Japanese "Lap Pillow" Options

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An employee of a Japanese toy maker Trane Co., Ltd. demonstrates how to use the company's new 'lap pillow.'

Updated: 11:18 a.m. ET Dec. 15, 2004

TOKYO - Single or lonely Japanese men may get lucky this Christmas.

One popular item for holiday shoppers is the “lap pillow,” with skin-coloured polyurethene calves folded under soft thighs -- a comfy cushion for napping, reading or watching television.

The 9,429 yen ($90) pillow, which comes with one red and one black skirt, went on sale in late November and maker Trane Co Ltd says shipments have reached 3,000 in just a few weeks.

“We created this item to help tired people relax,” said Makoto Igarashi, Trane’s managing director.

Care was taken with details such as the softness of the thighs, panty lines on the pillow’s “backside” and wrinkles in the lap of the skirt so as to make the pillow look and feel as real as possible.

“We thought our main customers would be men in their 20s, but even men in their 60s are buying it,” Igarashi said.

At stores, lap pillows gather crowds where people poke and pry at the foam legs.

“I think this may be good for single men, but it could cause trouble for someone who is married,” said Shingo Shibata, a 27-year-old company employee browsing at a toy store which sells the pillow.
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[Ale_lock]

That's similar to the "arm pillow" where people can have a male or female arm as a pillow.

[CelicaBuddy]

LOL

that is soooooo wierd! I cant beieve people would actually buy somethin like that! LOL

[orvillescelica]

i cant beleive people spend $90 on something like that. Its just a bit sad and pathetic all at the same time.

[Coomer]

i cant beleive people spend $90 on something like that. Its just a bit sad and pathetic all at the same time.
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Plus it's kinda weird.

[yellowxboy]

kinda ? it IS weird.. hahaha

[coustoe]

ummm, perverted guys in the US spend like $10,000 on realistic high quality polyurethane skin like sex dolls. and those sell in higher volume then the japanese pillows. So whos weirder?

[Akimbo]

That is LAME.

[funnyboy117]

Well if you're really lonely and have 90 bucks burning a hole in your pocket...buy some porn and go take care of business sheezus why would you need a couple legs to sleep on? Just pass out after your nightly release of tension.

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I remember seeing that on pbtv, things run for like 1g each. :-S

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