mogu?
May 10th, 2006you know nothing about japan if you are unaware of the number of japanese people that have addictions to something. of course, the two most popular are pachinko (a gambling game which *apparently* takes skill, and looks like quite a lot of fun really :p) and smoking. the amount of chain smokers i’ve met since i’ve been in japan is quite outrageous. that includes most of my host family’s relatives and friends.
so i was quite pleased to find out that neither of my host parents smoked or spent their nights in pachinko parlours. unfortunately, my host mother has recently picked up an obsession with these bead-filled dolls manufactured by mogu.
sounds quite harmless right? it started with a single pink human-shaped figurine which sat in the living room, and acted as a pillow when you lay on the ground under the kotatsu table. you can imagine how surprised i was when my mother came home with a bag full of various size mogu dolls, which she bought as presents for close friends and relatives. i got a nice blue one which stays in my bed and keeps me company.
that was roughly one month ago. she has now been to the factory (we like to call it that anyway – i think its just a shop with lots of them for cheapish prices) which produces these dolls 3 times, and is already planning the next 2 trips. i *do* have a feeling there was another trip which i was never told about… but that will never be known.
today she brought home some new faces, including this cute black dog. its ears feel very nice :p.
so you may think its quite an innocent addiction… but with each of these dolls costing between 1500 and 4000yen, it really is an expensive one.
we had some similar ones at target. their outside was mide of some kind of microfibre material. they weren’t as large or well-stuffed as those turqoise ones in the bag though.
they got recalled because the beans were a choking hazard haha.
ペッピー！
英語読めないんだけど、日本にいるの？！
たこやき食べたー？ｗ
いるよ＾＾；
ホストお父さんがたこ焼きを上手く作れるので幸せ～
あんずさん最近、調子はどう？
peppy come come japan fooooooo!!（不明
来てたのか！英語に自信なくて「・・・・ん？」って思ってたｗ
私は元気ですよ～
子供が春から幼稚園に行くようになったよ♪