Hello everyone! Have you ever imagined about fantasy worlds and imaginary things? Our new products are about such fantasy worlds by Kyupodo, who specializes in letterpress printing. Letterpress printing has a subtle unevenness to the printed text, giving it a different feel from today's printed materials.
Since they are Japanese products, and everything is written in Japanese, we will introduce those products while translating them into English. Please enjoy checking them out, and find your favorite products.
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Fantasy Collection Book
2 colors in the same contents
32 sheets
Size: W148 x H204 mm | W5.8 x H8"
(Cover page)
Title: Fantasy Collection Book
By: Fantasy Specimen Room
Gold Saturn & Shooting Star
Silver Saturn & Shooting Star
(Back of the cover page)
- A. Names / B. Collecting Locations
A. Winged Elephant / B. Slope with beautiful sunset
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A. Mermaid's Cell Phone (conch shell phone) / B. Under a desk in a library
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A. Flower above the clouds / B. Bench on a rooftop
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A. Lovers’ tree / B. Park with boats
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A. Bulb flower bouquet / B. Back door of a wedding hall
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A. House of a wind turbine generator / B. Lobby at an airport
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A. Mobile villa with dinosaur / B. Platform at a train station
- Who is an Fantasy collector?
Fantasy collectors collect fantasies that have slipped out of people's heads and are invisible to ordinary people and give them special treatment in the fantasy specimen room to make them visible specimens. They usually teach fantasy science at universities.
- Items
Net for capturing fantasies - Only trained collectors can use these nets.
Collection bag – It contains collecting tools.
Fancy collecting book – It’s a book to write down the data of collection.
(On top right of each page)
Collecting date
(Back of the back cover page)
Title: Introduction to Fantasy Collecting
- How to make a fantasy specimen
We all have fantasized about things that could never happen in reality, such as "Wouldn't it be fun if there was an elephant with wings?" or "Wouldn't it be bright if a light bulb bloomed?" In other words, everyone has "fantasized" at least once in their life. Strangely enough, however, these thoughts tend to be forgotten at a moment's notice. Why is this? In fact, recent research has revealed that fantasies can be triggered by sudden events. Once out of a person's head, fantasies float in the air for a certain period of time. Of course, ordinary people cannot see them, but it's the "fantasy collectors" who discover and collect them, and it's the job of the fantasy specimen room to give special treatment to the fantasies and make them into visible specimens. The following is a brief summary of their work.
Only the fantasy collectors can see the fantasy balls!
1. In a State of Daydreaming
The state of being in a fantasy. Fantasy is in your head.
2. Being Called by Someone etc.
Sudden event causes the fantasy to break out of your mind.
3. Chatting with Someone
The fantasy is rapidly leaving the mind because the person is engrossed in something else.
4. Forgetting
A state of forgetting what you were thinking about.
5. Capturing
The fantasy that has escaped is floating, so a special net is used to capture it. Since the fantasy ball is invisible, it looks like an insect collector from the side.
6. Transferring
Transfer the captured fantasies to a portable storage container. Never touch them with bare hands.
7. Fantasy Developing Solution
Transfer the fantasies from the storage container to the developing container and pour "fantasy developing solution" on them.
8. Fantasy Fixing Solution
When the image of the fantasy becomes clear, add an appropriate amount of "fantasy fixing solution". Do not touch the specimen with bare hands. Allow sufficient time for the specimen to settle before transferring it to a specimen jar or other container for display. Do not touch with bare hands.
10. Completion
Write the title and the place of collection.
(Example)
Jelly room
In front of the coffee shop Hydrangea on Zenmai Street
(Back cover page)
Title: Imaginary Specimens
1. Sound-eating insect
At school ground after school
2. Saturn grass
In front of a vending machine on a street at night
3. Electric bird
In front of the display window of an electronics store
4. A rather gentlemanly bottle of wine
At stairs of subway
5. Lighthouse straw hat
By the ocean at Suzunari Beach
6. Butterfly fish
Near the ticket gate of the station close to an aquarium
7. Space pool
At the poolside during summer vacation
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Size : 100 x148 mm | 5.9 x 4"
Size : 100 x148 mm | 5.9 x 4"
Title: Haunted Travel Agency
Zokuricho Shopping Street
The summer vacation is around the corner. If you are planning a trip to the human world, leave it to us! We have a variety of plans backed by years of experience.
We cover all the popular tourist destinations
How about a commemorative photo with humans at a popular touristy spot?
Working Holiday support
Cross-cultural exchange while working part-time at a haunted house in the human world.
A full range of partner inns
Please relax at the long-established ryokan, Bukimi-Sou.
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Size : 100 x148 mm | 5.9 x 4"
Title: Mambo Airlines
From the Bottom of the Sea to the Top of the Clouds
Above the Clouds Shopping Street
If you would like to enjoy a relaxing and leisurely journey through the sky, please fly with Mambo Airlines. We cover a wide range of destinations, from the cities on the ground to the cities above the clouds, and even under the sea.
The airlines offers a cafe lounge, restaurant, observation room, and a private bathroom in each cabin.
*This service may not be suitable for those who are in a hurry.
A ticket along with cut-off line
Mambo Airlines
Round-trip ticket
Ground←→Cloud shopping district
Ticket No. (Each card has a different number!)
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Size : 100 x148 mm | 5.9 x 4"
Title: Mikazukitei Dessert Store
15, Tsukiakari Shopping Street
Open 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Closed on the 1st night and the 16th night of the month
The items above are our top 3 most popular items. In particular, the full moon shiruko (sweet red bean and mochi dessert) is our store's top recommendation. This is the only place where you can eat mochi (rice cake) made by a rabbit on the moon. We look forward to serving you. Everything is delicious.
1. Full Moon Shiruko (Sweet Red Bean & Mochi Dessert) 500 yen
It uses mochi (rice cakes) made by the moon rabbit.
2. Stardust Jelly 400 yen
It is jiggly and sparkling.
3. Saturn Ice Cream 250 yen
The ring is the secret of its deliciousness.
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Origin of the name "Kyupodo" - Gigi (Grandpa) of the Sakai family's hobby was letterpress printing
