Showing posts with label japan crate. Show all posts
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Friday, March 18, 2016

DokiDoki by Japan Crate! Subscription Review



Today's review I will be showing you another subscription box. This one is brought to you by Japan Crate, but the edition of this box is DokiDoki. They emailed me and asked me I would be interested in reviewing this box and I immediately responded with YES! I love the whole kawaii trend and I have a feeling that's what this box is going to be filled with which is super exciting for me lol. So let's get a closer look at what inside this box.

 
When I first open this box this is what I see. As you can tell these boxes are actually pretty big in size and they are packed very nicely as well. All of the products that are in these boxes are placed nicely inside instead of just being thrown in a box. They wrap everything up in tissue paper as well so it helps everything stay in place when it is shipped to your home.

 
Right on top we have the flyer that comes inside every subscription box I have received. This is where I will find all the info on the products that are included in this box. As you can see this looks just like a comic book. I love how they got creative with this part and turned it into a comic book. It truly makes this box already stand out and we haven't even gotten inside this box yet lol.


 
Underneath the flyer, this is what we are left with. As you can see this box is full! I am quite surprised with how many products I already see in this box. I am super pumped to get inside and take a look, can you tell? I've only said that about 5 times by now lol.

 
The first product that I found in my box are these adorable food picks. These are in the theme of space. As you can see there are little stars, aliens, UFO's and planets. These are adorable. I have never seen anything quite like this before. It comes with 8 picks, which is a lot! You can use these several ways such as helping you pick up smaller foods to eat, or you can simply use these are decoration when you are serving food to someone. These would be super adorable cupcake picks which Is how I think I will be using these.

 
Next up we have this blue squishy donut. This is adorable too. I has a cell phone loop on the back so if you wanted you can hang this from your phone. I must say this looks pretty realistic. I think this is super different. It is really squishy as well which makes this fun to play with too lol.

 
Next we have something similar as well. We have the same product as the one previous just a different shape. This one looks like a paw. I love this! This is perfect for any animal lover quite like myself lol. This also has a cell phone loop that hangs from it so you can attach this to your phone too. You could actually hang either of these anywhere. Both of these would really good keychains just because they are really light weight....and they would give you something to play with throughout the day lol.

 
Next we have a Kawaii notebook.  This is absolutely adorable. I have also been looking for a mini notepad like this for my purse so this will be perfect. On the front cover there is a little chicken lol. I love how random that is and it is really cute as well. I love the size of this notebook too. It's perfect for small places such as purses because it's really not going to take up a lot of space which is important as well.

 
The next thing I have in box are these sushi wrappers. At first glance I thought these were cupcake liners, but I was wrong lol. If you look at the shapes you can tell that you could use these for sushi. How ever you don't have to use these just for sushi. I think these would be great for any other snack food as well. I think these are perfect for little snacks, because afterwards you just throw it away and then you are good to go. Anything that saves me from doing dishes I am a fan of. So I really do like these lol.

 
The next two items in this box took me quite some time to understand what they were lol. Everything is in Japanese and it gets confusing, which is why I am so glad that they included a cheat sheet in this box. Just so I am not lost lol, but this item is a blind box item. I'm sure most of you are familiar with those types of things, pretty much it's a surprise. There a few different things you can get, but you wont know until its open. It looks like the little figures inside each box resemble sushi and there little key rings, pretty adorable if I do say so myself. I'm not a huge fan of sushi but one of my really good friends are so I'm sure she would really appreciate this item. That's why I decided not to open up this one for all of you.

 
The next thing in my box is this little curry kit. I had no idea what this item is either, so I had to read my handy dandy little card. This is like those little meal sets. These are super popular right now. Pretty much it's like a teeny tiny meal kit which you make the food from all the ingredients in the box. There so bizarre and there are like a million different ones such as burgers and fries and so many other. These originally got super popular in Japan and then the U.S started making them as well. I have not ever tried one of these so I am a bit excited to see how this goes. The only thing that really concerns me about this item is that it's curry! Not exactly my cup of tea lol. I will be sure to make a separate blog post on this kit so you guys can see how it turns out, so make sure you stay tuned for that!

 
The next item I have to share with you are these adorable sauce containers. These are pretty adorable and super small too. This set contains three different tiny containers along with a funnel so you don't spill anything. I'm not exactly sure on what you could store inside of these but I'm sure I will put these to use some how. There is a duck, bunny, and rabbit. I love the creativity behind these. This is definitely an item that you would not find in the U.S, which is another reason I really like this. 

 
There's still more! Lol I feel like this post is forever long and there are so many things in my box. Up next we have some pens. These are styled like little geisha dolls. These are gorgeous pens. In the pack there were two that were included. One pink one and one sea foam green colored one. I bet you will never guess which one is my favorite lol. I think these are perfect, you really cant go wrong with included a pen. I am always on the hunt for pens. These immediately made a home in my purse.

 
The next item is a set of three disposable boxes. The set included three different patterns of these boxes. You really could use these for anything. On the front of the box it shows it storing food which would be a super cute way to pack your lunch, or even your child's. Simply after you are done with your meal you could just throw everything away. which is super easy because you don't have to worry about hauling anything back home.

