Walking down the street in Ome, I discovered something that totally flipped my three-hour trip to see a garden filled with no blooming azaleas into the win column: the tail-wagging cat clock!
BEHOLD ITS MESMERIZING POWER:
Can’t. Stop. Watching. (Except to scurry around online like a crazed, tail-wagging weasel to figure out who makes these and where to buy them.*)
The store owner in Ome came out to the sidewalk after she saw me loitering around suspiciously outside, but after we bonded over our love of tail-wagging clocks, she invited me inside to take videos of her others. Here’s more cuteness, if you can stand it:
* A RocketNews reporter spotted them as recently as 2015 at the same annual Tobu exhibition, so I was able to discover the artist’s name: Keitaro Fujii. And apparently, they are sold in a store in Akasaka called Craft Ogawa. Guess where I’m going next week?
December 2017 note: Today I saw a FB ad that had a video of this clock, with a link to where you could buy it on 9gifts.com, but the clock in the link is NOT this clock. The one in the link doesn’t have a jointed tail, which is, of course, the best part. Look carefully before buying!
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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I see the fascination. 😺❣️
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You are so sweet! Thank you! I might not get to it right away, because I’ve for some time-sensitive posts to put up, but I’ll start thinking…
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Cute.I prefer the black cat but the perfect clock would be an exact replica of your pet I guess !!!
I think so too. In fact, lack of my own pet is what kept me on the fence when I first saw these, because I couldn’t make up my mind which I liked best. (Plus, they’re pretty expensive, so I made the mistake of “hmm, maybe I’d better think about it” and then when I went back, the booth was GONE )
Haaaaaaa hate when it happens!
WANT!
You NEED one. And I bet you wouldn’t have any trouble choosing which ones you liked best!
Way cuter than the one my aunt used to have that looked like this:
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwi9yYq57cPTAhULC2kKHXVxDGYYABAYGgJpcQ&sig=AOD64_1FR99OLigBG77H4PXMhKKK07A-qA&ctype=5&q=&ved=0ahUKEwi5sYO57cPTAhVP-2MKHTjuD0QQwg8IOw&adurl=
Ahahaha, I’ve seen those! Wasn’t that the cartoon character Felix the Cat?
Yes! But the tails on your clocks are so realistic!
I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed that dog one now
I know, right? The danger is, once you get one, you just want MORE
yuppers I still dont have one