Posted May 26, 2015 by Jonelle Patrick5 Comments Made In Japan

Least Cuddly Toy Of All Time

Once you’ve exhausted all the cute animals, blown through the vegetable kingdom, and even exploited raw fish as toy characters, what’s left? Why, bones, of course! Introducing the toys that put some backbone into the category of “action figures.”

Enjoy some ribs with your new best friend this weekend!

Watch out for that knuckleball... — Watch out for that knuckleball…

Being dead is no excuse not to study. — Being dead is no excuse. And I don’t want to hear that Cerberus ate your homework either.

Just because he's lacking a little skin to go with his bones doesn't mean Uncle Skel doesn't enjoy a few skewers of yakitori washed down with your best sake. — Just because he’s lacking a little skin to go with his bones doesn’t mean Uncle Skel doesn’t enjoy a few skewers of yakitori washed down with your best sake.

And if anyone complains that the bathroom could use a little Fabreze, you know who to blame.

You can buy the entire line of Pose Skeleton action figures from beyond the grave at Yamashiro-ya, in Ueno. A map is on my website, The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had.

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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!