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Spy x Family’s Anya is ready to share your home as a PC cushion【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2022 - Tweet
Clairvoyant anime star probably knows how much fans want one of these for when they’re typing away.
- Japan
- (anime • Anya • cute • interior • manga • PC cushion • plushies • Premium Bandai • Spy x Family)
Dragon Ball Z Friezapod cushion chair on sale from Bandai Namco
- Master Blaster
Nov 5, 2022
You too can be as snug as an intergalactic conqueror in a pod.
- Japan
- (anime • chair • cool • crazy • cushion • Dragon Ball Z • Frieza • Friezapod • furniture • interior • Premium Bandai • weird)
Japan created bedsheets that feel like petting a cat, and they sold out immediately
- Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2022
Cat lovers without a cat of their own to pet are really feeling Neko Feel.
Japan’s gigantic KitKat futon looks like a sweet place to catch some Zs【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 26, 2022
If you love KitKats so much, why not sleep inside them?
New giant Pokémon plushie is so big it looks like it could eat you【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2022
Pokémon merch doesn’t get more accurately named than the Big Garchomp Cushion.
We visit a Muji in South Korea to search for some uniquely Korean products
- Katie Pask
Oct 4, 2022
Will the South Korean version of Muji have anything on sale that you can’t get anywhere else?
- Japan, Korea
- (COK • food • interior • muji • muji overseas • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • Seoul • shops • SNJO • South Korea)
A Japanese tea house for inside your house? Tokyo company wants to offer micro chashitsu overseas
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2022
Asakusa tea ceremony school creates a sanctuary you can build inside your living room.
Is Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated Shiba Inu tissue cover a good boy?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2022
There’s only one place to keep a dog like this.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • cute • dogs • funny • interior • Shiba Inu • SNJO • weird)
Furious Monster Hunter monster wants to sleep next to you in your home【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2022
Furious Rajang, awesome bedmate?
- Japan
- (Capcom • cool • crazy • cushion • Furious Rajang • huggy pillows • interior • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter Rise • Monster Hunter Sunbreak • video games • weird)
Princess Mononoke’s Great Forest Spirit figure adds solemn Ghibli style to any home【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 12, 2022
Even 25 years after the release of the Hayao Miyazaki classic, no other Ghibli character can match the deer god’s presence.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • Great Forest Spirit • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)
New Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle products now available from Donguri Closet
- Dale Roll
Jul 30, 2022
The Ghibli brand for feminine tastes has adorable new patterns for clothes and accessories out now!
- Japan
- (accessories • anime • Donguri Closet • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • roomwear • Studio Ghibli)
New Japanese office furniture, lockers to stand and sleep in, baffles, depresses the Internet
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2022
For when your boss says you can take a nap, but there’s nowhere to lie down.
Studio Ghibli’s two most famous character masks come into the real world with mini o-men【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2022
Ghibli Museum’s hand-crafted masks are here just in time for Japan’s summer festival season.
- Japan
- (anime • culture • fashion • festivals • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • masks • No Face • o-men • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer festivals)
Multi-purpose meat cushions, raw and cooked, are now here for ravenous Monster Hunter fans【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2022
Non-food-based monster brooches also let you show your love for the Capcom video game series.
- Japan
- (accessories • Capcom • cool • crazy • interior • meat • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter Rise • video games)
Pretty pink coffins to sleep in now on sale in Japan, made by local Tokyo craftsmen【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 18, 2022
Can also be used as dining tables, closets, or lounge sofas.
Sanrio’s new crazy huge plushies are bigger than the average Japanese adult【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2022
Finally, the 190-centimeter stuffed animal salmon slice that Sanrio fans have been waiting for!
Japan Rail West offering chance to sleep in a platypus’ mouth
- Master Blaster
May 5, 2022
Great for fans of strange mammals and/or contactless payment services.
- Japan
- (crazy • cute • IC cards • Ico-chan • ICOCA • interior • JR West • pillows • platypus • trains • travel • weird)
Motorized Electric Gaming Bed from Japan takes gaming furniture to the next level【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2022
Now you don’t have to get out of bed, or even exert the effort to sit up, to get back to gaming.
- Japan
- (beds • cool • crazy • gaming bed • interior • video • video games • weird)
Every Eevee evolution in one awesome neon sign? Please make this Pokémon concept a reality【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2022
If you’ve got space for all of the Eevee-lutions in your heart, but not a lot of space to show them off in your home, this is the solution.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • Eevee • Eevee-lutions • interior • NEON • Pokemon • video games)
In Japan, you can buy bloom-at-home cherry blossom bouquets for super-easy hanami【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2022
All you need is a vase and some water to bring sakura season to your living space.
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