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Pikachu and Eevee will give YOU hugs with these awesomely adorable new Pokémon pillows

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2018
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The two Pokémon who get the most loving squeezes are ready to give you one right back.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Eevee • interior • Pikachu • pillows • plushies • Pokemon • stuffed animals • Takara Tomy • video games)

Here’s why the home of an otaku is a great place to be during a blackout

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 7, 2018

Being prepared for an idol concert means you’re also surprisingly prepared for a typhoon-induced power outage.

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• Japan
• (blackout • clever • COK • funny • glowsticks • interior • life hacks • otaku • Typhoon Jebi • typhoons • wotagei)

Gaming chair advert stereotyping Japanese as short has Twitter raging

• Richard Simmonds
  May 22, 2018

Is Japan Lilliput? Chair company appealing to ‘short-legged and short-bodied’ Japanese seems to think so.

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• Japan
• (chairs • gaming chair • interior • stereotypes • twitter)

Starbucks’ cool new Japan Geography tumblers will take you on a trip around the country

• Casey Baseel
  May 3, 2018

Local sites and foods of five prefectures proudly displayed on mugs, bottles.

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• Japan
• (cute • drinks • Gifu • interior • Nagasaki • Nara • Oita • Starbucks • Tochigi)

Nothing can make us wish we were kids again harder than this Totoro Catbus rocking horse【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2018

Luckily there’s still one way for grown-up Studio Ghibli anime fans to enjoy it.

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• Japan
• (anime • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • toys)

Japan continues to make pooping cute with adorable Shiba Inu toilet paper covers

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2018

Adding a touch of canine cuteness to the homes of housebroken doggy lovers.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • capsule toys • cute • dogs • gachapon • interior • Shiba Inu • Toilets)

The King of the Monsters, Godzilla takes on possibly its most deadly enemy: slightly dry air!

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 12, 2018

Nothing makes for a cosier interior than a lizard spitting out radioactive heat rays over you and your house guests.

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• Japan
• (cool • Godzilla • humidifier • interior • kaiju • Shine)

Japanese huggy pillow has fantastic chest of manly muscles, plus six-pack abs

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2018

Powerful pillow takes sexy cushions beyond the realm of busty anime girls.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • huggy pillows • interior • muscles • weird)

Beautiful recycled cardboard lampshades have us planning an office makeover

• Richard Simmonds
  Mar 21, 2018

Bathe in the warm glow of owning something recycled, and a light bulb, with these magic cardboard lamps.

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• India, Japan
• (furniture • interior • interior decoration • lamps • lights • pouch • recycling • YouPouch)

6.6-foot-wide rideable Lapras sofa: The plushie Pokémon furniture adult fans have been hoping for

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2018

Recreate Ash’s voyage around the Orange Archipelago without ever leaving your living room.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • furniture • interior • Lapras • plushies • Pokemon • video games)

This crazy box of heat from China is how we want to wait out winter

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2018

If you’re looking for us before mid-spring, you’ll know where to find us.

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• China
• (cold • cool • crazy • gadgets • interior • kotatsu • sauna • weird)

Japan’s crazy new gigantic pants-style two-person sleeping bags keep you close to your loved one

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2018

And yes, you can get up and walk around while still inside the Super-big Wrapped in Warmth and Happy Fuzzy-lined Sleeping Bag.

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• Japan
• (crazy • fashion • Felissimo • interior • sleeping bags • warm • weird)

Japanese movie theater with kotatsu seating looks like it’s the best cinematic experience ever

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2018

Japan’s amazingly cozy heated tables combined with movie magic? Sounds like the perfect way to spend a winter day.

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• Japan
• (cool • interior • kotatsu • movies • theaters • warm • winter)

Kotatsu with storage space solves the biggest problem with Japan’s awesome heated tables

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2017

We now know exactly where we want to spend the entire winter.

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• Japan
• (cool • furniture • interior • kotatsu • winter)

Protect yourself from that dastardly Internet with a KFC Internet Escape Pod

• Richard Simmonds
  Nov 23, 2017

$10,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Dislike receiving emails? Then the Internet Escape Pod is for you!

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• USA
• (crazy • interior • internet • Internet-proof • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • weird • wireless signals)

Ramen chain gives you the full Ichiran experience at home with a build-it-yourself private booth

• Richard Simmonds
  Nov 9, 2017

Ignore friends and loved ones and concentrate on the important thing in life, ramen, with an Ichiran flavour-savour counter.

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• Japan
• (food • funny • Ichiran • interior • ramen • restaurants • weird)

Complete set of bedroom, living room furniture for cats created by Japanese woodworking companies

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2017

Videos show off nicer bed and sofa than we have in our human homes.

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• Japan
• (animals • beds • cats • cool • cute • furniture • interior • pets • sofas • video)

Officially licensed anime guillotine just might be the weirdest otaku merch ever

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 7, 2017

Absolutely perfect interior accent for anime aficionados or execution enthusiasts, and it could be yours free!

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • interior • scary • weird)

Japan’s Cotton Wife and Husband huggie pillows evolve into downsized versions

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2017

“Cotton Kids” in everything but name.

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• Japan
• (bibi lab • Cotton Husband • Cotton Wife • dakimakura • huggie pillows • interior • weird)

Anime fan shares ingenious lifehack to hang posters without putting holes in your walls

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2017

Cool trick lets you swap posters in seconds, won’t damage the walls of your home or the beautiful anime art.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • interior • life hacks • posters)

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