Spirit
Where you're from, in one Japanese character.
Tamashii (魂) is the most fired-up character in Japanese. It shows up on stadium banners, school club shirts and ramen shop curtains — whenever someone wants to say "I mean this." Put your own place or passion in front of it and you get TEXAS SPIRIT, SICILIAN SPIRIT, JAZZ SPIRIT. Printed dead straight in a serious typeface, it carries local pride and a wink at the same time.
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The English line (TEXAS SPIRIT) stays small underneath — the Japanese carries the shirt.
Vertical & English-off, too
On the design page you can toggle the English line on or off and switch between horizontal and vertical writing. The shirt above is vertical, kanji-only; the gallery above shows the horizontal + English version.
Colours, fonts & effects, too
Mix and match the shirt colour, 26 Japanese fonts, and a text effect — outline, gold, camo, shadow and more. Here are a few favourites.
Black · Mincho · Gold
Navy · Gothic · Outline
Stone · Brush · Camo
White · Pixel · Rainbow
See honest Japanese reactions first
Before you print, see how your phrase is likely to land in Japan—broken down by six age-and-gender groups. It surfaces not only “Cool,” “Cute,” and “LOL,” but also the honest “Hmm” and “Meh,” so you never end up with an unintentionally odd Japanese tee. As soon as you type your text, a round reaction badge appears right on the shirt in the design-page preview—tap it to open all six honest takes.
Example: reactions to “テキサス魂 (Texas Spirit)”
Oh, they're from Texas. Putting 'soul' on it in Japanese is such intense hometown pride that it's kind of funny.
It's interesting to express pride in one's own roots with the Japanese word for 'soul.' I'd personally prefer something a little more understated.