December has arrived and Chrismas time is near. The Museum Shop at the Hara Museum offers a wide variety of accessories, interior goods and many other unique items, some quite humorous, that would make the perfect Christmas gift. We introduce three such items below.
Melting Snow Man
735 yen (tax included)
This is a snowman-making kit. You get all the parts that that you need to make a snowman, including eyes, hat and a lump of silicon clay. Once you’ve made it, you can enjoy it as it slowly melts like real snow. Don’t worry. You can reuse the silicon clay to make a new snowman, over and over again!
Shampoo and Conditioner by Izumi Kato × Mouhatsu Kagaku Lab × linden
34,650 yen (tax included)
Size of each container: 22.5 (H)× 5.6 (W)× 7 (D) cm/contents: 280 ml
This shampoo and conditioner set was designed by the contemporary artist Izumi Kato, who creates oil paintings and sculptures with subjects that look like fetuses or alien beings. The artist himself hand-painted each of the bottles in this limited edition of 100 sets, which come in their own paulownia-wood container. The head on the shampoo bottle, produced under the supervision of Linden, the famous maker of soft rubber toys, was manufactered with meticulous care by craftsmen at the company’s Katsushika factory. Perfumers working at Mouhatsu Kagaku Lab ® were specially commissioned to develop the shampoo and conditioner, each boasting a sophisticated fragrance inspired by coffee and milk, respectively.
Tokitama Kotoba Flip Calendar
1,500 yen (tax included)
This flip calendar has something special to say on each of the 365 days of the year, each the creation of many nameless language artists. For instance: “A poor memory lets you enjoy something again and again,” or “Everyday is an experiment of the body.” This calendar is one of the many unique items produced by the Tokitama Project, launched in 2002 by Sayuri Toki. Turn the page on this perennial calendar to enjoy another unique example of language art each and every day of the year.
Jewelry, scarves, candle holders and other great items await you at The Museum Shop, so please stop by during your next visit to the museum!
The Museum Shop at the Hara Museum
TEL: 03-3445-2069
E-mail: shop@haramuseum.or.jp
http://shop.haramuseum.or.jp
*Please note that use of the museum shop and cafe requires museum admission.