Japanese Collectibles Sanji’s Name Card and the Meishi Culture Behind It
Sanji from One Piece appears on a meishi-format card styled as a bounty poster, displayed in an acrylic stand from Japan's Jump Business Card Collection.
Japanese Collectibles
Japanese Collectibles 
Japanese Collectibles Nature Meets Nostalgia in Furuta’s Black Woodpecker Figure
A Furuta Choco Egg figure from Japan's Animal Collection series, this Black Woodpecker miniature comes with its original pink data card, number 059C.
Japanese Collectibles What Makes Aizawa’s Furuta Choco Egg Figure Special
A closer look at the Shota Aizawa mini figure from Furuta's Choco Egg My Hero Academia line, a Japanese anime collectible that pairs a character figure with chocolate.
Japanese Collectibles Android 16 and the Bandai Wafer Stickers of Dragon Ball Z
Bandai's Super Warrior Seal Wafer series brought Dragon Ball Z characters to candy-toy stickers in 1990s Japan. This card features Android 16 from the Cell Saga.
Japanese Collectibles Ken Masters in the Carddass Era of Street Fighter Alpha
This Bandai Carddass trading card features Ken from Street Fighter Zero (Alpha), card No. 51 from Part 2 of the series released in Japan.
Japanese Collectibles Inside Japan’s GB Mini Cards: Wartortle and the First Pokemon Boom
Pokemon GB Mini Card No. 008 features Wartortle in a thick, textured format — a Japan-only Nintendo-licensed collectible from the late 1990s Pokemon boom.
Japanese Collectibles Exodia’s 1999 Bandai Capsule Figure and the Gashapon Tradition
Made for Japan's gashapon machines in 1999, this Bandai Capsule Monster figure of Exodia dates to Yu-Gi-Oh's earliest wave of licensed merchandise.
Japanese Collectibles Why Japan’s Wooden Mascot Dolls Wear the Conical Hat
A mid-century Japanese wooden mascot figurine with a conical hat, rooted in the folk souvenir tradition rather than the classic kokeshi craft lineages of Tohoku.
Japanese Collectibles Dorami and the Capsule Design Behind Bandai’s Capchara Line
Dorami is Doraemon's yellow robot sister, and this Bandai Capchara gashapon figure blends her chibi form with the capsule shape itself.
Japanese Collectibles Totoro’s 2019 New Year Card and Japan’s Heisei Farewell
Official Studio Ghibli nengajo for 2019, featuring Totoro on a textured card with traditional Japanese New Year motifs from the last year of the Heisei era.