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Doki Doki by Japan Crate Review + Coupon – July 2017

Marne Orenich
ByMarne OrenichAug 18, 2017 | 4 comments

Doki Doki Crate
3.8 overall rating
12 Ratings | 1 Reviews

Doki Doki is a subscription box from Japan Crate for all things kawaii! Items range from plushies, collectible, household goods, apparel, miniatures and more.

This box was sent to us at no cost for review. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)

The Subscription Box: Doki Doki by Japan Crate

The Cost: $30 per month + free shipping. Save with 3, 6, and 12-month prepaid subscriptions.

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The Products: 5-7 licensed, authentic kawaii items including an exclusive monthly wearable

Ships to: Internationally with a few exceptions found here

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Each month, Doki Doki comes with an informative booklet that includes all you need to know about your items, a comic, a list of the prizes you can win, and social media highlights! This month's theme is "Kirei Kitchen" which means "clean and cute"! I'm super excited!

Medium My Melody Tray

The first item is a plastic dish/tray featuring My Melody! It reminds me of the bowls people make out of records. This one is about 6.5" in diameter.

Small My Melody Tray

They've included a smaller size of the same dish for the next item. It's roughly 5.5" in diameter.

Here they are compared to one another. What a cute little set!

They are a hard plastic that is clear with pink and blue designs with My Melody in various poses, along with beauty products and roses.

Since these are in the kitchen themed box, I figured they were best used to serve candy, but you can use them for anything you like!

Piyo Piyo Apron

This has got to be my favorite item of the box! You all know how much cooking I do with all the meal kits I review, so this is a great score for me! I also love cute yet practical things, and this bright orange apron fits the bill!

It has a standard loop to go over your neck, and ties on each side to affix around your body.

There's a cute scene on the front with a hen and three little chicks walking atop a sunny side up egg! There are also two large pockets to store your smartphone for recipe referrals...

...or a kitchen cloth to clean up with!

My Melody Microfiber Dry Cloth

Another useful item for the kitchen is this little cloth which is on the thicker side and is super absorbent.

It's 12" by 9" with a baby blue edge.

It's patterned with small, quizzical pink My Melodys, and flowers.

The back side is a soft spongy mesh situation.

I don't have a dish washer, so this is perfect to dry items that won't fit into my dish rack, or more delicate things like wine glasses.

Set of 2 Hello Kitty Kitchen Cloths

My favorite Japanese items are often very practical. Why buy plain everyday items when you can have these Hello Kitty kitchen cloths!

You get two different colors (red and yellow) with the same pattern, which includes Hello Kitty herself, apples, and little canisters.

These are super lightweight cloth towels that can be used for drying or wiping up messes in the kitchen. They are only a step above paper towels, so I can see getting a handful of uses out of each before you'd have to toss them out.

They are pretty large, so you could even cut them into smaller towels to prolong their life.

Panda Onigiri Mold Kit

Making super kawaii foods for your bento box is popular in Japan, and this set can help you achieve the most kawaii panda onigiri (rice balls) imaginable!

There are directions on the back (with pictures, luckily) that explains how to use the two included tools.

There is a mold for the rice, and a metal punch for seaweed.

The rice mold is made from a sturdy plastic and has three parts: the handle, and two sides to the panda face mold.

Keeping the front of the face in the handle, you put your sticky rice in the mold, then use the back of the panda head to press the rice down.

The panda face stamp is sturdy plastic with a metal punch, like ones you use for paper.

You take a sheet of dried seaweed and feed it into the punch to get your ears, eyes, and nose/mouth punched out! Then, you'd place them on the panda rice to complete!

Dokodemo Calimero Blind Box Figure

Let me introduce you to Calimero, who is a good-hearted but unlucky baby chick who starred in his own tv show back in the 60's!

There are 10 different variations you could have received! Here's mine.

I think he's supposed to hang off of a pencil cup, but I could not for the life of me get him to balance! He is so top heavy!

Tanabata Angel Hoppe-chan

Yay! Another hoppe-chan charm for me! Tanabata is the star festival, which is why she is adorned with a sparkly gold star atop her little dollop head.

She has pink rhinestone cheeks and is attached to a metallic pink ball chain so you can hang her from your keys, tote bag, or anywhere else you may want her angelic face to brighten up.

Awwwww look at her little angel wings!

Verdict: I LOVED this month's kitchen theme for Doki Doki! I received 9 items (counting the onigiri set as two), and there wasn't anything I didn't squeal at when unboxing. Almost everything will be put to good use by me personally, and I'm excited to make my kitchen "kirei"! Doki Doki runs $30 per month, which makes each item cost a little over $3.00 a piece. That is totally reasonable to me!

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Marne Orenich
Marne Orenich
Marne is a lipstick connoisseur, record collector, and twice over cat mom. She loves discovering new clean beauty brands and has quite the collection of beautifully packaged serums and moisturizers.

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4 comments

Minion

I went to Japanese earlier this year and I saw all those items at a 100yen shop, which is basically Americas dollar store. Don’t know if I’ll be totally satisfied with this crate…

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Lizzie

That’s me with my dog Buddy in the top right fan picture!!! I loved the box and then seeing Buddy and I in the booklet was icing on the cake!!

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Marne Orenich

Whoa, so awesome!!

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Julie

The apron is so cute! And the Hello Kitty cloths. The panda mold seems a bit complicated; I don’t see how the little ears could stay intact, but even if you just stick the face on a rice ball, what a cute idea!

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