Snoopy, Gintama, and Kokeshi on One Shelf

Today’s Random Four
Every morning we pull a handful of items from our store completely at random — and today, these four surfaced. Use code D260910EO6 at checkout for an extra 15% off any of them, stacked on top of the sale prices already running. With today’s markdowns, that’s up to 30% off. Good for 3 days. New picks drop every morning, so check back — you never know what’ll turn up.

Today’s four items span some of the widest territory in Japanese collecting: a licensed character postcard from the Showa era, two anime and retro game mascot pieces, and a signed traditional kokeshi set. Each represents a different format through which Japan has channeled character goods and folk craft into collectible form.

Snoopy New Year’s Postcard, Hallmark x Sanrio, Showa Era

A New Year’s greeting card featuring Snoopy, produced through a collaboration between Hallmark and Sanrio during Japan’s Showa era. Sanrio served as Japan’s distributor for Peanuts character merchandise during part of the Showa period, bringing greeting cards and stationery to the local market through its licensing partnership with Hallmark.

Gintama Kamui Bread Style Mascot Keychain

A mascot keychain depicting Kamui from the anime series Gintama, shaped in a bread-style format. Gintama, the long-running manga and anime by Hideaki Sorachi, is known in Japan for its comedy and parody, with Kamui serving as one of the series’ central antagonists.

Guile Street Fighter Rubber Eraser Mini Figure

A miniature rubber figure of Guile from Capcom’s Street Fighter, produced as a functional eraser. Character erasers of this kind were a popular format in Japan’s stationery and candy markets during the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly for arcade game franchises that reached wide audiences.

Kokeshi Emotion Trio on Bark Wood Base

A set of three kokeshi figures mounted on a bark wood base, each representing one of three classical Japanese emotions — Ki (joy), Do (anger), and Ai (sorrow) — with the artist’s signature on the piece. Kokeshi are hand-turned wooden dolls associated with the Tohoku region of northern Japan, where individual artisans have long been identified by their signed work.

About This Collection

From a licensed character card tied to a Japanese seasonal tradition to a hand-crafted folk art piece signed by its maker, these four items show how Japanese collecting draws from both mass-market character culture and regional artisan craft. The Gintama keychain and Street Fighter eraser sit in between — reminders that in Japan, even everyday objects have long served as vehicles for pop-culture fandom.