Osaka Nikki on 18 Jun 2008 09:45 pm
Sirotan invasion
If for some reason a person that I don’t know has somehow stumbled across this post, then maybe I could understand the confusion. But for anyone that knows me, well, I don’t really have to explain Sirotan to you. Its a cute white seal character sold by a Japanese store called Mother Garden. Sirotan sometimes likes to dress up as other sea creatures, and his job is being cute. Theres nothing deep or significant about it, its super cute and I love it. See HERE for the complete line of Sirotan merchandise!
So of course within a week I had found, and visited, the nearest Mother Garden. Here are my latest acquisitions:
Its a little floor mat for my bathroom. I mean, I was going to get a floor mat ANYWAY, so why not make it a Sirotan mat? Oh, it was on sale too. 
Its Stingray Sirotan! Did I need it? No. Do I know where it will go among its three other pillow-sized Sirotan brethren? No. Did that stop me? No.
Bonus close up shots from Stingray Sirotan. He has a fish on his butt!
I also bought a sticker book! And, a week later I went back to Mother Garden, and got this guy. I haven’t had a chance to take a picture yet so here is one from the official site:
I didn’t even know but, he is actually strawberry scented!
on 20 Jun 2008 at 2:36 am # Jill
They’re awfully cute…is there a Sirotan fan club?
on 30 Jun 2008 at 11:06 pm # Kellyn
ok, the stingray—–waaaaay tooo cute! are those 4 things really all you got? cause im shocked if it is!
i’m glad your having a good time out there. love ya
on 07 Aug 2008 at 3:20 pm # Sharon
Sirotan is cute. I’ll go to Osaka soon and will stay at Shinsaibashi area, do you know if there’s any Sirotan shop nearby? Thanks!
on 27 Feb 2009 at 9:32 am # Liz
Ohhhh i’m so envious of the matt!!! i love sirotan too!! i carry it in my bag and hug it to sleep every night~ ^_~
on 20 Apr 2009 at 2:25 pm # Jess
For a moment I thought that guinea pig was a real one! I have a couple of Sirotans too. They are awfully cute
on 22 Jul 2009 at 3:25 am # Kallie
I have a Sirotan dressed up as a strawberry from FAO Schwartz. I also got one for my friend dressed up as a bumble bee. We named the strawberry one Suzuki Emi after the Japanese super model and the bumble bee one Pierre after a French model. They’re married and it’s super cute! ^-^
I want a Stingray Sirotan.
on 05 Oct 2009 at 3:27 pm # Serene
Hi! I chanced upon your site while searching for Mother Garden Fans^^ Glad to have found one! Nice to meet you ^^
on 19 Feb 2010 at 9:12 pm # xiaobai
Hiiiiii!! We are HUGE sirotan fans! Dont have that many things from mother garden but have 2 big plushies! one is the winter version with longer fur. Love love love sirotan. There’s a shop that used to sell sirotans (in vivo city) but closed down already
eh.. but wait.. you are from Singapore?