ASICS Tiger Japan have collaborated with the Disney franchise "Snow White" to release 3 new pairs of limited edition trainers: two pairs of "GEL-LYTE" and one pair of "GEL-LYTE GS."

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Disney's first full-length animated movie, ASICS have created special model shoes that capture the image of the titular princess.

There are two "GEL-LYTE" designs. One model features Snow White's cape on the shoe's upper in a burgundy colour. The big ribbon is made of velvet and is removable. The insole has an apple print to complete this pair of Snow White-esque trainers.
 
The other model uses black as the main colour on its upper and a huge golden crown on the tongue. The inside of the shoe is purple, only adding to the regal and queenly design of this model.

 
Finally, the "GEL-LYTE GS" model is aimed at kids. They are themed around the seven dwarfs: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Dopey. The uppers of each pair correspond to the colours worn by each dwarf. The insoles are also fitted with the character designs.

ASICS has an established reputation for its easy-to-wear footwear. Now you can get your hands on their "Snow White" designs. Feel like a princess with these big red ribbon-fitted trainers.

Reebok and Doraemon combine in these baby-blue shoes.

To the casual observer, Doraemon must appear to be the patron saint of Japan; his image can be found everywhere. Doraemon’s face or colour scheme crops up on goods ranging from McDonald’s toys to PC cushions to face masks.

For those unfamiliar with His Works, Doraemon is a robot cat sent back from the future to help schoolboy Nobita navigate the trials and travails of everyday life by producing a series of amazing devices.

While we may have to wait a little longer for a genuine “anywhere door” or “memory bread,” we can now walk, run, and exercise in style with these new Doraemon Reebok trainers, which certainly catch the eye.

It has been announced that official LINE characters, known as the "LINE FRIENDS," will team up with the internationally loved Hello Kitty to release a line of new collaborative merchandise. To celebrate, 'Greeting Events' will be held at stores and events around Japan.

This newly announced series is officially titled LINE FRIENDS & HELLO KITTY and was revealed on August 3rd, and features a cute line-up of merchandise and items that you can use in your everyday routine - t-shirts, phone cases, towels and much more.

The greeting events are a special, one-time only opportunity to give people the chance to meet Brown of LINE FRIENDS and Hello Kitty to have their photo taken with them. There will also be limited edition merchandise available at the selected stores where the event will be held.

This is a must-see for fans of LINE FRIENDS and Hello Kitty who will now be able to meet the kigurumi (costume character) versions of Brown and everyone's favourite kawaii kitty. There are two Hello Kitty designs to see - the above classic design, and her "Hello Kitty Town" look which is made to look like Hello Kitty art from the 70s.

Fans out there, be sure to check out this dream collaboration.

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It has been decided that a collaborative project between “Hello Kitty” and France’s popular fictional characters “Lisa and Gaspard” will be carried out.

“Lisa and Gaspard” are fictional characters created by the couple Anne Gutman

(text) and Georg Hallensleben (illustration). Their first book was published in France in 1999 and 40 titles have been published here in Japan since the year 2000. The total number of books published is two million. The characters that appear in the books are “Lisa,” a girl with white body and red scarf and “Gaspard,” a boy with black body and blue scarf. Officially, Gaspard and Lisa are "neither dogs nor rabbits" but their exact species is not clear. What is clear is that they are both residents of Paris. They go to school and have many friends but they are “eternal friend” to each other.

For this collaborative project, the creators of these two characters, Anne Gutman, and Georg Hallensleben and the designer of Sanrio’s Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi got together in South Paris and drew seven oil paintings.

This is a first for “Lisa and Gaspard” to collaborate with some other character. From 2018, Sanrio will sell products based on these oil paintings and there is a plan to hold many special events in different categories.

▶︎The creators of “Lisa and Gaspard,” Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben have this comment about this project:

“It is still unbelievable that Yamaguchi-san came all the way to our attelier to draw paintings with us! We had a great time in the atteliers both in Paris and in South France. We wish to collaborate with her again.”

▶︎The designer of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi (Sanrio) has this comment：

“I first saw “Lisa and Gaspard” when they were selected as the CM characters of Pasco in 2006.

I was surprised that these characters were drawn in oils and this experience fueled and sparked my imagination. I am pleased that this collaborative project finally came to realization 11 years after I saw these characters for the first time.”

Do not miss this collaboration between “Lisa and Gaspard” and “Hello Kitty!”

With just a small bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s recipe series! With a few simple ideas, an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish. Today we’ll be looking at a recipe perfect for Valentine’s Day – a super delicious chocolate gateau!

1: Ingredients

・15cm diameter round bowls

・ 200ｇ coverture chocolate

・ 150ｇ unsalted butter

・ 4 egg yolks

・ 50ｇ salt

・ 25ｇ wheat flour

・ 25ｇ Van Houten cocoa powder

・ 4 egg whites

・ 30ｇ granulated sugar

2: Mix the egg yolks and sugar well.

3: Melt the coverture chocolate and unsalted butter in a bowl over hot water. Add this to the egg yolks and sugar and mix.

4: ① Whisk the egg whites and granulated sugar until soft peaks form and add a small amount of this to the mixture made in step 3.

② Sieve the wheat flour and cocoa powder into the mixture.

 ③ Add the remaining egg whites into the mix and stir well.

④ Spread the mixture into a baking tin. (As the mixture will rise then sink whilst being cooked, it is ok to fill the tin up to 9/10 of the way.

5: Put the cake mix into the oven at 170℃ for 10 minutes and then turn it down to 160℃ for 20 – 25 minutes. After rising, a dip will form in the centre of the cake.

6: Make the decoration cookies for the top of the cake. (See Kaori’s Hello Kitty Halloween Cookies recipe: https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/65290 )

You will need 50g of icing sugar and 9g of egg white to make the icing for the cookies. Add the egg whites bit by bit to the icing sugar whilst mixing well. After mixing, you can start decorating the cookies. (Today I’ve put the icing on using my finger).

Once the icing has hardened, melt a chocolate pen (or any kind of chocolate) and use a toothpick to draw Hello Kitty’s nose and eyes in the centre of each cookie. Fill the hole in the centre of your chocolate gateau 8/10 of the way with fresh cream and then add the cookies and some strawberries to the top to decorate.

※ A few important points*

１. The cake will still be delicious after 3 days.

２. This cake is best enjoyed at room temperature. If you store it in the fridge, I recommend leaving it out at room temperature about an hour before serving.

３. If you are going to give this to somebody as a gift, then I recommend either avoiding the fresh cream or decorating just before presenting to the recipient. Today I’ve put my cake in a gift box purchased from Seria.

Kaori invites you into her world of character-themed dishes in her recipe series! Please check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures!