Friday, December 17, 2004
BBC NEWS: Japanese men lap up new comfort 
Japanese men without a shoulder to cry on this Christmas are being offered a woman's lap - made out of foam - to rest on instead.
The "lap pillow", shaped like the bottom half of a kneeling woman, is selling for about 9,429 yen ($90), the French news agency AFP reported.
"Single men find this soothing," said Mitsuo Takahashi of the manufacturer Trane KK.
He told AFP that the Hizamakura, or lap pillow, fulfilled a primal need...
Hmmm...I would think that that would depend on what's under the skirt.
In any case, it looks like the perfect cocooning device. Give me one lap pillow, a comfy couch and the extended edition Return of the King and I'm golden for the night. Add the rest of the trilogy and a bottle of hot sake and we'll call it a weekend.
Can the Japanese Lap Pillow's be acquired here? If so, please provide information as to where....
Thank you...