Ganguro, Gyaru, Kogal, to "cute" Kawaii style clothing.

Young adults in Harajuku may also be dressed as anime or manga characters (known as cosplay). Below we list the best online harajuku fashion stores and show you where to buy the very best in Japanese street fashion. The shops listed sell Japanese Harajuku fashion direct from Japan as well as from europe and USA.

Some Harajuku style photos::

Referrence: http://www.harajukustyle.net/

Danbo

Danbo is a cardboard box cartoon character. It was popular since shown in a manga name Yotsuba&!

Domo

Domo is the official mascot of Japan's NHK tv station. Domo is described as a strange creature that hatched from an egg with a large sawtoothed mouth that is locked wide open. His favorite food is japanese-style meat and potato stew, and he has a strong dislike for apples, because of an unexplained mystery in his DNA.

Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail is a Japanese manga by Hiro Mashima. The anime series is released in Japan on October 12, 2009.

Characters:

Natsu Dragneel

Natsu is the main male character of the series. Natsu has a carefree and reckless nature and constantly bickers with other members of the guild. His also known as "Salamander". He was raised by a fire dragon, Igneel, who taught him how to talk, write, and use an ancient style of magic known as "Dragonslayer". His magic is fire magic.

Lucy Heartfilia

Lucy is the main female character of the series. She joins Fairy Tail at the start of the series. She teamed up with Natsu when do a job. She comes from a wealthy family, her father owning a large valley that serves as his estate's garden, though later her father lost all fortune in one day. Lucy practices Celestial Spirit magic, a skill that allows her to summon spirits from another world using Gatekeys.

Happy

Happy is a blue Exceed. One type of special ability magic called "Aera" allows Happy to temporarily grow wings on his back and fly, but he can only carry one person in this form. Happy emerged from an egg found by Natsu in the forest.

Gray Fullbuster

Gray is a main character in the series. He frequently teams up with Lucy and Natsu when they go on a mission.He often fight with Natsu. His magic is Ice magic.

Erza Scarlet

Erza is a main character in the series and one of Fairy Tail's S-class wizards. She is a very strong individual and can lift things weighing several tons with great ease. Her desire for armor resulted in her "re-quip" style of magic. She is also known as "Titania Erza" or "Queen of the Fairies". She also team up with Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy. But sometimes she does work alone.

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