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Japanese cushion promises to turn video gamers into prisoners, make them happy about it【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2020 - Tweet
Making handheld gaming captivatingly comfy.
Japan goes beyond gaming desks with the gaming bed【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2020
Wake. Game. Sleep. Repeat.
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Mitsubishi’s solution for stressed office workers in Japan: fake skylight video displays
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2020
Simulated sky slice might actually be better suited for a different environment, though.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • crazy • gadgets • interior • Mitsubishi • skylight • technology • weird • window • Windows)
Make no mistake, that’s officially NOT a Snorlax Pokémon bed
- Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2019
It’s the perfect interior addition for the dedicated Sleemon fans!
Nintendo’s Kirby is trying to eat pet rabbits in Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 12, 2019
Official Kirby Cafe merchandise turns out to be startlingly, and adorably, good at recreating the Nintendo star’s in-game power.
- Japan
- (crazy • cute • funny • interior • Kirby • Kirby Café • nintendo • pets • rabbits • video games)
Only 75 of this gigantic anniversary Moomin plush from Japan will be made: get your orders in!
- Katy Kelly
Dec 7, 2019
Moomin fans will love this big, beautiful plush — and thanks to the Moomin series’ 75th anniversary, he could be yours!
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- (anime • cute • interior • Moomins • Moomintroll • plushies • The Moomins • toys)
No one knows what Bandai’s real-life Pot of Greed does, but it’s still pretty cool
- Dale Roll
Dec 4, 2019
Yu-Gi-Oh interior item would make a great talking point in your home, that’s for sure!
- Japan
- (anime • collectibles • cool • crazy • funny • interior • Pot of Greed • Premium Bandai • weird • Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Cat kotatsu let your feline friends relax through winter the Japanese way【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 3, 2019
Kitty-sized furniture comes bundled with a huge supply of winter snacks for their human caretakers.
The hallucinatingly warm bedsheets of Japan’s favorite cheap home furnishings brand【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2019
It’s like sleeping inside a batch of soft, comfy mochi.
- Japan
- (bedding • beds • COK • funny • Go Hatori • interior • Nitori • sheets • sleep • SNJO • weird)
New Pokémon Tail hook series is here to keep your home organized and adorable【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 21, 2019
Both male and female Pikachus, plus six other Pokémon species, will stick to your walls and your heart.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cute • interior • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • Village Vanguard)
Exclusive Pokémon dishware being offered with brand-new Pokémon donuts in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 8, 2019
Mister Donut rolls out adorable cups and plates with Pikachu and the three new Sword and Shield starters, plus new Pokémon tapioca drinks.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • donuts • food • interior • Mr. Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • sweets • video games)
One-person seclusion tents from Japan let you turn part of your home into your private kingdom
- Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2019
Pop-up design lets you feel like a king in whichever part of your home you claim for your castle of gaming, web-surfing, or reading solitude.
Cat mugs from Japan transform into adorable kitties when you fill them with liquid【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2019
The makers of Japan’s cutest animal drinkware add mug handles and kawaii cats to their lineup.
Rest with breasts? New desk pillow lets you rest your head on an anime girl’s chest
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2019
Manufacturer says its just the thing to soothe “gentlemen’s” bodies and souls.
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Of course you’ll talk to this Pikachu lamp from Japan, so it talks back and dances too!【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2019
After lighting up our lives, the Pokémon mascot is now ready to light up our homes.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • cute • interior • lamps • light • Pikachu • Pokemon • Takara Tomy • video • video games)
Japan’s Shiba Inu 3-D art glasses get an adorable, necessary upgrade in new version【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2019
Playful pooches now have their signature fashion accessory.
This gorgeous sake cup fills your drink with holographic cherry blossoms as you sip【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2019
Soothing sounds and other seasonal symbols of Japan are also part of the techno-cultural innovation.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beautiul • cherry blossoms • cool • cups • drinks • holograms • interior • sake • sakura • technology • video)
Snorlax Bead Sofa is the awesomely cozy living room furniture every Pokémon fan needs【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 18, 2019
Paired with a Poké Ball Ottoman, Japanese furniture maker’s newest item looks so amazingly cozy we may imitate Snorlax and never get up again.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • cute • furniture • interior • Kabigon • Poké Ball • Pokemon • Snorlax • video games)
Beautiful Studio Ghibli anime sake flask and cup set lets you get liquored up the Laputa way
- Casey Baseel
May 30, 2019
Homage to Hayao Miyazaki classic is just one part of Donguri Kyowakoku’s gift recommendations for Ghibli-loving fathers.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • interior • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • My Neighbor Totoro • sake • shirts • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Peek-a-boo Shiba Inu towels from Japan celebrate their best trick: Getting stuck in silly places
- Casey Baseel
May 25, 2019
Clever design lets you give these good boys some well-deserved pets as you dry your hands.
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- (animals • clever • COK • cute • dogs • Felissimo • interior • pets • Shiba Inu • towels • YOU+MORE!)
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