Put Your Phone to Rest on a Mini Futon
No matter how much you may love your money, you probably don’t sleep with your wallet cradled gently against your chest. However, thanks to Nakategawa Futon, a futon maker in Kanagawa Prefecture that’s been in business for 140 years, you can now give your wallet a more elegant nighttime accommodation than just tossing it in a drawer until morning.
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Using the same techniques and materials it does for human bedding, Nakategawa has created the Saifuton, a futon for your wallet (saifu in Japanese). Made of high-quality cotton, the Saifuton not only includes a pad and cover, but even a little pillow, although it’s up to you to determine which side of your wallet counts as the head.
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http://saifufuton.com/
In addition to comfort and quality, the Saifuton also boasts a blessing from the priests at Tokyo’s Anazawaten Shrine. Reportedly founded in 299 BC, the shrine houses a god of commerce, with the implication that bestowing its blessing upon your wallet’s bedding will translate into economic prosperity for you.
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http://saifufuton.com/
If you’d like to go even more upscale, you can also order a miniature bed to lay the Saifuton out on, made from the same variety of Japanese cypress used in constructing the famed Ise Shrine.
The Saifuton is priced at ¥14,900 (US$145), and can be ordered domestically direct from the manufacturer or through Amazon. The price of the bed (available through the manufacturer’s website) is considerably more startling at ¥37,900 ($375), though you can save 10 percent by ordering it as a bundle with the Saifuton for ¥47,520 ($471).
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