The too round and squishy Pallas’s Cat cushion plushie is a chonky cat lover’s dream come true
If there’s one thing Japanese retailer Felissimo can’t turn down, it’s the opportunity make a body cushion or pillow based on a super round and…
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Ghibli Museum warms hearts with episode of siblings picking out plushie that seems straight out of a Studio Ghibli anime
For fans of beloved animation giant Studio Ghibli, all eyes are certainly on the recently opened expansive Ghibli Park in Aichi prefecture, but it’d be…
Super squeezy giant pandas as rice balls are Japan’s new cutest plushie
Japanese online retailer Felissimo has often teamed up with zoos and aquariums to reproduce plushies of the respective facility’s famous animals, including a kiwi pretending…
Japan’s evolving penguin plushie is too adorably genius
When Kaiyukan, an aquarium in Osaka, and Japanese retailer Felissimo teamed up to beef up their quirky goods brand YOU+MORE! series (a play on the…
Cat in Japan is obsessed with being swallowed by a whale shark plushie
It can be pretty frustrating for cat owners to watch their kitties reject fancy cat beds and plushies they shower them with. Fortunately for Japanese…
Burrow into cuddles with naked mole-rat plushies from Japan
The naked mole-rat has attracted quite a surprising fanbase in Japan, with its supporters championing the bucktoothed hairless animal as “busakawa”, or “ugly but cute”….
You won’t know whether to hug or bite this transforming Japanese convenience store chicken plushie
While it may be hard to rank the contenders for Japan’s best convenience store fried chicken (tartar sauce stuffed karaage nuggets being a recent favorite),…
Japan’s favorite IKEA mascot causes a lot of moral dilemmas for owners
Blåhaj, for those unfamiliar, is a soft shark plushie toy that is somewhat of a mascot for furnishing company IKEA. You could quite literally call…
You can now bury your head in your food with a giant sushi plushie
If you’re looking for the perfect menu item to add to your collection of fried chicken ASMR pillows, ramen towels, and giant oyster pouches, then…
Tokyo Banana Piplup flavour transforms into a giant huggable pillow plushie
Despite already coming out on top as the most sought after treat for Tokyo-bound visitors, there is no argument as to whether Tokyo Banana’s ongoing…
Sanrio collabs with Godiva to bring new Hello Kitty and My Melody Valentine’s gift for 2022
For the 11th time in a row, Sanrio and Godiva have come together yet again to bring the sweetest Valentine’s Day gifts. Since 2013, the…
Mustachioed Hello Kitty and Cinnamoroll adorn Pringles cans, cute goods in first-ever collab
Sanrio Inc. has announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the internationally known potato chip brand Pringles (Kellogg’s Japan) featuring its popular characters Hello Kitty and Cinnamoroll….
New Valentine’s Day-themed Pikachu and Eevee plush toys debut in crane games across Japan
As if Pikachu and Eevee weren’t already cute enough, Bandai Namco has come up with a new collection of Valentine’s Day-themed merch starring the two…
Weird, fictional creatures from Edo period paintings inspire a line of practical plushies
Scenes depicted in ukiyo-e paintings often conjure up images of great beauty. Whether it’s a woman luxuriously garbed in a kimono, or the tendrils of…
Japanese designer creates ingenious and adorable shrieking Mandrake personal security buzzer
It is not uncommon for Japanese school children to carry a “bouhan buzzer”, or a personal safety and security buzzer among their school supplies. The…