Cool Japan is a TV show about Japanese culture from the view points of foreigners living in Japan. In these clips they talk about their favoutites of japanese signs and it’s “mascot culture” . (mostly in Japanese)
Olympukes, designed by Jonathan Barnbrook as an antidote to the hyper-commercialism of the 2004 summer Olympics, is a free download from his site VirusFonts.com.
“The mysterious Johnny Cupcakes creates & pushes all sorts of limited edition/exclusive clothing & accessories for both ladies & gents, all with cupcakes encoded within his designs. Johnny makes a living of traveling all over, throwing his coined “Cupperwear Parties” at random galleries, colleges, boutiques, apartments, & so forth. Everyone likes cupcakes.”