![]() ![]() The Japanese folktales definitely didn’t try to keep things child-friendly: most of the time, tanuki are depicted in art as using their overly grown testicles as a traveler’s pack, or sometimes even as drums. ![]() They can take any passing travelers by surprise and play pranks on them. They can shapeshift into other humans, other animals, inanimate household objects, or even parts of nature such as trees, rocks, and roots. For more information please visit and follow on Instagram and Twitter.Although previously thought in Japanese mythology to be guardians of the natural world, nowadays, Tanuki are better associated with their trickster nature. The Garden State Plaza store will be MUJIs twelfth store in the U.S. MUJI USA has 11 stores in the U.S., with five in California, six in the greater New York City area, including a stand alone MUJI to Go store at JFK airport. It opened its first store outside Japan in London in 1991, adding over 300 since then. The MUJI name derives from the company’s original name in Japanese: Mujirushi Ryohin, meaning “No Brand, Quality Goods.” MUJI started in Japan in 1980 and now has nearly 400 stores in Japan. These three appliances, the Electric Kettle, Rice Cooker and Pop Up Toaster, exemplify MUJI’s minimalist aesthetic and efficiency-focused design. ![]() Also available will be MUJI Kitchen Appliances, designed by renowned product designer and MUJI advisory board member, Naoto Fukasawa. The Body Fit Cushion is a particle bead-filled cushion that conforms to the users body making a supremely comfortable sofa for the home. These include MUJI’s top-selling items, such as the Aroma Diffuser, a device which allows customers to choose from a range of scented essential oils to fit their mood and uses an ultrasonic mist to spread scent throughout the home. MUJI’s Garden State Plaza store will offer a range of MUJI’s iconic products from, women’s, men’s and children’s apparel, to stationery items, kitchenware’s, furniture, appliances and health and beauty products. Catering to a highly diverse consumer base, MUJI is honored to join the world-class brands in Garden State Plaza and to become an integral part of the New Jersey marketplace. Located 15 miles west of Manhattan, Garden State Plaza is one of the largest shopping destinations in the country, attracting visitors from New York City and the surrounding area to its 300 stores. “We feel that the vibrant setting of Garden State Plaza is a perfect location for us to reach the New Jersey market and test out our first store in a more suburban community.” “We know from our e-commerce business that there is a demand for MUJI products outside of the metropolitan hubs of New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles,“ said Asako Shimazaki, the President of MUJI USA. MUJI Garden State Plaza represents an important step in MUJI’s expansion. MUJI Garden State Plaza marks the opening of the brand’s twelfth store in the U.S., with five existing locations in California, and six in the greater New York City area. Nearly 10 years after the brand opened its first store in the US, MUJI continues to grow its presence with new locations throughout the country. With 8,600 square feet of retail space, this will be the first MUJI store on the East Coast located outside of New York. The store will be located at the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping center and will open to the public on August 11th, 2016. NEW YORK, NY – Japanese retailer MUJI is excited to announce the opening of its latest store in Paramus, New Jersey.
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