Last-Minute Japanese-Inspired Holiday Gift Guide 2025

Welcome to my last-minute Japanese-inspired holiday gift guide! These fun Japanese gift ideas are perfect if you're looking for thoughtful, last-minute holiday gifts with a wellness touch! This post contains affiliate links.

Whether you're shopping for a wellness enthusiast, a home cook, or a lover of Japanese culture, I gathered something for everyone! Matcha essentials, cute teacups, aesthetic kettles, fun pantry staples like shichimi togarashi, and my vegan Japanese cookbook!

Also, if you're getting matcha as a holiday gift, make sure to check out my matcha complete guide to learn how to choose, store, and make the best matcha!

This is my second gift guide, so don't forget to check out my first Japanese-Inspired Holiday Gift Guide 2025!

Japanese Gifts Ideas

1. Le Creuset Signature Dutch Oven - I love my Le Creuset to cook a big batch of Japanese short grain rice! Also, it's great for making soups, stews, and Japanese curry! See the pot in action in my Sweet Potato Peanut Stew with Cauliflower and Kale recipe!
2. MACKENZIE-CHILDS Enamel Tea Kettle: The cutest kettle for boiling water for tea and matcha! If you prefer an electric one, they have an Electric Kettle in the same pink check pattern!
3. MACKENZIE-CHILDS Enamel Dipping Bowl - This is so cute for serving dipping oil for bread when entertaining! And what's even better is adding soy sauce to dip your sushi!
4. Ippodo Ummon + Refill Matcha Bundle: Wondering how to choose the best for you? Traditional Japanese matcha brands name their highest quality, full-bodied blends with "Mukashi". And Ummon called "Ummon no Mukashi (雲門の昔)" in the Japanese Ippodo website! If you like something a little lighter, try Sayaka! You can see how vibrant green ummon is in the Banana Matcha Latte post.
5. Ippodo New Year's Matcha 2026 (Koma-mukashi): the best way to celebrate the New Year!
6. La Rochere Bubble Tea Glass: When I shared my Matcha Bubble Tea recipe, I got many questions about this pretty glass with a straw! This is perfect for bubble tea, hojicha latte, and matcha smoothies!
7. Tea Forte Cherry Blossom Organic Green Tea: These tea bags are so elegant! If you prefer to have more choices, they also have the Tea Sampler Presentation Box!
8. Tea Forte Steeping Cup & Infuser Cherry Blossom: A cup with an infuser is so convenient to brew loose tea! This one has a cute sakura cherry blossom pattern!
9. Simply Organic Vanilla Bean Paste: I love adding vanilla paste to cozy drinks like Vanilla Matcha Latte and Pumpkin Spice Latte with Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam.
10. Shichimi Togarashi & Yuzu(Citron) Shichimi Togarashi Set: Shichimi Togarashi is a Japanese chili pepper based spoice blend. I love sprinkling it on udon, ramen, and rice dishes. If you're curious, check out Shichimi Togarashi Bread Dipping Oil for the recipe and learn more about it.
11. Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Electric Gooseneck Kettle: This is a popular kettle for matcha lovers. It's temparature control and gooseneck are perfect for making matcha and coffee.
12. Brightland Extra Virgin Olive Oil: This is a gift for wellness enthusiasts and healthy home cooks! Their beautiful bottles are perfect for gifting, and the quality is incredible. Make Olive Oil Buffalo Sauce and Beet and Carrot Salad!

Wellness Stocking Stuffers

• Authentic Dried Bonito Flakes: Authentic ingredient to make dashi. Must have for making miso soup!
• Ponzu Sauce: Soy sauce spiced up with yuzu citrus juice. Perfect for dipping and drizzling over veggies, fish, and meat.
• Marukome Nama Shio Koji: If you're interested in Japanese gut healthy secret, try shio koji! Use shio koji to replace salt in cooking, adding umami and probiotics! It makes the best creamy, gut-healthy tomato soup!

Cookbooks

These cookbooks aren't exclusively Japanese, but they're too good not to include!

• The Vegan Japanese Cookbook: 75 Favorites Made Simple - Let me present to you, my first published cookbook!! I veganized basic Japanese home cuisine.
• The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: I love her taste and gorgeous recipes!
• Eat Clean, Play Dirty: The Cookbook by the founders of Sakara Life. They make plant-based cooking so sexy, it's pretty impressive!
• Sally's Baking 101: Beautiful baking cookbook for beginner to seasoned home cook!
• Dessert Person: I really love Claire's YouTube channel! She is incredibly knowledgeable and inspiring!

I really hope you get some inspiration for the gift-giving season!

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