Cofounder Toshio Suzuki, animation director of The Boy and the Heron create cozy anime short for a company that’s all about making cozy textiles.
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There are all sorts of ways to use tenugui, from wall art to bento carriers, and these Ghibli stars are up for all of them.
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Totoro, the Catbus, and Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service are now super absorbent…and fully cute.
Super Super Super Big Cushions can only be won in a contest but come with a month’s supply of Sea Chicken!
Clever design lets you give these good boys some well-deserved pets as you dry your hands.
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Culturally cool tenugui let you show your love of Eva Units, kaiji, and your favorite Japanese prefecture all at once.
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When speaking English I generally try not to insist on using a Japanese word for something we’ve got a perfectly serviceable English term for. Onsen? Hot spring. Genkan? Entryway. Omotenashi? Hospitality.
Still, there are times when Japanese vocabulary can be really handy. Tenugui, for example, is a lot more succinct than its English equivalent: “cloths with decorative patterns, often traditional, that are longer than hand towels, yet narrower than bath towels, and can be used as handkerchiefs, tablecloths, gift wrapping, or interior decorations.” And as if linguistic convenience wasn’t reason enough, now there’s one more reason to embrace the Japanese word, or actually two, with these beautiful Sailor Moon tenugui.
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