Those of you who follow us closely will have noticed that there is a new San-X character roving around the Japanese stationery section of our kawaii shop: a cute light brown raccoon named Kokoro Araiguma (where Araiguma means raccoon in Japanese). And it was about time we introduced her to you!
Kokoro Araiguma is a very special raccoon, because she has a super power! And a really beautiful and inspiring one it is: she can heal hearts when they are sad or broken! In addition, her power has a potency or effectiveness of 120%, so heart healing is guaranteed 🙂 The funniest thing of all is that Kokoro Araiguma manages to heal broken hearts by washing them! Thus, her basin, soap bubbles and clothesline are common elements of the illustrations where this cute character appears. Check them all out in this San-X video!
Of course, Sensei Heart-chan appears in this story, too! He is a sensitive and kind heart that benefits like no other from the super healing power of Kokoro Araiguma, and there is also a somewhat grumpy Japanese raccoon, named Ashi Araiguma. Possibly due to his bad temper, Ashi Araiguma only has 30% healing power … and sometimes ends up being equally washed and hung out to dry, perhaps in an attempt by Kokoro to improve his mood.
We love the idea of this super healing power! The aching heart changes color and gets covered in a hard layer that’s easily cracked… until the special washing power of Kokoro Araiguma restores it to his usual looks and character! We welcome all these characters to our kawaii world!