New Anpanman Toys

Anpanman is quite a popular character amongst Japanese children. My son had lots of fun watching the Anpanman New Years show. Also not too long ago we won an Anpanman Play Mat (pictured below) so it almost goes without saying that he squealed with delight when I brought home some toys for him.

They were given to me by one of my students after she completed some Golden Week cleaning. Thank you M.Y!



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From Center Top we have
1 Anpanman play bus with six magic bean characters. You twist the handle and a character falls through a slot and out a door on the side. This was my son's No1 favorite.
2 Anpanman bounce toy. With a soft head and rubber cord you can bounce this toy much like a Yo-Yo.
3 Swimming Anpanman ball. Inside we have Anpanman inside a plastic ball, he is wearing a life preserver and is surrounded by floating balls. Tonight in our bath together he really enjoyed playing with it and cried quite fiercely when it was taken away from him, until he was reunited with the bus in 1.
4 Anpanman sand play set. We were surprised that this set was in such good condition, it was almost like it was brand new!
5 Anpanman aquarium picture book. Very Nice.

I couldn't bring everything home today, so that's all for now. Yes, there was more!

It was very generous of my student and keeps within my ideology of reducing waste & recycling where possible. Thank You!