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I feel like a proud Momma, seeing my baby bear on Japanese TV. I just got these images from Artemis in Japan-Benny on a Japanese television drama. Clearly a healing bear, bringing love and snuggles to Mother and Child, Benny obviously plays a pivotal role in this Japanese drama.

If you read Japanese, you can learn [...]

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I’m in New York for the National Stationery Show, representing Artemis and Zero Per Zero, and planning a trip to the ICFF show just downstairs.
Here’s one of the companies I’m looking forward to seeing. Wakakokita makes bags in both cotton–and paper. Terrific images on some of the cotton with bold stripes and colors on others. [...]

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We are heading off on holiday tomorrow–however will you live without my posts? To keep you from feeling too far from us, here are some terrific new things you can get at japanistic.
Whether you want to share these sweets with a Valentine, or just keep them all for yourself, they are tasty and adorable.

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Need a place to carry all your new holiday treasures? Try one of these new bags from Artemis, now available at Japanistic.

As a big fan of having my hands free, I particularly love this new hobo style. (Additional designs available online.)

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New at the store this week are Garron card files, and more Comic Book Notebooks. I like the card file holder because it is simple and clean and makes organizing the business cards and scraps of paper in my wallet much easier. The notebooks are a different take on the classic Artemis Comic Book paper [...]

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While Sydne was away on a buying trip for Japanistic.com and our other store, Essentials, she was interviewed by the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO). Apparently, not only is her interview going to be aired on Japanese TV News, but she will also be featured on an inflight show on JapanAir. WOW!
The interview was set-up [...]

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