These hand warmers are leaving Japan, and entering the US Market. Yes, folks in the States can purchase these for the holiday season as gifts!

Sleek and stylish, the egg-style, one-sided ‘eneloop kairo’ KIR-SE1S is available in white or pink, and the double-sided ‘eneloop kairo’ KIR-SL2S is available in silver and pink.  One-sided eneloop kairo will cost $34.99 and deliver up to 4 hours of warmth while the double-sided eneloop kairo will cost $44.99 and deliver 1 to 3 hours of warmth.
I always hate my hands freezing during lessons, and these …

This is a miniature Gundam robots battle, please don’t be upset if you hate Gundam Battles, because this isn’t truely a Gundam Battle, merely a remote-controlled Gundams in a battle XD. I kinda like the model whose head flew off at the start of the battle!

Source: Japan Probe

If you love chocolates and you want your phone to be “consumable”, this phone might just be right for you! Only available in Japan, NTT Docomo will have Melty Bitter (Brown) and Melty Strawberry (Pink) clamshell phones for sale. They are “coated” from outside in a way to look like three-dimensional chocolate bars in their winter line-up.

The technical specs are nothing extraordinary, though: 3-inch WVGA ASV screen, 8MP CCD camera, waterproof, 1-seg digital TV tuner, Bluetooth etc.
Only 13,000 units will be made. I’m expecting a really expensive pricing for this …

Take a look at this cute commercial of singing shumai who wants to be eaten :3.

Kiyoken, the company that produces the shumai, was founded over 100 years ago in Yokohama. Its age and location allows it to boast that its products have an old fashioned Yokohama-style flavor.

Nice, I love shumai, sorry guys, no matter how cute you are in the commercial, I still want to eat you *evil grins*
Source: Japan Probe

Another attraction you might want to check if you’re in Japan: Ryohoji Temple, which has become a popular place for otaku after its head priest decided to decorate the temple with manga characters!

I see maids! XD. Interesting. Hopefully there will be more temples like this in the near future..
Source: Japan Probe

Another product featuring an alarm clock by Banpresto. This time, you have to box the alarm clock bell with the hammer provided.

When the alarm goes off, a referee voice begins counting to ten. If you are able to get up and smash the snooze button, you can go back to sleep. If you’re down for the count, the bell will start ringing when the count reaches ten.
Going on sale for about 2,900 yen from December 25 2009. Quite expensive for an alarm clock, I guess I’ll stick to my normal …

I heard of reports that the new Ipod Nano is used for upskirting purposes, but I always wondered how these perverts actually carry out their mission to photograph some upskirting action, and not get caught!

What is it with upskirt photography?! :(
Source: Japan Probe

Japan sure have lots of interesting stuff. Now there is even a plug-in electric scooter you can use o.o

The scooter was used for a 141km ride from Numazu to Tokyo. The plug-in scooter needed 33 hours and 10 minutes to make the journey (with 5 battery charging stops). A gas-powered scooter made the same trip in 12 hours and 4 minutes. The gas for the trip cost 425 yen, while the battery charges totaled a mere 53 yen.
I think the electric scooter will be useful for short trips. They should …

Having a laptop is really handy, you can bring it around wherever you go. You can check your emails or do your work while you are in a restaurant. In Japan, you can actually see people using the laptop while walking! And it’s a common sight ^~^

Some people say they are programming, while others are blogging. Two guys say that Twitter is responsible for turning them on to street computing. Check out the video below for some insight.

Street computing isn’t common in Singapore, maybe because internet access around Singapore isn’t …