Japanese Gifts - NAMAEYA Shop

A gift shop that delights not only Japan enthusiasts but also captures the hearts of the Japanese themselves.

Our Bestselling Japanese Gift Collection

- Your Name In Hand-Drawn Japanese Calligraphy

Ateji Mug - Your Name In Japanese Calligraphy

In Japanese, foreign names are usually written in katakana. Yet it has also become common to render them in kanji through ateji—characters chosen mainly for their sound rather than meaning. This is often seen with naturalized citizens and occasionally with visitors, giving their names a distinctive and personal touch.

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Guide to Choosing the Perfect Japanese Gift

  1. If you're buying a gift for yourself, we recommend browsing through our 'Best Selling Collection' to see our most popular items.
  2. When selecting a gift for someone else, consider their interests and preferences:
    A. For those who love Japanese culture or are just starting to learn Japanese, our 'Your Name In Japanese Calligraphy Collection' is a popular choice. Among these items, our mugs are particularly well-loved. We'll translate your name into Japanese and handwrite it in calligraphy, creating a one-of-a-kind gift.
    B. For those well-versed in Japanese culture and language, we recommend our 'Japanese Zodiac Collection' and 'Japanese Art Collection.'
    C. If you're looking for affordable options for casual gifts, consider our name stickers or postcards.

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Your Name In Japanese

We will look at several strategies to figure out your name in Japanese.

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  • About Shodo

    Shodo is Japanese calligraphy – the art of writing with ink and brush. With these tools, one can create fantastic, pictorial characters or highly detailed, precise works of scripture.

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  • Japanese Language Basics

    The Japanese writing system is a complex system of interconnected parts. There are two phonetic syllabaries called kana which are used to represent syllable sounds, and there are Chinese characters used to represent meaning which in Japanese are called kanji.

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  • What is my name in Japanese?

    We will look at several strategies to figure out your name in Japanese.

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  • Japanese Name Converter

    We use the algorithm called RNN(Recurrent Neural Network), one of the most common machine learning method in the field of Natural language processing.

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