I can’t believe that now we’re in the 21st century I still see people on the street using bags to carry things. Idiots. What do I do? I simply slip on a pair of these cargo pants and away I go. I keep everything I need in my trousers, from my iPod to my banana picker; there are pockets for everything. I can even roll them up when it gets hot:

Pretty cool, huh? Only 15,750 yen (£70/$140)? Bargain!

This product takes my favourite two hobbies (recycling and stepping on frogs) and merges them into one. Flatten your cans while flattening a frog. Brilliant.

Via A Rinkya Blog

Ha! Look at you getting hot under the collar with the baking heat of summer! I, on the other hand, have a tie that has a USB-powered fan in the knot! I am therefore not only feeling cool, but looking cool as well. Take that!

Only available from the weirdos at Thanko for 2,980 yen (£12.20/$24.90).

After you’ve just finished a round of Ultraman golf, why not relax with a glass of Ultraman wine? This futuristic merlot comes with a matching glass, and is designed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of 20,000-year-old.

Via AltJapan

Bandai and fashion fans, Mastermind, have created two new extremely expensive Gundam t-shirts. Each shirt has Swarovski crystal hand-stitched into the Gundam or Zaku design, and will cost an estimated 200,000 yen (£830/$1,690). Less expensive shirts that use glass beads instead of crystal will be available in the U.S., France, Italy, Singapore, China and Japan for around 38,000 yen (£160/$320).

Source: Nikkei

Gizmodo has found the ultimate Hallowe’en outfit for your cat this year. This Hello Kitty costume will make your feline friend the envy of your neighborhood. The only the thing the outfit doesn’t come with is a piece of tape for your cat’s mouth.

That’s right, the days of your old Converse stinking up the house are gone. And it’s all thanks to a glowing egg! Hang your fungus-filled footwear from the Shoe Pure 100 when you come home, and within half an hour they’ll be nice and fresh and ready for another adventure. The Shoe Pure works by drying out fresh sweat with warm air before it dries naturally and is absorbed by the shoe.

Source: Impress Watch

Casio Japan celebrates its 25th anniversary in May 2008, and to celebrate, four special edition G-Shock watches are being released. The DW-5025B, GW-5525B, DW-5725B and AWG-525B are available in white, with the LCD numbers in gold on a black background. G-Shock watches were all the rage in the 80’s, and these designs are commemorative replicas of the originals from that period. The watches will be released 31st August in Japan only for 16,275 yen - 25,725 yen ($135-$213/£66-£104) in snazzy boxes.

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“I WILL CRUSH YOUR SOFT HEAD LIKE AN APPLE!” is something you might say to someone you don’t like. Especially if you’ve been working out with these finger weights from Rakuten. 3,150 yen (£13/$26) to be able to crush someone’s soft head? That’s a bargain if you ask me!

Via A Rinkya Blog

After your dog has been out on a long photo shoot, it’s essential that he or she take the time to relax as well as clean those mucky paws. This paw jacuzzi is the perfect way of doing so, and comes with a special super-absorbent mat and towel for drying off. Get it in either pink or blue from Amazon Japan for 5,800 yen (£23/$48).

“That’s neat that’s neat, I really love your tiger feet”, sang Mud, about an early prototype they had seen of this new product from StrapYa, a tiger paw cleaning pad for mobile phones. The band didn’t really understand the product at the time, as they’d never even heard of mobile phones/cellphones, but unphased they wrote a song about it anyway. The phone-buffing paw comes in whole host of colours, but if that’s doesn’t satisfy your cat accessory craving, why not get one with a furry tail?

The paw costs 399 yen (£1.60/$3.30) from StrapYa.

How can StrapYa possibly know my what my two favourite things in the world are? I don’t know either, but incredibly they’ve combined both CDs and dice to make a Dice CD storage rack! Available in 4 colours (orange, green, pink and blue), the rack holds up to 60 CDs each and costs 1,575 yen (£6/$13).

Please note: I don’t actually like CDs or dice; I think they are the creation of the devil.

The third Monday of July is Umi No Hi/Ocean Day in Japan. It’s a National Holiday with many people spending the day at the beach. To celebrate this occasion, our favourite watch manufacturers Tokyoflash are offering their customers a special discount coupon giveaway on their website. Time to get yourself a nice new watch to match those speedos or bikini!