KNOW JAPAN - WAFUU
Heat the Person, Not the Room: The Maruka Yutanpo and Japan's Cold-House Winters
Maruka's Yutanpo Ace 2.5L is a galvanized-steel hot-water bottle from a country that has long warmed the bed rather than the bedroom, and it still goes straight onto a gas burner or IH cooktop to r...
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From Jika-Tabi to Hyper V: Nisshin Rubber's #1000 and Japan's Campaign Against Workplace Falls
Japan's labor ministry counts the same-level fall as the country's most common workplace injury every year, and one answer to it came from an Okayama maker that started with jika-tabi: the Hyper V ...
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Waarom de stift draait: de complete Kuru Toga-gids, van standaardmodel tot Dive
De Kuru Toga van Mitsubishi Pencil draait de stift bij elke streek een klein stukje, zodat de punt volgens de fabrikant kegelvormig slijt in plaats van schuin. Het assortiment dat uit het origineel...
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VESSEL Electric Screwdrivers From Japan: 220USB-S1 vs P1 vs 220USBC, 400ER3 Ratchet, Bits
VESSEL's electric ball-grip drivers run a screw in with a small motor and leave the final turn to the hand: the 220USB-S1 for speed (1200 rpm no-load), the 220USB-P1 for its three modes, the 220USB...
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Makita Saws From Japan: LS610D Slide Miter Saw, 165/125 mm Circular Saws, Samehada Blades
WAFÚÚ ships Japan-market Makita saws and Makita tipped saw blades from Japan, from the 165 mm LS610D slide miter saw to 125 mm dust-collecting circular saws and Samehada blades. Makita's own figure...
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The Pool-Deck Stopwatch From a Nation of School Pools: SEIKO Swimming Master SVAS009
The SEIKO Swimming Master SVAS009 is Seiko's swimming and rowing stopwatch: split, lap and total on three rows, 300 laps in memory, and a stroke-rate mode that reads three strokes. Seiko rates it 1...
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