Come December every year, sales on my store (Tokyo Zakka!) of these rather unusual Japanese gifts hit the roof...
via tokyozakka.com
It's hard to know why these tasteless little critters sell so strongly -- it's four years in a row now -- but I can say that 90 percent go to the US, presumably as gifts for people who customers want to send a *special* message to.
The free shipping probably helps too ;-)
