About

HOTARU GEAR is a small online shop in Japan for glow-in-the-dark gear.

We sell OUROBOROS, a brand made by Maruhachi Kasei, a plastics maker in Aichi, Japan. The company has spent 50 years making resin parts for the automotive industry, and it uses that know-how for its own products: a high-strength resin with the luminous pigment mixed in, so the glow can never peel off. The material is recycled from the offcuts of its own molding.

The S-shaped carabiner was crowdfunded in Japan at 3,418% of its goal by 1,766 backers, and it won an Excellence Award at Japan's 5th Disaster Prevention Goods Awards in 2023.

Buying from outside Japan

We ship within Japan. If you are outside Japan, order through the international purchasing service shown on this site. It buys the item for you, receives it in Japan and forwards it to your country. International shipping, the service fee and any customs duties are charged by that service.

Sorry, we cannot ship to Taiwan or Singapore.

About us

HOTARU GEAR is operated by Foodsnest Inc., Yokohama, Japan.
Email: contact@foodsnest.com