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First of all, what is masking tape? Masking tapes are usually used at a place like construction site, especially to cover certain area from dirt, stain or damage. This masking tape production company Kamoi used to be just an ordinary masking tape factory as that produced single colored plain masking tapes only to be used at construction sites.

However, one day, 3 women who like something kawaii asked the company if they could have a study trip to their factory. Then the president of Kamoi kind of unwillingly accepted their visit. These 3 women were fascinated with how the masking tapes are made, and they mentioned that they would love to use colorful kawaii masking tapes if the company can create such things. These women noticed that masking tapes can be so useful for paper decorations because they’re not too sticky like all the other kind of tapes. The president of Kamoi did not listen to this opinion for a while, but finally he accepted it and bang! It went a big hit among young women! I think he was so lucky!

Why I know this? My husband happened to record the secret story of the creation of mt magic tapes some time ago on TV, by accident. I’ve seen these tapes here and there these days, so I watched it intriguingly. :p

It’s convincing how some women can be obsessive with these tapes. With cute stickers, letter pads, papers, colorful pens, and these masking tapes, I could get fully into making kawaii letters to my friends or anything to decorate inside my own room…well, if only I have enough time to indulge myself with. ^ ^;;

This one was interesting. Comparing its English translation and what’s written there in Japanese shows the difference of culture. If I translate the Japanese literally into English, “This must be delicious.” (in Japanese “Okuchi ni aimasu ka douka おくちにあいますかどうか”) will be “I wonder if you like it or not.”

Another one, “Lovely one for you.” (in Japanese “Tsumaranai mono desuga つまらないものですが”) will be “It’s a boring thing though.”

You may wonder who would choose something boring as a gift. If the person thinks it’s boring, why does he give it? He should choose something nice. Haha! That’s our culture. This person expresses modesty by saying this. It’s normal in our society, and saying “Tsumaranai mono” (=boring stuff) does not mean anything as it sounds! On the contrary, the gift usually is very nice. There are many expressions to show modesty, but personally I really wonder if such is understandable outside Japan. I think it’s our own culture. What do you think? :S

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Then, these confetti (they are called Kompeito in Japan) are in a small bento box. It’s cute, although I don’t like confetti. ^ ^;

How colorful they are! I asked at the store if I can take pictures. I was asked what I was going to use them for. I explained that I want to share them with my foreign friends. It’s not easy to take pictures or videos at shops over here. Most of the cases, I am asked not to take a single photo. Even if I stress it’s only for pure blogging and for my readers outside Japan, sometimes it’s still difficult.

I think they were sold by a street vendor in my station only for a few days as limited sale.

Well…these are not really kawaii but rather funny! I found them at one of the OUTLET shop the other day. What are they? They are face masks. ^ ^;;

Also I found this collection of kawaii dancing Disney characters somewhere…(I’ll write about the store as kawaii shop shortly!)

Finally Lawson (Japanese convenience store chain) seems to have started Hello Kitty tumbler campaign for those who collect certain points from shopping. I don’t frequent convenience store but this kind of campaign is nice to those who buy lunch at Lawson everyday. Such people can easily save the points required to exchange for the tumbler. My friend for example buys bento at Lawson everyday and he got 2 cute Rilakkuma cups when they ran Rilakkuma’s campaign. (He gave them to me and my hubby! How nice!)

Just a random post about kawaii stuff I found lately.
Hope you enjoyed!

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