Man-shaped pillow for solo sleeper
By Kaori Hitomi in Nagareyama, Japan
29sep04

AFTER a long night at work as a radio DJ, Junko Suzuki likes to snuggle at bedtime - and she says she's found the perfect partner: a man-shaped pillow.

Linen maker Kameo Corp.'s new "Boyfriend's Arm Pillow" - which consists of a headless torso and a stuffed arm that curls around the sleeper - might make some people uneasy.

But not Ms Suzuki, or about 1000 others in Japan who have bought the pillow, which Kameo says is the first of its kind. The product went on the market last December.

"I like to sleep holding someone's hand," Ms Suzuki, 34. "And this pillow makes me feel relaxed because I can hold the arm and feel something warm at my side."

Kameo, based in the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka, says the pillow is not only an emotional comfort, but that its shape keeps the body balanced by supporting the sleeper from both sides.

Sleepers typically curl up in between the body of the pillow and the crooked arm, with the sleeper's head resting on the pillow's "bicep."

"My grandmother used to say that there is nothing more comfortable pillow than human," Kameo President Tomoki Kakehashi said. "So, I thought that maybe women would want to sleep on an arm-shaped pillow."

The pillow is only on sale in Japan, where customers can buy one for Y8500 ($106.8). Covered in a shirt-shaped pillow cover, it comes in blue, pink or green.

For Ms Suzuki, who is estranged from her husband, the pillow has definite advantages: It doesn't squirm or thrash in the night, and you know it'll be there in the morning.

"It keeps holding me all the way through," she said in her home outside of Tokyo. "I think this is great because this does not betray me."

One-size pillows do not fit all.

So Kameo is working up new models: muscular pillows for sleepers who like their pillows well-built; slender models for those after a more sensitive, vulnerable partner.

The company also has a prototype for its next big project: a female pillow for men. This one will be shaped like a woman's lap, with a "skirt" cover.

"I always thought someone's lap would the best pillow for me," Mr Kakehashi said.


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It looks like that hand is going for her boob!!!

That's just creepy...

Besides, everyone knows the man holds you by putting his arm over your body, and holding you in the spooning position...
[Edited 9/29/04 11:56am]

now I am busting outloud!

Where can I buy one?

it's not really man-shaped unless it sheds, hogs the covers and puts out every once in a while.

Anxiety said:

and passes gas while you are trying to sleep

ella731 said:

Ah, the infamous "Dutch Oven" effect...

ella731 said:

damn right!

That pillow aint got the right parts for my liking

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

nor does it have the right parts for my licking.

Looks like she stole a friggin' scarecrow.

Anxiety said:

God, where are y'all imaginations? I know where your thoughts are...in the gutter as always.

This may sound wierd but I need a pillow to sleep with (similarly to the picture). I end up dragging it as I toss and turn. And...I have a partner I sleep with. The pillow is normally between. I think it's more security than anything. But it;s hard to sleep with out it,..or something to hold onto.

For Ms Suzuki, who is estranged from her husband, the pillow has definite advantages: It doesn't squirm or thrash in the night, and you know it'll be there in the morning.

"It keeps holding me all the way through," she said in her home outside of Tokyo. "I think this is great because this does not betray me."


That's just sick.

magnificentsynthesizer667 said:

That's probably the way she likes it.

Hey!

Amputees need love too!



(Are they made from old Crash Test Dummies?)

Sweeny79 said:

Really, it is....

man-shaped pillow.

I saw this on the news today..I think it's weird too. The news lady doing the story even thought it was weird..she said it looked like one of those halloween things a person would have.....hey now watch whoever invented this to be laughing all the way to the bank...

Um...isn't the term "man-shaped pillow" redundant??...lol

Why can't I think of stupid shit like this and make a million bucks? This is just 2 funny.