CUTE TOKYO CHARACTER GOODS STORES: KAWAII HOME DECOR, TOTORO STATIONERY & ACCESSORIES, PLUSH ANIMAL TOYS IKEBUKURO.
In my soon-to-be-released cookbook Cute Yummy Time, Basil and I journey through Kawaii-Land, a colorful world filled with adorable Sanrio-style characters. Japan’s not much different: it’s possible to fill your home entirely with cutie-faced goods. Just imagine: you wake up with your head on a fuzzy happy-faced pillow. You get out of bed, pour your coffee into a panda mug, and stir in your stevia with a matching peek-a-boo spoon. You rinse your hands with soap from a frog dispenser.
Time for a shower. A “bubble monkey” scrub mitt exfoliates your skin. You throw your PJs into the Happy Lion laundry basket and tie up your hair with squishy farm animal elastics.
Uh oh: the baby kitty is hungry. He clamors onto a happy footstool and looks up at the bear-faced treat box. As you watch him chomp his food, you wonder if you can dress him in a Totoro bib.
You’d better get to work – but then you glimpse the sleepy animal pillows on the couch. You sit down and pinch the baby elephant’s cheeks. Before you can say kawaii, you’re back in dreamland…
All of these photos were taken in Ikebukuro, one of Tokyo’s best districts for cute character goods. Loft and Daiso are also great places to shop. Do you have any kawaii home decor items? Which ones are your favorites?
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omg….the first top left pic, with the pillows….i just got one from my friend! apparently you can get in Chinatown, without havin to go to japan~lol.
waaa….i wanna another one!
I have one of those cups!! :D SO adorable (:
I bet everything is made in China, hahah.
Ah! That's the life for me – kawaii overload! <3 I bought cupcake mugs around valentine's day (Halmark had them!), now I'll need to hunt for bunny hair ties!
omg….the first top left pic, with the pillows….i just got one from my friend! apparently you can get in Chinatown, without havin to go to japan~lol.
waaa….i wanna another one!
I bet everything is made in China, hahah.
I have one of those cups!! :D SO adorable (:
Ah! That’s the life for me – kawaii overload! <3 I bought cupcake mugs around valentine's day (Halmark had them!), now I'll need to hunt for bunny hair ties!
Waah!! Kawaiiii x3 I want all of them!! Kyaa~ <(>3<)>
wowie :o
i think scrubbing myself with a cute character would creep me out alittle but I wouldn't mind drinking out of a panda's brain!
I wonder if too much kawaii can turn and make u immune to kawaiiness D:
OMg thats a scarwee thoght T-T
You've just described one of my ideal ways to start the day! If I lived in Japan there is no doubt my life would look like that, but at the prices I have to pay in Australia it is a slowly growing collection…although given I began collecting about 24 years ago… ^-^
I have to say that that is one of the hidden benefits of having children, people no longer think it is odd to love such things and think they all belong to the kids! LOL.
How lovely!
Haha, I did kind of a double take at “Basil” since he's the name of our black cat ;)
Can't wait to get the book :D
Waah!! Kawaiiii x3 I want all of them!! Kyaa~ 3
Best name ever. ;)
Can't wait to share the book with you!
Hahah that's the perfect excuse! I think it only benefits children to grow up in a house full of smiley-faces… :)
I think it DOES sort of make you immune… it doesn't seem like a novelty, at least. I have relatives in LA that cover their house from ceiling to floor with kawaii items. It's a tad scary.
wowie :o
i think scrubbing myself with a cute character would creep me out alittle but I wouldn’t mind drinking out of a panda’s brain!
I wonder if too much kawaii can turn and make u immune to kawaiiness D:
OMg thats a scarwee thoght T-T
I think it DOES sort of make you immune… it doesn’t seem like a novelty, at least. I have relatives in LA that cover their house from ceiling to floor with kawaii items. It’s a tad scary.
