Hello! This week we’ve been full of Valentine’s Day love with shopping picks, crafts & recipes, plus subscription boxes, cute links and more. We are unfortunately still having technical issues with our website so apologies if you see error messages - you should still be able to read the blog posts. Trying to get a human at our web host to help us with a permanent fix is proving to be a full time job 🫠
Japan Crate Subscription Box Review
Read my review of the January Japan Crate subscription box. It had a New Year theme with lots of fun Japanese candy, snacks and drinks to try! (Marceline)
Cute Crochet Patterns For Valentine’s Day
If you're looking for Valentines gift ideas, here's some crochet patterns and kits to make with cakes, love bugs, love letters and more! (Gabriel)
February 2023 Subscription Boxes Roundup
Our monthly roundup of subscription boxes & surprise boxes with candy, snacks, kawaii and stationery for Valentine's Day, spring & sakura season. (Marceline)
Valentine’s Day Bunny Buys & DIYs
These bunny-themed picks and crafts are perfect for Valentine's Day with cards, plush, bouquets and edible treats. (Arlandyia)
Cute Embroidery Patterns & Kits
February is National Embroidery Month so it's a great time to try one of these cute embroidery patterns and kits. (Marceline)
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Some fun things we’ve found online to keep you going until next week.
It’s been a good week for gamers with all those classic Gameboy games available to play again, plus there’s now a demo for Mineko's Night Market! It’s PC only but the full game will be released on Switch & Mac too.
Aggretsuko will be back next week for a fifth and final season. Netflix have also shared a recap video if you don’t have time for a rewatch and need a quick catch up.
Mollie of Wild Olive has a new free A Pizza My Heart embroidery pattern for pizza lovers - and look out for more pizza picks on SCK soon.
Tokyo Weekender is a great site for anyone who dreams of visiting Japan. Some useful recent posts include 8 Top Tourist Attractions Worth the Hype and 10 Old, New and Upcoming Theme Parks.
I’m currently obsessed with the super kawaii and colourful food of yoshimayu_ on Instagram, especially all the 3D sandwiches! There’s recipes on their website too.
The Rilakkuma Valentine’s Day donuts at Floresta are also too cute to eat!
Less appetising but very intriguing - a pizza chain in Japan has a limited edition retro cafe theme with toppings including Omuraisu, Apollo Chocolate Banana and Melon Cream Soda. The photos are quite something.
After reviewing Japan Crate this week, next up is TokyoTreat! Look out for a review in a couple of weeks and a special comparison exclusive to the newsletter.
In the meantime, we’ve finally updated our Guide to Subscription Boxes, which now has 3 separate guides for kawaii boxes, candy & snacks and boxes for cats. Many have discounts and there’s also a beginners guide and FAQ. Take a look if you’re thinking of subscribing.
Thanks for reading! The SCK Team are Marceline, Natasja, Andi, Nicolette, Gabriel, Nova, Arlandyia & Emma.