Doratch Bell - Doraemon watch inside a hand of Doraemon

Doratch - doraemon watch

Just found this cute Doratch watch today. Doratch, by RUNAT, is a range of watches carrying the image of Doraemon. It was really a surprise to find this item these days, since it is the design of 1998. I don't find the latest designs that cute, though ... :( I love the "Doratch Standard" range the most because I think it shows Doraemon's young and creative spirit more.

Doratch "Bell" - Doraemon watch

This watch, titled 鈴 which means "bell", is part of "Doratch Standard" range that has been produced since 1997. It came in a transparent packaging in the shape of Doraemon's hand! O.o ... Amazing. I wish I had 2 of this. In fact, we saw two of them but I decided to buy just one of them.. Arghh.. now I regret it so much! :(

This design highlights Doraemon's bell as the main theme. The strap, mainly in white, has a lot of bells printed on it. In addition, second hand also exists in the shape of a big bell rotating in the center. Very cute. :) Definitely will hunt for more Doratch watches!

The watch case

The tag and instructions inside that comes with the watch

Isn't it cute? :)

Love it so much! ^_^ ♥

New Choco Ball drink ... and Kyoro chan

The new Choco Ball drink in peanuts flavor 

I have been developing the habit of checking the racks in detail trying to find new things every time I go to supermarkets or snack shops. This time I found ...

the new Choco Ball drink in peanuts flavor! ^_____^ 

The taste was not as imagined, but it was unique and I find it quite light compared to other milky drinks. The peanuts flavor is quite strong, so definitely it's not just like a normal chocolate milk. The parrot at the packaging is  called Kyoro chan. Isn't it cute?! So excited! Kyoro chan is definitely the new character I'm obsessed with this year! ^^

Kyorochan soft toy with batteries we found in Spring Golden Market 2013

Kyoro chan (キョロちゃん) is a Japanese cartoon character that is a mascot for Choco Ball, a brand of Morinaga chocolate. Due to its popularity, this super cute parrot had his own anime series in 1999-2000 and a movie which was released around 2000-2001 in Japan, as well as soft toys and other related merchandises.

Choco Balls peanuts, strawberry and soybean mochi

The strawberry Choco Ball contains some special balls with cute pictures of Kyoro chan

Kyoro chan has a lot of expressions, but he always looks happy and smiling. I love this character because it just simply brightens my day and makes me smile just by looking at him. ^^ In this case, I’m going to hunt for Kyoro chan soft toy to put it on my desk, so hopefully working won’t be so boring anymore! ^_^ 

Choco Balls on the display rack

View from top: Each eyes expression reflects different design of Kyoro chan at the box cover

Other Choco Ball version

I mentioned before in my previous post, that there is a chance to win Kyoro chan merchandise if we are lucky. I still wish I could win! ^___^ But yah... it seems impossible.

Anyway, I just changed my display wallpaper to Kyoro chan wallpaper downloaded from the official Kyoro chan / Choco Ball website from Morinaga. The website is exxxtremely cute and gives a happy feeling just by looking at it! You have to check it out! And of course, don't miss the video below!

Super cute strawberry Kyoro chan ^^

New movie for Doraemon lovers !! ♥

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Waaa... DORAEMON is back!!! ^_____^

The new movie of Doraemon, titled:

Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (ドラえもん のび太のひみつ道具博物館 ) was finally launched in Japan on March 9, 2013. Omg, I reallyyyy love Doraemon! I want to watch it so muchhhh!! But then Javier didn't really follow the story, so I decided to watch other Doraemon movies or series with him first before watching this one... 

... Well ... at least he has to understand the concept of the story first, coz I want to share my excitement with him!!! ^____^ hehe! * oops.. no pressure =P *

Doraemon is a popular Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio. The main manga consists of many independent stories that are comedies with lessons regarding values in life, environmental issues, and educational topics, e.g. history and science. 

Memorabilia stamp of the new Doraemon movie in Sapporo Cinema Frontier

The story is about a robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back through time to help Nobita Nobi, a young boy whose life seemed to be so pitiful and full of misfortune. He was poor in almost everything he does, including studying and sports. However, he is very good at making string figures, and he can fall asleep in just a few seconds !!! O____o 

Anyway, Nobita’s flaws and poor perfomance in life caused him to be bankrupt in the future, and his descendants had to carry the debt. In order to change the history and improve Nobi family’s fortunes, Nobita’s great grandson, Sewashi, sent Doraemon to meet Nobita. 

Doraemon has a magic four-dimensional pocket from which he is able to take tons of amazing gadgets from the future. Some of the most famous ones are: 

1. bamboo copter : if you put it on your head, you can fly like helicopter! 

2. anywhere door : a door that opens anywhere as the user wishes,

(oh btw, he has “anywhere window” too! hehee…. Smaller version =P) 

3. time machine : a time machine, hehe, inside the drawer of Nobita’s desk! 

Doraemon ice creams in the shape of dorayaki

Looking at the picture of Doraemon enjoying the food made it even more appetizing ! :)

Hm… if I’m not mistaken, I read “Candy Candy” first before Doraemon. However, Doraemon is the first manga which gave me the greatest exposure to Japan and its culture when I was a child. My brother and I have been reading more mangas since then, including popular mangas such as Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon, (and a lot more! hehe ^^) but still, I cannot forget how Doraemon developed my imaginations. 

When I discussed childhood memories with Javier the other day, we realized that I tend to refer things to Doraemon chapters while he refers to The Simpsons chapters, haha ^_^ These two might be the most influential cartoons in our lives, I guess!

Devil doraemon

Isn't it cute?!?!! ^^ Not mine... =( but the owner told us that we can try to get him from the UFO catcher machine in Doraemon Wakuwaku Sky Park at Shin-Chitose Airport, Hokkaido... o.O ... I'm so bad at playing UFO catcher, in fact.. =( It seems no hope then... *sigh* They mentioned that they spent around 2000 yen to catch this one though. :)