You’ve just described one of my ideal ways to start the day! If I lived in Japan there is no doubt my life would look like that, but at the prices I have to pay in Australia it is a slowly growing collection…although given I began collecting about 24 years ago… ^-^
I have to say that that is one of the hidden benefits of having children, people no longer think it is odd to love such things and think they all belong to the kids! LOL.
Hahah that’s the perfect excuse! I think it only benefits children to grow up in a house full of smiley-faces… :)
How lovely!
Haha, I did kind of a double take at “Basil” since he’s the name of our black cat ;)
Can’t wait to get the book :D
Best name ever. ;)
Can’t wait to share the book with you!
I love all of Passport's goods! Thanks for sharing the photos!
My pleasure! I have many more Tokyo store photos coming up… :)
I love all of Passport’s goods! Thanks for sharing the photos!
My pleasure! I have many more Tokyo store photos coming up… :)
In the future, could you list the stores the goods come from? While I recognise Passport’s goodies, I might go a bit mad if another post shows some kawaii I don’t know and can never find :D
omg the mug/spoon sets and the hair scrunchies I absolutely could not resist!
and yes I definitely have some cute mixed in with the dark. from my HK appliances and body pillows to frog body scrub poufs and plush keychains to my metal worked bubble-faced kitty plant stand (my current fave piece). I grab whatever catches my eye!
lol that's actually the only rule I have
I must have that panda cup! @_@
Kitty plant stand = amazing.
omg the mug/spoon sets and the hair scrunchies I absolutely could not resist!
and yes I definitely have some cute mixed in with the dark. from my HK appliances and body pillows to frog body scrub poufs and plush keychains to my metal worked bubble-faced kitty plant stand (my current fave piece). I grab whatever catches my eye!
lol that’s actually the only rule I have
Kitty plant stand = amazing.
it is lol I was shopping in TJ Max with my daughter and I saw it and it made me giggle everytime we walked by so I just had to get it!
I’ll take a pic and link ya to it so you can share in the giggling
I must have that panda cup! @_@
it is lol I was shopping in TJ Max with my daughter and I saw it and it made me giggle everytime we walked by so I just had to get it!
I'll take a pic and link ya to it so you can share in the giggling
omg the mug/spoon sets and the hair scrunchies I absolutely could not resist!
and yes I definitely have some cute mixed in with the dark. from my HK appliances and body pillows to frog body scrub poufs and plush keychains to my metal worked bubble-faced kitty plant stand (my current fave piece). I grab whatever catches my eye!
lol that's actually the only rule I have
I must have that panda cup! @_@
Kitty plant stand = amazing.
it is lol I was shopping in TJ Max with my daughter and I saw it and it made me giggle everytime we walked by so I just had to get it!
I'll take a pic and link ya to it so you can share in the giggling
In the future, could you list the stores the goods come from? While I recognise Passport's goodies, I might go a bit mad if another post shows some kawaii I don't know and can never find :D
Wow!! They are so cute! I used to live near Ikebukuro. Loft is one of my favorite place to look around=)
Wow!! They are so cute! I used to live near Ikebukuro. Loft is one of my favorite place to look around=)
Wow!! They are so cute! I used to live near Ikebukuro. Loft is one of my favorite place to look around=)
I just want to ask where is this shop? The things are so cute and i want to get them? Is it in Tokyo? Or somewhere else?
Ah, all of these stores are in Sunshine Plaza in Ikebukuro… I don’t know the exact names. You’ll find them if you wander around the lower levels! :)
I just want to ask where is this shop? The things are so cute and i want to get them? Is it in Tokyo? Or somewhere else?
Ah, all of these stores are in Sunshine Plaza in Ikebukuro… I don't know the exact names. You'll find them if you wander around the lower levels! :)
Wow, these things are really looking just mind blowing. And they are really the best of home decors forever. Thanks for the sharing some great of thing for the home decoration.
Where can i buy sleeping piggy plush at? please help me find it. thank you
Does anyone know the name for the lion sleepy pillow?
Gaorin! I have one. Curious why you want the name.. :)
Hi, do you know some online shop that ship in EU?
Thanks