Animal themed items are always cute. Spice up your bathroom with this awesome, crazy and colorful soap shaped like… a plastic bag filled with “water” and a pet fish floating inside.

The “fish” is made of vibrant colored plastic. The “plastic bag” and “water” are actually made of scentless clear vegetable based glycerine soap! Insanely adorable and fun.

Thanks to Neatorama via Spoon Sisters

I’m pretty sure most parents are unhappy if they kids are prone to throwing tantrums. However, Japanese people tend to see cuteness everywhere. Apparently they find even unpretty behavior cute.

Angry Babyz is a kawaii character line featuring rather cute baby animals with spectacularly furious facial expressions. The brand’s tagline is: “Mad Cool & Crazy”.

Of course, there is a whole bunch of merchandise with the characters available in Japan, like these extremely cute mugs. I really wish we could buy all the stuff here too.

Pictures courtesy of Angry Babyz official website

I don’t know about you, but for me wearing Hello Kitty items is a lot of fun. I’ve got a scarf and a beanie hat with the character, lots of keyrings, cell phone straps, cell phone screen cleaners, make up pouches, not to mention note pads, pens, pencils, erasers, mugs, trinket boxes and dozens of collectible plushies.

However for Thai policemen sporting Hello Kitty paraphernalia is a really bad form of punishment for breaking the rules: being late, parking in wrong places, etc.

Although this is better than prison, the poor guys are too embarrassed to wear a special pink Sanrio armband for several days. Thai police officials say that the armband is designed to shame the wearer. They also mention that further offences would be dealt with using a “more traditional disciplinary panel”.

Duh! Of course, Hello Kitty arm bands are not traditional, they’re not even sold at Sanrio shops! My guess is that the next form of punishment would be writing out parking tickets with Hello Kitty pens on Hello Kitty paper, wearing pink uniform with the familiar face on their badges, driving pink Hello Kitty police cars and cooking their lunch on a Hello Kitty toaster.

What do you think? What other forms of punishment would you suggest? Who else should be punished by wearing Hello Kitty? Please leave your opinion in the comments to this post.

Via Catwalk Queen and the BBC. Pictures courtesy of Sanrio

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Christina, the amazing illustrator and doll clothing designer of Jamfancy and one of the creators of Gentle River Blythe made a trip to Japan for the annual Blythe Beauty Contest. Here’s what she found on the streets of Tokyo.

The photos are from her LJ blog. Obviously, this is a window of an establishment. Try to make a guess without clicking the link to Christina’s website, you don’t want to spoil the fun. The answer is right after the jump. Share your opinion in the comments please. (more…)

For today’s National Ice Cream Sandwich day you can shape your ice cream and cookies like cute little cow and pig heads with the help of these adorable molds.

In fact, their use is not limited to ice cream. Lunch in a Box has even succeeded in shaping eggs with them for packing in a bento box.

Source Yumsugar via Neatorama and LunchInABox

OMG! San-X is planning to release a limited edition long evening wallet featuring a tiny chick who is the best friend of the company’s leading character Rilakkuma bear. It’s available for preorder at their online shop, and will be shipped out to customers only in November.

The wallet is made of gold faux leather embossed with chick pattern and decorated with rhinestones. Apparently it also comes with a chick shaped piggy bank and a “good fortune” amulet for attracting money to your wallet. Pretty clever!

I really love this adorable wallet, which is a perfect example of Fashionably Cute’s Standard #1. It doesn’t look tacky, because the cuteness is not over the top here, and I’m even thinking about buying it (although it’s only sold in Japan, but it’s possible to purchase Japanese goods through a shopping deputy). It would go so well with my Aaron Basha duckling pendant!

The wallet doubles as a clutch and would accent an evening outfit perfectly. To avoid the dreaded cuteness overdose, I’d wear the clutch and the duckling pendant with a classic little black dress, a black cardigan and black shoes.

Photos courtesy of San-X and Aaron Basha

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