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Studio Ghibli holiday wreath adds a touch of Kiki cuteness and good fortune to your home【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2025 - Tweet
A Ghibli take on a traditional Japanese New Year’s decoration.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • New Year's • Oshogatsu • Studio Ghibli)
Awesome jumbo PlayStation 1 and 2 cushions are warm fuzzy nostalgia that has to be won, not bought
- Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2025
You’ll need skills at a different kind of game to get your hands on these video game plushies.
- Japan
- (awesome • Banpresto • COK.crane games • cool • cushions • interior • Mecha Mofu Gutto PlayStation • playstation • PlayStation 1 • PlayStation 2 • plushies • SNO • UFO catcher • video games)
Totoro Tummy Blanket gives you the belly warmth of Ghibli’s cuddliest character【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2025
”The dream of taking a nap wrapped in Totoro’s tummy has come true.”
- Japan
- (anime • bedding • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Totoro, Catbus sleeping bags are perfect place to stay cozy all winter…if you fit inside【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2025
Sometimes it’s good to be a petite Ghibli fan.
- Japan
- (anime & manga • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • My Neighbor Totoro • sleeping bag • Totoro)
Spirited Away classy cloth coasters will keep your table dry and your heart happy【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2025
No Face, Haku, and a few other cast creatures from the Studio Ghibli classic are always welcome at tea time, right?
- Japan
- (anime • coasters • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinkware • interior • manga • No Face • spirited away)
Totoro fountain figurine recreates the sights and sounds of one of anime’s most memorable scenes
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2025
Mei and Totoro bring the Ghibli moment’s rain to your home.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Light-up Totoro is a mix of centuries-old pottery techniques and classic anime cuteness【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 26, 2025
Studio Ghibli’s anime forest spirit gets the Shigarakiyaki treatment.
- Japan
- (anime • ceramics • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • pottery • Shigaraki ware • Shigarakiyaki • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli humidifiers fight dry air with anime magic
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2025
Jiji, Calcifer and Totoro bring mist to dry days in the cutest of ways.
- Japan
- (anime • Calcifer • Doguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • humidifier • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Adorable Totoro lamp is here to make us ooh, aah, and learn what honnori means【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2025
The littlest Totoro gives a lesson on a subtle point of Japanese vocabulary.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Dongur Kyowakoku • interior • Japanese language • lamp • learning japanese • linguistics • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Totoro)
Classy and cute, Ghibli cloth coasters are here in time for autumn tea time【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2025
Tea with Totoro, anyone?
- Japan
- (anime • coasters • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinks • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbor Totoro Plate for 2026
- Oona McGee
Sep 22, 2025
Yearly Plate is filled with gorgeous anime details.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Noritake • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Yearly Plate)
Final Fantasy furniture, Monster Hunter pieces too, coming from Japanese houseware company
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2025
Nitori wans to provide everything you could need for your home, including your gaming space.
- Japan
- (Capcom • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • furniture • gaming furniture • interior • Monster Hunter • Nitori • Square Enix • Street Fighter • video games)
Not just a Big Totoro, but a Super Extra-large Big Totoro plushie could be in your home right now
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2025
An adorable reminder that not all Totoros are equally sized.
- Japan
- (anime • crazy • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • Studio Ghibli • stuffed animals • Totoro)
Monster Hunter’s grossest monster is now a cute super-deformed room lamp【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2025
Designers say Khezu will not electrocute you, but no promises about him not freaking your guests out.
- Japan
- (Capcom • crazy • gross • interior • Khezu • Monster Hunter • video games • weird)
Two beautiful Totoro Catbus interior piece figures scamper back to the Studio Ghibli store【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2025
Unusual names for cute-as-ever Catbus pieces.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • interior • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Next stop for the Totoro Catbus: Your home, thanks to Ghibli magnets【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2025
Six feline friends, with one a secret, are ready to stick to surfaces and transport some Ghibli cuteness.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • magnets • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Century-old Japanese lacquerware company picks Pikachu for line of high-class Pokémon tableware
- Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2025
Traditional and moder symbols of Japanese are combine for beautiful and adorable lineup.
- Japan
- (anime • art • beautiful • cute • dishware • interior • lacquer • lacquerware • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • tableware • video games)
Ghibli Princess Mononoke Face Magnets return to stores, are ready to move to your fridge【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2025
Intricate details and moveable jaws bring the beauty and ferocity of the anime film classic to your home.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • magnets • manga • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)
Elegant ghostly Ghibli curtain captures the ungraspable form of No Face【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2025
Clever design trick brings the Spirited Away star’s otherworldly appearance into your real-world home.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • moviers • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
Totoro and Jiji tail seat cushions blend Studio Ghibli backsides with yours【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2025
Ghibli tails from Ghibli tales.
- Japan
- (anime • cushions • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Jiji • Kiki’s Deliery Service • manga • My Neighbo Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
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