Celebrate the Year of the Rat (Chinese New Year 2020) with Fun Japanese Products! Part 1

Our Favorite Year of the Rat Items for Chinese New Year 2020

① ETRO x Tom and Jerry

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  Source: Fashion Press
  
  Take one luxury Italian leather brand, famous for paisley-patterned purses popular throughout Asia, and add the wacky long-beloved American animated characters of Tom and Jerry, and what do you get? Well, apparently, this great Jerry-print leather bag! The bags are being sold in special lunar new year pop-ups in Etro's Ginza branch and inside the GINZA SIX department store, alongside other appropriately mouse-themed goods.

② Disney® x Gucci

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  Of course, Jerry isn't the only famous mouse character to join in on the fun this year.

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  Source: Fashion Press
  
  Disney® is really going for it during the year of the rat, with a line of vintage-style Mickey Mouse clothing and accessories available for a limited time at Japanese Gucci stores or their webshop. Since "rat" and "mouse" are the same word in Japanese, you can see that companies are taking advantage of that and clearly going the cute route this year! We can't blame them, really.

③ UGG CA805 X 2020 Sneaker

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  Sure, this looks fluffy, but rat-themed...?

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  Source: Fashion Press
  
  Aha, there we are. A classic hunk of cheese.
  
  UGG shoes has a line of sneakers that releases a new design every month of the year, and for the first month of 2020, they've gone for a year of the rat design, complete with mousey fur and a tasty-looking triangle of swiss. If you want to look like you've got rats on your feet (??), you can pick up a pair at the UGG store in Ginza.

④ SK-II Mickey Mouse Facial Treatment Essense

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  Source: PR Times
  
  Mickey just can't stay away! He's at it again for the lunar new year, teaming up with super high-end Japanese skincare maker SK-II to find himself featured on a limited edition bottle of PITERA™ Essence Facial Treatment. If your new year's resolution is to work on your skin, this bottle of serum (featuring ingredients inspired by traditional sake brewing ingredients, and decorated with possibly the world's favorite mouse) might kill two birds with one stone. Grab some in duty free or get it shipped from their webshop.