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Tokyo SkyTree Video See the view from the Tokyo SkyTree, the tallest tower in the world. Tokyo looks so tiny from the Tembo Deck of the SkyTree at 350m high! Watch my vlog for: Walking from Asakusa to the SkyTree SkyTree Solamachi shopping mall at the base of the SkyTree (and the Gudetama Cafe!) The view from the Tembo Deck

The Bee-Volution of Bumblebee Cat A cute comic about the evolution (or bee-volution!) of Bumblebee Cat, and how he came to be a bee cat. A Cakes with Faces origin story! Bumblebee Cat is a popular Cakes with Faces character that I first designed back in 2012. He’s so cute and I kind of wish bee cats were real (as long

Genki Sushi & Purikura I love sushi, and Genki Sushi in Shibuya, Tokyo, is a really fun (and cheap) conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Watch a video to see how futuristic it is, and see the sushi we had. There are several vegetarian sushi options, as well as lots of fish, and some unusual menu items too! Sorry about the flickering

Harajuku Video Join me in Harajuku, my favourite place to go shopping in Tokyo! I love cute and colourful, kawaii Japanese fashion and it’s a big inspiration for my designs. See my favourite shops on Takeshita Street, the famous Harajuku clock designed by Sebastian Masuda, 6% Dokidoki, Body Line, Listen Flavor, Emily Temple Cute and lots of other big brands,

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observation Deck Tokyo’s not short of observation decks – there’s the Tokyo Tower, the SkyTree, Sunshine City, Roppongi Hills and many more. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku is definitely worth a visit – because it’s free! We decided to go up the government building at night, and the SkyTree during the day – both

Come and see us at MCM Expo London Comic Con October 2015 at ExCel in London. It’s on 23-25 October 2015, and is now three full days of comic con! You can get tickets for either a single day or the whole weekend. Meet Cakes with Faces We’ll be on stand BC3 at the far end (see the floor plan below)

Recently I’ve been drawing hamsters – because they’re the cutest! Now that the shows are over I have a bit more time for drawing – partly working on new designs and partly just drawing for fun! Lots of people think I spend all day drawing (if only!), but running Cakes with Faces involves so much that designing is actually the

Ikebukuro Video Come to Ikebukuro with me in my Japan vlog and see: Penguin sat nav – follow those penguins to get to Sunshine City! Kawaii shops in Sunshine City. The Pokemon Centre – virtually everything in your house could have Pikachu on it! Sunshine Aquarium – more from this in my next video. Ikebukuro at night. Japanese arcades and

Nakano Broadway Nakano Broadway is a great place to get anime figures in Tokyo, as well as games, gachapon and other otaku goodies! There are lots of stores selling secondhand figures at bargain prices, and toys from opened gachapon, if there’s a particular one you’re looking for. Watch my video to have a look round Nakano Broadway: Figure hunting around

As you know, I love making a sushi feast at home whenever we have a spare weekend (Sushi Saturday!). And an important part of sushi is wasabi. A while ago I tried real wasabi from The Wasabi Company. They grow wasabi here in the UK, and you can buy fresh rhizomes from their website. The wasabi paste in a tube that I usually use is

Tokyo Disney Sea Video Join us at Tokyo Disney Sea, and see all areas of the park: Mediterranean Harbour, Mysterious Island (including my favourite ride: Journey to the Centre of the Earth), Mermaid Lagoon, Arabian Coast, American Waterfront, Port Discovery and Lost River Delta, as well as Fantasmic at the end of the day. We’ve been to four out of the five

Craziest Japanese Arcade Prizes New episode of All the Best Stuff is from Japan! We’ve been busy with our Tokyo vlogs, but we haven’t forgotten about All the Best Stuff is from Japan. The new video is about the craziest and most unusual prizes you can win from UFO catchers in Japanese arcades. If you can manage to win them, that

Tokyo Videos Last month we were in Tokyo, our favourite place in the world! We filmed LOADS of videos to show you all our favourite places. So far the first few vlogs are up, and there’s lots more to come (so don’t forget to subscribe!). First we’ll be uploading vlogs of each day to our YouTube channel, to tell you

Our Great Iced Shark design is now available on a hoodie! Update: Great Iced Shark Hoodies are now sold out, but you can still get this design on a t-shirt. Great Iced Shark Hoodies Previously we’ve only had t-shirts, but the Alpacalypse hoodies have been so popular (even though it’s supposed to be summertime!) that we’ve decided to expand the

The Big Hoot 2015 – Tea T-Owl Speed Painting Video Watch me paint Tea T-Owl, my owl for The Big Hoot 2015 in Birmingham, in less than 4 minutes! The Big Hoot is a public art project organised by Wild in Art, in which 89 giant owl sculptures painted by artists are displayed around Birmingham for 10 weeks over the

Hyper Japan Video Here’s our video from Hyper Japan Festival, July 2015 at the O2 in London. Thank you so much to everyone who came along to the stall! You certainly kept us busy – it was our best show ever! And it was so good to meet so many people who subscribe to our channel – it makes our day to know

Come and see us at MCM Expo Manchester Comic Con! It’s on 25-26 July at Manchester Central. MCM Manchester is a smaller version of London Comic Con, and is a great show for cosplayers, anime and manga fans, indie comics, games and all kinds of geeky stuff. There are panels on the stage, eSports, robot battles, a cosplay masquerade and special

10 Reasons to Get Excited for Hyper Japan Festival 2015! Watch our video to find out what we’re most excited about at Hyper Japan July 2015! Hyper Japan’s our favourite show, all about Japanese culture traditional and modern. It’s on 10-12 July 2015 at the O2 in London – not long to go now! Hyper Japan Tickets Last time some

14 Things You Might Not Know about Hatsune Miku Our new video is all about Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid – she’s such a cute character, but here are 14 funny, cute and unusual things you might not have heard of! Who is Shiteyanyo? Miku in space?! Hilarious Hatsune Miku guitar pedal Hatsune Miku / Vocaloid x Dominos Pizza collaboration in

I’m really excited to be involved with The Big Hoot, which is taking place this summer in Birmingham. I’ve just finished painting my owl, and can’t wait to show it to you! The Big Hoot The Big Hoot is a huge, public art project. Over 100 owl sculptures are being painted by artists, and will be on display around Birmingham