Photos: Japan's Instagram-worthy capsule toys play big in Internet age

A tiny replica of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and a plastic cat squatting on sushi: just two of the weird-and-wonderful capsule toys that have become a multi-million-dollar craze in cute-obsessed Japan, appealing to the nation’s sense of precision along with a well-documented love of all things "kawaii" or cute.
A tiny replica of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and a plastic cat squatting on sushi: just two of the weird-and-wonderful capsule toys that have become a multi-million-dollar craze in cute-obsessed Japan, appealing to the nation’s sense of precision along with a well-documented love of all things kawaii or cute.

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