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Uniqlo’s amazing new bedsheets are hallucinatingly comfortable

• Casey Baseel
  May 23, 2019
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Japan’s favorite affordable fashion brand also makes bedding, and it just blew our minds.

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• Japan
• (Airism • bedding • beds • COK • Go Hatori • interior • sheets • sleep • SNOJ • Uniqlo)

What happens when two hard-core otaku get married? The inside of their house turns into THIS

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2019

There’s a method to their madness, though, with different themes for different rooms, and one anime-safe space remaining.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • funny • interior • marriage • otaku)

Gaming toilet design could be Japan’s greatest bathroom contribution since washlet bidets

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2019

An ergonomic advancement for the modern gamer.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • funny • illustration • interior • Toilets • video games)

Tokyo’s Muji Hotel now taking reservations, ready to provide lifestyle-brand comfort to travelers

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2019

“Anti-luxurious, anti-cheap” hotel offers stylish, comfortable homes-away-from-homes in the heart of Japan’s capital.

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• Japan
• (cool • Ginza • hotels • interior • muji • Muji Hotel • Mujirushi • Tokyo • travel)

Optical illusion sticker from Japan gives cat companionship to people in no-pet apartments

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2019

Previously focused on boob-based fantasies, the Delusion Mapping design team can now provide you with an imaginary feline buddy.

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• Japan
• (cats • COK • cute • interior • optical illusion • pets • trick art • Village Vanguard)

Engraved sword nameplates can now adorn Japanese houses, bring Arthurian style to the suburbs

• Katy Kelly
  Feb 26, 2019

If a simple metal nameplate isn’t eye-catching enough for your house, try one of these gigantic engraved swords for size.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • decorations • hyosatsu • interior • Mino Craft • nameplates • swords • weird)

Shiba-sip your beverages with adorable glasses from Japan that turn your drink into a Shiba Inu

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2019

Or celebrate another iconic symbol of Japan with a 3-D cherry blossom art glass.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cool • cute • dogs • drinks • glass • Goodglas • interior • sakura • shiba • Shiba Inu)

Five reasons why Queer Eye is such a big hit on Netflix in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2019

How the loud-and-proud Fab Five were able to find success in a country that lags behind others when it comes to LGBTQ issues.

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• Japan, USA
• (fashion • gay • gay rights • interior • LGBT • LGBTQ • Netflix • Queer Eye • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy • society • style • TV shows)

Genius-level otaku figures out a way to take a bath with his favorite anime girls every day【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2019

KanCole superfan upgrades his regular bathtub to an ita-bathtub.

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• Japan
• (anime • baths • bathtubs • crazy • interior • KanColle • Kantai Collection • otaku)

Sexy Japanese model famous for curvaceous butt wins praise for photos of her otaku-style bathroom

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2019

They call her the Butt Craftswoman, but it’s the place where she parks her backside that has people excited today.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bathrooms • beautiful women • cool • Dragon Quest • interior • Square Enix • video games)

What’s the secret to Marie Kondo’s popularity in America? Our Japanese-language reporter wonders

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2019

With a new Netflix series streaming on both sides of the Pacific, our reporter ponders what America sees in Japan’s tidying-up master.

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• Japan
• (cleaning • interior • Konmari • Marie Kondo • Netflix • society • Tidying Up with Marie Kondo)

This giant Final Fantasy Moogle bed could be yours, and doesn’t cost a single yen

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 25, 2019

Fantastic fluffy Final Fantasy fan furniture.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beds • convenience stores • cool • crazy • cute • Final Fantasy • furniture • interior • Lawson • Moogle • Square Enix • video games)

Awesome Pokémon decorating idea: Turn your bathroom walls into a Pokédex!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2019

Relax your body and improve your Poké-knowledge at the same time.

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• Japan
• (anime • baths • clever • cool • cute • interior • Pikachu • Pokédex • Pokemon • video games)

Buttress Pillow: People in Japan go crazy for life-sized huggy butt cushion

• SoraNews24
  Dec 5, 2018

Because there’s nothing like sleeping with your face buried in a butt crack.

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• Japan
• (body pillows • bottoms • bum • Buttress Pillow • crazy • funny • huggy pillow • interior • pillows • weird)

Talking anime girl calendars let you stare at and listen to your live-in 2-D girlfriend

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2018

Popular voice actresses lend their talents to create an aural fantasy otaku can enjoy every day.

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• Japan
• (anime • calendars • cool • interior • otaku • voice actresses • weird)

Kirby will devour you and your kids as an adorable new plushie pillow【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2018

Manufacturer says new cushion “makes the dream of being sucked up by Kirby come true!”

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • funny • interior • Kirby • nintendo • plushies • video games • weird)

Adorable chinchilla from Japan uses floor seat as a see-saw, sets hearts hammering【Videos】

• Katy Kelly
  Oct 27, 2018

This cute pet rodent has a whale of a time with a simple floor chair, and we do too just from watching it!

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• Japan
• (chinchilla • chinchillas • cute • cute animals • floor seat • furniture • interior • pets • video • zaisu)

Anime-style magic circle cordless charging pad is the coolest way ever to charge a phone【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2018

Japanese company’s gadget for summoning life force for your devices is awesome…but maybe too awesome to be real.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cordless charging • electronics • gadgets • interior • phones • Six Seconds Shop • technology • video)

Anything Pikachu can do Mimikyu can do, including turn into an adorable PC cushion plushie

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2018

Scary looking Pokémon that just wants to be loved continues to chase after its dream of becoming just like its idol.

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• Japan
• (computers • cute • interior • Mimikyu • PC cushions • plushies • Pokemon • Premium Bandai)

Kitty Rollcake Tunnel and Fruits Tart Cushion promise purrfectly pampered (and palatable) pets

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 27, 2018

These sweet-treat accessories will add a decorative and mouth-watering flair to your pet’s home just in time for the winter holidays.

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• Japan
• (animals • cake • cats • cute • Felissimo • interior • pets • sweets)

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