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We’re very happy to have Tofu Cute back at HYPER JAPAN again this year, with even more kawaii items than ever before! The UK-based online store, specialising in Japanese kawaii-style accessories, stationery, gifts and snacks, aims to share the philosophy of kawaii – stay young at heart and allow fun items to inject positive energy into your everyday life.

As well as solid favourites such as Alpacasso Alpaca plushies and the Endless Edamame Popping Soybean Pod, Tofu Cute will also be introducing new items including a range of kawaii bento making items. Get all the tools you need to make a super cute lunch themed around pandas, bears or bunnies!

There will also be wide range of stationery, gifts, bags, purses and collectable Re-Ment miniatures from famous kawaii characters such as Rilakkuma, Hello Kitty, My Melody and Mameshiba.

All people interested in the “kawaii culture” of Japan are invited to join Tofu Cute at HYPER JAPAN. In the meantime, you can stay in touch via Facebook or Twitter. You can also check out their website at www.TofuCute.com – look out for many new super cute products coming to the website in the coming weeks!

From the Walkman to robots, Japanese technology has become synonymous with innovation and quality. The country that pioneered the electric toilet has also been responsible for some of the most popular entertainment systems of all time, and there are countless everyday tools we take for granted which originated in Japan.

This year, we’re on the cutting edge of Japanese culture with Opera AOI, where traditional Japanese Bunraku puppets are given voices by Yamaha’s VOCALOID software in a modern retelling of a chapter of the famous “Genji Monogatari”! A film without actors, an opera without singers, this is Japanese technology and tradition in perfect fusion.

Japan also excels at producing small everyday gadgets to accommodate any need. Air conditioned trousers, smiley face iPhone chargers and pet emergency evacuation jackets are just some of the latest must-have items for any discerning technophile. Inamo’s E-Table, the future of eating out, was another amazing display last year!

It’s another double-bill of robotics this year, as we welcome guests ITK and Robot Garage. As technology develops, robotic capabilities are growing ever more impressive, and some predict that the day when robots may be seen as carers, workers, and even companions is not too far away. Until that day comes however, we can enjoy watching robots capable of taking part in dance contests, kicking balls, and making eerily human facial expressions. This year sees Robot Garage’s Professor Takahashi introducing the amazing robot Hirata, brother unit of Kirobo, the communication robot on board the International Space Station!

*VOCALOID is a registered trademark of Yamaha Corporation.

*VOCALOID is singing synthesis software and a technology of Yamaha Corporation.

Returning Robotic Innovation by ITK

HYPER JAPAN 2014 Presents: AOI Project’s VOCALOID™ Bunraku Puppet Opera!

Siro-A to return to HYPER JAPAN 2014!