Hey, Totoro, can you hold our stuff while we go for a walk in the forest?
It may not be a travelogue or official tourism promotion video, but it鈥檚 safe to say that My Neighbor Totoro is a major reason for a whole lot of trips to Japan. For many people, the Studio Ghibli anime鈥檚 depictions of the Japanese countryside are their first inkling of the bucolic beauty waiting outside the concrete jungles and neon thickets of the country鈥檚 big cities, and 鈥淲hoa, this looks like something out of Totoro!鈥 is something countless visitors have thought to themselves when they see farm and forestland in Japan.
So if Totoro is going to be inspiring people to travel to/in Japan, it鈥檚 only fair that he help them carry their stuff, right?
Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku has a whole line of Totoro travel bags, including a roller suitcase decked out with illustrations of the forest spirit frolicking in a clover patch, along with the white Little Totoro and some Soot Sprite friends.
鈻 There don鈥檛 appear to be any four-leaf clovers, but who needs luck when you鈥檝e got this much cuteness?
The rollers and TSA-compliant combination lock add convenience and security to the suitcase, which is 33 x 52 x 21 centimeters (13 x 20.5 x 8.3 inches) and has a carrying capacity of 30 liters. If you need more room, you鈥檒l be happy to know that with the handle extended鈥
鈥ou can slide it through a Totoro Boston bag.
This one doesn鈥檛 just show off Totoros on the fabric pattern, either, because the zipper pulls are little metallic Totoros too.
Actually, the suitcase also has Totoro zipper pulls, but they鈥檙e located inside, and a shiny silver color instead of the rustic bronze shade for the Boston bag鈥檚.
Size-wise, these are both luggage pieces you鈥檒l want to leave in your hotel or inside a locker while doing your sightseeing, but there are two day-use bags in the line as well, a backpack鈥
鈥nd a 鈥渢own shoulder bag.鈥
鈻 The shoulder bag is also sized to perch nicely on top of the suitcase.
Prices start at 4,950 yen (US$34) for the shoulder bag, with the Boston bag 5,500, the backpack 5,940, and the suitcase 24,200 yen. The whole bunch is available through the Donguri Kyowakoku online store here following a restock, and if you鈥檇 like Totoro to help support your neck while you catch some Zs on the plane (and transform too), they鈥檝e got you covered on that as well.
Source: Donguri Kyowakoku
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