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SoraNews24
3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Totoro Mini Pouches are enormously cute【Photos】
Big Mini and Medium Mini Ghibli pouches are like little functional plushies. In laymen conversations, the name 'Totoro' tends to get tossed around to refer to this guy. But as educated anime zoologists know, the gray forest spirit indicated by the arrow in the above image is just one of three distinct Totoros. Technically, he's the 'Big Totoro,' not to be confused with the blue 'Medium Totoro' or white 'Small Totoro.' So it is, arguably, just a bit confusing that Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku is now offering a 'Big Totoro Mini Pouch,' but any extra effort our brains need to parse that description is more than offset by the joy the design gives our hearts. The zippered pouch is part of what Donguri Kyowakoku calls its wazakka line, with wazakka loosely translating to 'Japanese-style housewares and accessories.' The rustic, course-touch fabric is meant to evoke traditional Japanese textiles, and the designers say the pouch is especially well-suited to stuffing in the sleeve of your kimono to store important stuff as you head out to a summer festival, though with it looking this adorable, there's never really a bad time to use it. And don't worry, they made sure to include the Big Totoro's tail too. Of course, the Big Totoro Mini Pouch name implies the exitance of other-size Totoro Mini Pouches, and sure enough, there's one for the Medium Totoro too! Though the big gray guy is the most famous Totoro, you could argue that the Medium Totoro is the more appropriate muse for a pouch, since in the anime he's often depicted carrying around a sack of acorns, though that isn't part of the pouch's design. Despite their 'Big' and 'Medium' names, though, both Mini Pouches are identically sized, at 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) in height and 90 centimeters across. They're also priced the same, at 1,980 yen (US$13.65) and share the same style of leafy zipper pull. Both the Big and Medium Totoro Mini Pouches are available now thanks to a restock, but oddly enough there doesn't seem to be a Small Totoro Mini Pouch available. Maybe it's coming soon, but for the time being the Big Totoro pouch can be ordered through the Donguri Kyowakoku online shop here, and the Medium one here. Source: Donguri Kyowakoku Top image: Donguri Kyowakoku Insert images: Studio Ghibli (edited by SoraNews24), Donguri Kyowakoku (1, 2) ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
SoraNews24
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Have a cool summer, say Totoro and No Face with Ghibli towel-type pillowcases【Photos】
Characters from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Kiki's Delivery Service want to help keep you cozy on hot summer nights. 'Have a cool summer!' It's really not the deepest sentiment, but hey, what else are you supposed to write when you're about to go on summer break and suddenly asked to sign a casual-acquaintance classmate's yearbook? For generations, it's been a go-to phrase for cordial, noncommittal well-wishing, even if it's not a particularly personalized piece of prose. However, 'Have a cool summer' takes on an added joyous significance when it's the unspoken message from Totoro. With the start of summer coming up fast, Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku is standing by with its Towel Pillow Cover series, featuring characters from anime classics My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Spirited Away. Starting with the Totoro designs, there are three to choose from, with the first showing the Big Totoro on one side, and the Small Totoro on the other, with a group of Soot Sprites hanging out with them. Early summer in Japan is marked by frequent rain showers, which makes not only the motif on the above pillow appropriate, and the high humidity that continues for the entire season is what inspires the material choice. Made of a stretchy, 95-percent cotton, 5-percent polyurethane blend, the terrycloth-like Towel Pillow Cover are invitingly soft, but also breathable and absorbent, helping reduce sweating while you sleep and also soaking up any perspiration your head still needs to produce. They're essentially pillowcase counterparts to the Totoro and Catbus towelket blankets we looked at a while back. Ah, but what about the Medium Totoro, the mid-sized blue forest spirit? Don't worry, here's present and accounted for too in a patterned pillowcase. The gray Totoro pattern cover is actually a bit of a conversation piece/debate prompt. From the color, you might assume that it's depicting the Big Totoro, and the chubbier proportions also align with the largest-size version of the creature. Even Donguri Kyowakoku itself designates it the 'Big Totoro Silhouette' pillow cover. However, if you look closely, you'll see that these gray Totoros only have three markings on their chest, like the Medium Totoro, and not the more numerous marks the Big Totoro is usually depicted with. ▼ Both cases have 'My Neighbor Totoro' written on their reverse sides. Also here to help you stay cool as you sleep is Spirited Away's No Face, flanked by Soot Sprites and with the 油 emblem of the Aburaya bathhouse of the gods… …and his travel companions mouse-form Boh and Yu-Bird on the other side. Finally, there are two Kiki's Delivery Service Towel Pillow Covers… …with black cat Jiji representing the charter cast, though the sign little witch Kiki hands up outside the bakery she runs her courier enterprise from is shown too. The second pillowcase, though, is all Jiji. Donguri Kyowakoku lists all of the pillowcases as 'for adult-use,' but that's a reference to their size, not an indication that they're inappropriate for young children, as they're for use with pillows 63 centimeters (24.8 inches) in length. Priced at 2,200 yen (US$15.15) each, the whole lineup is available through the Donguri Kyowakoku online store here. Source: Donguri Kyowakoku Top image: Donguri Kyowakoku Insert images: Donguri Kyowakoku (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
