If I had to nominate one artist for Most Sanity-Saving In The Time of Coronavirus, it would absolutely be @meetissai, whose miniature sculptures inspired by pet tweets never fail to make me laugh out loud. Step away from your keyboard if you’re drinking tea, because I now present, for your spench-worthy enjoyment, these. If youContinue reading "Artist Turns The Best Pet Tweets Into Hilarious Tiny Sculptures"
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Artist Turns The Best Pet Tweets Into Hilarious Tiny Sculptures
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Gachapon animals ask their mirrors the most burning quarantine questions
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Japanese Capsule Toys Explain the Five Stages of Quarantine Hair Grief
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Cats in Ukiyo-e: The best woodblock print show ever
If we were playing my favorite museum game—the one where we admit we’d pass on that famous piece of art if we saw it at a garage sale for $5 and didn’t know who made it—I’d be feeling pretty good about myself at this show. You’d be hearing me say, “TAKE MY MONEY!” for everyContinue reading "Cats in Ukiyo-e: The best woodblock print show ever"
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The Fox Wedding Vending Machine
Don't say I never take one for the team – I just spent a year's worth of laundry coins getting every single member of this fox wedding so you don't have to! Move over Angry Ghost Cats and Drunken Pets! The Fox Wedding vending machine takes tiny collectible toy obsession to a whole new level.ContinueContinue reading "The Fox Wedding Vending Machine"
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The Shiba Inu Vending Machine
Finally! A series of shiba inu gachagacha toys made by an artist who understands that these devilish dogs are not just unbearably adorable, they come packed with a level of eccentric that makes eel-flavored ice cream look like vanilla. What other dog would become more beloved for sticking its head where it doesn't belong andContinueContinue reading "The Shiba Inu Vending Machine"
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Cat Feet Chair Socks!
I know that you'll be super envious to hear that my kitchen chairs are now prancing around on little cat feet! Gone are the days when the awful screeching sound of chair on floor could drive guests away faster than a pot of soup generously endowed with all four kinds of cow stomach. And they comeContinueContinue reading "Cat Feet Chair Socks!"
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Department Of Seasonal Pet Humiliation: This Year’s Santa Cat Costume
Sporting all the premium quality you'd expect from a ¥400 vending machine, this Santa Claws capelet just might be the perfect gift for someone who dreams of #catsofinstagram glory (and is willing to risk the kind of revenge that will certainly be extracted after uploading Growler's humiliation for all the world to see). Not recommendedContinueContinue reading "Department Of Seasonal Pet Humiliation: This Year’s Santa Cat Costume"
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Top Ten Crazy Holiday Gifts From Japan 2018
These days, everyone wants "experiences," not "stuff," so how about digging into your Santa sack for presents that deliver #youllneverguesswhatwedids that could only come from (where else?)...Japan! This year, give the gift of... 1 ...making your own Panda Face sushi and finding out who's the fastest panda-grabber in the land Seen at the Akihabara Yodobashi CameraContinueContinue reading "Top Ten Crazy Holiday Gifts From Japan 2018"
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Dogs In Kimonos: Shiba Edition!
The only thing in all of Japan that might be cuter than huskies in kimonos is a parade of shiba inus in kimono. Shibas are well-known for making like the Petrified Forest and refusing to budge until even the tiniest hint of humiliating costumery is removed, but the noble beasts I caught making their first shrineContinueContinue reading "Dogs In Kimonos: Shiba Edition!"
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Move Over, Monkeys! See-no Evil, Hear-no-Evil, Speak-no-Evil Cats Are Here
Sticking to the straight and narrow has never been cuter, thanks to these adorable kittycat gacha-gacha toys, and the vending machine that dispenses them on the Yanaka Ginza shopping street. And each comes with an object of mid-century tech to remind us that seeing, hearing, and speaking evil has never been harder to avoid SeeContinueContinue reading "Move Over, Monkeys! See-no Evil, Hear-no-Evil, Speak-no-Evil Cats Are Here"
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Japanese Gift Boxes of Overwhelming Cuteness
Gifting in Japan requires that the wrapping be nearly as precious as what's inside, but I can never remember how to tie a traditional silk furoshiki without the book that reminds me how to fold and tuck the corners so it doesn't turn out looking like I'm offering someone a wad of laundry. But evenContinueContinue reading "Japanese Gift Boxes of Overwhelming Cuteness"
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