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Translation of PuriPuri Drink Iwako Eraser |
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 |
The PuriPuri eraser comes in a drink assortment made by Iwako. They are packed 50 Japanese food erasers to each red display box. Besides PuriPuri, included in the assortment is the  grape juice eraser, orange juice eraser, Chipmunk´s Happy Choice eraser, vegetable juice eraser and green tea eraser.
The PuriPuri eraser is the least popular in this assortment and we will sell out the other 5 erasers first, leaving a lopsided inventory. Such is the retailers lament.
The PuriPuri eraser is most likely a parody of Calpis water, a whey-based beverage. Aside the similar appearance of the real product, the eraser also plays off the milky flavor of Calpis, by stating that it´s baby´s favorite drink.
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I AM MACHO Iwako Food Snack Eraser |
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Saturday, 29 August 2009 |
This Japanese food eraser is a parody of Karamu-cho, a spicy potato snack with the catchphrase,"Even though they´re spicy, why are they delicious?". The Iwako food eraser version,"ore maccho", or "Iam macho", appears to be solid metal weight snacks with the catchphrase "Even though they weigh a ton, why are they so delicious?". |
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And Light Blue and Pink Penquin Eraser Pair As Well! |
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Friday, 28 August 2009 |
 These Japanese animal erasers are by Zensinsyoji.
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Orange and Green Top Hat Penquin Eraser Pair |
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Friday, 28 August 2009 |
 Orange and green top hat penguin pair erasers arrived today, August 28. This color variation of these Japanese animal erasers was completely unexpected. As they are made by Zensinsyoji, we expect this color variation to be a limited production. We received only 18 pairs, but we will probably be able to get more in the near future.
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Samurai Erasers Have Arrived |
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Friday, 28 August 2009 |
Today, August 28, 2009 the Iwako Samurai erasers have arrived. They are available on the site as individual erasers and as complete Iwako eraser sets.
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Translation of White Rabbit Udon Bowl Japanese Eraser |
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
 Udon is usually a broth made with soy sauce containing noodles. This food eraser comes in 3 pieces, the lid, bowl and udon noodles.
Made by Iwako. |
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Translation of Mito Ramen Bowl Japanese Eraser |
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
 Natto is Japanese fermented soy beans. known for it´s strong smell and flavor.
Eraser comes in 3 parts, lid, bowl and ramen. Made by Iwako.
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Why Are Some Japanese Erasers Always Hard to Find? |
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 |
The availability of erasers depends on a couple things. The two producers of the Japanese erasers have different abilities to produce erasers. Iwako, the bigger of the two, has been expanding production as to keep up with the demand in the U.S. The other smaller producer, Zensinsyoji or TRC, has not ramped up production so their erasers are often harder to find.
The purple cupcake eraser pair, pictured, is made by Zensinsyoji. They have not increased production of these erasers and are becoming harder to find.
When we, as retailers, order erasers from the US importer of Iwako and Zensinsyoji, some styles of erasers come assorted in a master box of 50 or 60 erasers. So that may mean in box of 60 erasers we will get only handful of a particular type of eraser. My favorite example is the onigiri pair and grilled onigiri pair made by Zensinsyoji. In the box assortment that they are included in, we get only 3 of each out of a total of 50 Japanese food erasers. We are always out of stock ,of these cute food erasers. We try to special order such hard to find erasers, and last year we had success doing that, but this year with the demand, Iwako and Zensinsyoji have been unable to fulfill special orders from us.
Many of the erasers come as one type per master box. Those erasers tend to have better availability.
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Zensinsyoji Mocha Birthday Cake Japanese Eraser Back in Stock |
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 |
Zensinsyoji is producing the mocha birthday cake Japanese food eraser once again. We should have these to ship around the first week of September. We have been out of stock of the mocha birthday cakes since early this year.  We will continue have availability of the vanilla and chocolate birthday cake erasers as well.
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"Baseball - The Brat Team" Japanese Eraser |
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009 |
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![]() The Japanese writing on the front of the snack canister reads,"Baseball. The Jarinko Team" Jarinko translates to brat and refers to a student who can not keep up in school. Here Jarinko is actually a parody of a popular Japanese comic and movie. Jarinko Chic or Chic the Brat. In Japanese, the word team, (chiimu), resembles chic.
This Iwako novelty food erasers is a parody of a potato stick snack made by Calbee.
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