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Mother’s Day

We sent two Japanese elementary school kids on a Mother’s Day shopping mission at a 100 yen store

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2026
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With 1,100 yen to buy gifts for Mom, but no other directions, what will they come out with?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • family • kids • Mother's Day • moving • Natsuno Futon • Parenting • parents • Seria • SNJO • touching)

This Mother’s Day, why not give the gift of a single, really expensive, never-picked mango?

• Master Blaster
  Apr 28, 2026

Get your mother the mother of all mangoes.

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• Japan
• (crazy • expensive food • food • fruit • fruits • gifts • mangoes • Miyazaki Ripe Mango • Mother's Day)

Yoshinoya invites you to give the gift of beef bowls this Mother’s Day

• Master Blaster
  Apr 14, 2026

I mean, if I were a mother, I’d appreciate it.

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• Japan
• (Arita ware • beef bowls • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • Mother's Day • Speedia • Wakasa lacquerware • Yoshinoya)

Studio Ghibli adds new My Neighbour Totoro 2026 Corn Gift to its anime store for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2026

New release contains exclusive My Neighbour Totoro products that can’t be purchased anywhere else. 

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• Japan
• (anime • corn • corn gift • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gift • gifts • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • presents • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli adds new Mother’s Day gift sets to its anime collection in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2026

Say I love you with the magical charm of characters from My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service.

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• Japan
• (anime • carnations • cute • diorama • Donguri Kyowakoku • flowers • Ghibli • gift • gifts • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • presents • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro furoshiki bag for Mother’s Day in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Putting an anime twist on Japanese tradition.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • manga • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Starbucks Japan releases new range of pink drinkware and gift cards for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2025

An alternative sakura drinkware collection.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • coffee • COK • cups • drinks • drinkware • gifts • goods • Mother's Day • mugs • sakura • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro corn gift for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

A heartwarming moment from the anime movie delivers joy in the real world.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • corn gift • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • manga • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli unveils new Mother’s Day gift collection, with flower sets and a special acorn tea

• SoraNews24
  Mar 15, 2025

Flower pots, furoshiki…and a tea that dissolves gallstones and kidney stones.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Starbucks Japan releases new mugs and gifts for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2024

Heartwarming designs capture the love between mother and child in a beautiful way.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • limited edition • Mother's Day • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Because the gift of corn is a special one for lovers of Ghibli.

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• Japan
• (anime • corn • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gift • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Beautiful Totoro diorama box flower sets offered for Mother’s Day, but look great all year long

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 18, 2024

Sure, you could buy these for your mom, but you could also buy them for yourself.

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• Japan
• (anime • carnations • Donguri Kyowakoku • flowers • gardening • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli’s Mother’s Day corn set is a heartwarming gift for Totoro fans

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2023

Fans of Kiki’s Delivery Service are also in for a pleasant surprise.

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• Japan
• (cool • corn • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • goods • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli celebrates Mother’s Day with special Totoro flower deliveries

• Oona McGee
  Mar 13, 2023

Kiki’s Delivery Service comes along for the ride too. 

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • flowers • Ghibli • gifts • goods • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Ghibli now lets you give your mom a Totoro-style Mother’s Day present with the Corn Gift Set【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2022

You can give gifts like Mei this May.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • corn • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Mother's Day • moving • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • touching)

Official Captain Tsubasa Twitter account wishes everyone a confusing Mother’s Day

• Master Blaster
  May 18, 2020

This year let’s give thanks to our mothers for remembering the times we almost died.

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• Japan
• (anime • Captain Tsubasa • football • manga • Mother's Day • soccer • sports • twitter)

Ichikawa-Mama station gets linguistic makeover just in time for Mother’s Day

• Scott Wilson
  May 13, 2019

Besides the flowers, can you spot what makes this station name-change special?

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• Japan
• (Chiba • Ichikawa • Mother's Day • train stations • trains)

Mother’s Day challenge: Can you name every anime mom in this awesome group illustration?

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2018

Decades’ worth of anime moms assemble for amazing group shot that even features an Undertale shout-out.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • illustration • manga • mom • Mother's Day • mothers)

Dead mom walking – Does anime have a maternal mortality hairstyle trope?

• Casey Baseel
  May 16, 2017

Anime fans search for the earliest example of what some consider a harbinger hairdo, but how did it get started?

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • funny • moms • Mother's Day • mothers • weird)

Nestlé Japan releases new Rose Kit Kats for Mother’s Day 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2017

Come with us as we try these two new packs, which incorporate unique rose petal toppings in deliciously different ways.

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• Japan
• (chocolates • Kit Kat • Mother's Day • Nestle Japan • rose • sweets • taste test)

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