 
The time has come where we are now at the last thing that was included in this box. For the last item it is.......... STICKERS! lol I am obsessed with stickers and stick them pretty much anywhere so I was actually really glad to see these inside my box. As you can see these are adorable, and I love how these included two different sheets.

 
So that's it for my DokiDoki box! As you can see there was a ton of stuff that as included in this box, and all of it was awesome. It's so cool to get all these items from Japan, just because these are things you cant typically buy everyday. It's cool to have a look at some things that come from Japan.
 
If you are interested in getting your own DokiDoki box make sure to check out this link:

 

 

Monday, March 14, 2016

Japan Crate Subscription Box! Review

 
 
I am so sorry to be sharing this review a little late with all of you guys! For some reason this blog post has been in my drafts for quite some time and I have just noticed it sitting there! I apologize for the delay but it's better late then never right? Today I will be looking at Japan Crate which is a subscription service that sends you Japanese stuff in one box straight to your door! These boxes are filled with food and other fun things. I am excited to see what's waiting inside of this box! So lets get on to this review!

 
So right away this is what I see when I open up this box. As you can see this box is really filled up to the max. This is a pretty big box too so I can only imagine how many things are inside of this box. Let's find out!


These two papers were sitting right on top of the box. One tells you all the products that inside this box. It translates it into English which is extremely helpful because all of the packaging of each item is written in Japanese which I can't read...at all lol.

 
The very first thing inside is a bag of Chips. These tasted just like your normal lays potato chips. There wasn't anything too special about these but I did eat them lol.

 
Pocky is up next! I'm sure most of you know what that is and incase you don't ill explain. It's a biscuit stick covered in some type of flavor. These are covered in chocolate. I have to say I opened these with my boyfriend which was a huge mistake we were fighting over these. They are sooo good! I'm not even a huge fan of chocolate but these were soo good! They have the perfect amount of chocolate, not too much and not too little either.

 
Next we have some other type of gummy candy I think. It looks like this flavor is going to be like a milk flavor which really makes me nervous lol. I actually like these, there really hard to explain. It tastes just like regular gummies that you would find in the store.


Up next we have another candy. I can't read a thing on these expect for the word "POM" which I have no idea what that means. By the packaging I can tell these are going to be orange flavored. I'm not a huge fan of orange but I tried them just to see if I would like them. I surprised myself. These were like  gummy candy that was covered in sugar and these were really good. I love gummy candies so these were a hit with me!

 
Next we have something else I cant read either lol. These are soft chews that taste like strawberries. I must say these were pretty darn amazing and I think they have to be my favorite thing that was in this entire box. I loved these and they were so soft and yummy!


This is another snack that looks just like pocky. This flavor of this one is pizza. This sounds amazing lol. I shared these with my boyfriend as well and we both really liked them. I would have to say these are really different but I did really like. Sometimes a little different is good sometimes :)

 
Next we have a pack of gum next with Where's Waldo on the front of it. This is just your everyday bubble gum, it wasn't bad and it wasn't great.


Next there is an adorable box with Hello Kitty on it. Just by the packaging I could tell these were going to be just like Pocky, which are one of my favorites. These were really good too. They tasted just like Strawberry Pocky that I have tried probably a million times lol. I thought they were yummy and the fact that Hello Kitty was on the front made it even better in my opinion lol.

 
This is probably the strangest thing that was in the entire box in my opinion lol. These are little candies in the flavor of Birthday Cake which one of my all time favorites, so right away I was interested in these lol. They look like giant smarties, like a big hard candy and let me just say at first I was hesitant to if I really liked these or not but then I tried one more and realized they are actually pretty good. It really catches you off guard because there really isn't a candy in the United States like these.

 
The last food item that came in this box is this lol. That's really all I can say because look at the packaging, I cant read a thing from this lol. It looks like these are either potato flavored or bread. It's really hard to tell from the picture. I really didn't want to try these but I did anyways lol. It had the same consistency as like a caramel chew. It was really soft and came in little cubes. I couldn't figure out what the flavor was except for the fact I didn't really care for them at all. They had a real buttery taste to them which was a little odd.


Look what's next! They included a drink! That's so cool! I was definitely surprised to see this in the box. Most of the subscription boxes I have tried never come with a drink, so this was something that was a little different to see inside. I was super anxious to try this so I had to right away. I'd say this is kind of like a carbonated Lemonade with not a lot of sugar, it was a little bit bland, it wasn't terrible it just isn't something I would normally drink.


 
They included two pens next in this box as you can tell from this one, it's a little different then your pens you find in the U.S this one has a totally different tip to it which is kind of cool. I love the way this one writes as well.
 
The last pen in this box is a Sanrio pen, which was a hit for me lol. I am a huge Sanrio fan so I really like how this was included in my box. I think adding little stuff to this box is such a cute idea as well.

 
Overall I'm impressed. I love how big this box was. It came with the most stuff I have ever gotten in any other subscription box ever. The assortment of the items are pretty great too. It came with food, a drink and some pens. Even though all of the food wasn't that good and there are a few things I wont eat it was still really cool to have a closer looks at some of things they have in Japan and now I am familiar with some things that I do like from there. I love the whole concept behind this box I think it's such a cool idea and you really do get your money's worth. I would definitely suggest going to check out this box on your own and trying it. You will love it!!