Feeling lonely? In Japan, you can enjoy the comforts of a (fake) lady with popular pillows shaped like a woman's lap. Introduced several years ago, the Hizamakura 'Lap Pillow' is gaining steam again ...

When Table of Malcontents first got off the ground and Wired became interested in giving me a constabulary of writers, there were many applicants. One prospective blogger's tongue might be a ...

In the past few weeks, the international media has been reporting on a Japanese pillow that’s shaped like a woman’s lap. It’s being sold at Narita Airport, outside Tokyo, and the foreign press is ...

Japanese Lap Pillow: So Bad It Comes All the Way Back Around to Good Again Gendy Alimurung May 19, 2010 Japan is a never ending source of amusement as far as wacky products go. They make the items ...

IT'S marketed as the perfect solution for lonely male travellers, but this wacky "lap pillow" has us wondering just who would be seen in public using it. The Hizamakura is a foam pillow shaped like a ...