The World's Great Composers Immortalised OnTins
The world of classical music is enriched by the contributions of some of the greatest composers in history. Four of these composers are...
'Three Human Bombs' - heroes or not...
Nikudan Sanyushi (爆弾三勇士) is the Japanese term for 'The Three Brave Warriors' or 'The Three Human Bombs', who in 1932 were Japan's best...
The mystery of the twin beauties...
This short story is about two beautiful Japanese women, a smart business man and a gramophone needle tin, where a puzzling ending lead me...
Winter gold for Japan...
Today, Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu became the first man since 1952 to defend a Winter Olympics single figure skating gold medal with victory in...
Some GENERAL observations...
Remember those puzzles where you had to look at two similar pictures and 'spot the differences'? Here is a needle tin version. At first...
Asika the sea lion...
First impressions of this ASIKA needle tin are usually that it's 'kawai', which means cute in Japanese. It's cartoonish and happy design...
Japan and the 1940 Olympics...
As I write this, the 2016 Olympics are currently underway in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, so I thought it might be both timely and...
Maybe Walt was not so happy?
Disney Consumer Products's origins trace back to 1929, when Walt Disney licensed the image of Mickey Mouse for use on a children's...
Let's play ball...
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. It was introduced in 1872 by an American, Horace Wilson, who was an English...
Just purrrrrrr..fect!
Dogs of all types have always been a popular theme for gramophone needle tin designers and artists but the same can't be said about cats. ...
