Category Archives: Rilakkuma Lifestyle

Rilakkuma Lifestyle Tervis tumblers!

Knowing how much I love Rilakkuma, my parents got my sister and I these Rilakkuma Lifestyle themed tumblers from Tervis for Christmas!

Tervises are really durable tumblers that maintain temperature really well – and they don’t leave rings for a happy, coaster-free living. Also, they’re pretty much indestructible.

My mom used Tervis’ customize option where you can send them a picture, and they’ll stick it in a Tervis for a cute, personalized gift hahaha. And sadly, as much as I rave about Tervis in person and online, I’m not actually affiliated with them… but I wish.

I use my new Rilakkuma Lifestyle Tervis for hot tea almost every day now – though how fitting would it be if it were specifically Enherb Rilakkuma tea?

Both versions of the “Rilakkuma’s Creation of Adam” photo!

Rilakkuma Lifestyle - Creation censored

Rilakkuma’s Creation of Adam

I mentioned earlier that I wanted to see what Rilakkuma would look like in a masterpiece, so tonight’s Lifestyle photo features the first of Rilakkuma in a work of art – Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. I don’t know if I’ll make a habit of inserting Rilakkuma into famous artwork, but it is certainly fun and silly. “Uncensored” after the jump. Continue reading →

Rilakkuma Plushies Cleaning and Maintenance!

I recently got a message in my tumblr about cleaning Rilakkuma plushies, and that became the inspiration for my next photo!

Rilakkuma Lifestyle Tumblr - cleaning ask

See short answer here.

Rilakkuma Lifestyle Tumblr - Bath

Ready for a bath!

Anyway, I posted my response on tumblr, but this ask got me thinking about cleaning and maintenance of Rilakkuma plushies, so I thought I would pass on a few tips:

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Spotted: Rilakkuma in Edvard Munch’s The Scream!

Hoshifune over on tumblr found this Rilakkuma on the wall of a game center in Machida – it’s Rilakkuma in Edvard Munch’s famous painting, The Scream!

Edvard Munch was an expressionist artist who was famous for depicting (and evoking) strong emotions through his artwork. Learn more about Edvard Munch and his works over at Artsy’s Edvard Munch page!

Edvard Munch's The Scream Rilakkuma

Spotted by: hoshifune

Tried to Google and reverse image search to see if I could find the original, and didn’t have any luck, but found another cute variation on this Flickr. Anyway, what a coincidence – a few days ago, my sister and I were thinking that this kind of thing might be a good idea for the Rilakkuma Lifestyle tumblr: inserting Rilakkuma into famous works of art! We actually thought of The Scream as a great way to start, too. Maybe there will be some artful Rilakkuma photos to come?

Meet the Rilakkuma!

This is the Rilakkuma plushie seen in every one of the Rilakkuma Lifestyle photos (with the exception of user submissions). He’s the star!

Rilakkuma Lifestyle Rilakkuma

He’s my first Rilakkuma plushie – he was a gift from my parents when I graduated from Duke this past spring. I take him with me wherever I can.

With the help of my sister, my parents purchased him from a Hawaiian seller. At the time, I didn’t really know too much about Rilakkuma, just a few gifs I saw on tumblr. Look how far we’ve come!

Hello!

Welcome to the companion blog to the Rilakkuma Lifestyle tumblr!

I chose WordPress for this companion blog mainly because I didn’t want to bog down the existing Rilakkuma Lifestyle tumblr with long text posts about my opinions (even if Rilakkuma related). Also, I’m hoping this blog will act as a foil in that the tumblr depicts Rilakkuma living his life with us, and this WordPress blog is more us living life with Rilakkuma. Fluffiness aside, this will mainly just be a personal blog with a Rilakkuma focus. Mainly because I think Rilakkuma is super cute and I wanted a place to dump all my emotions.

More specifically, I plan to post about:

  • Rilakkuma Lifestyle behind the scenes.
  • new Rilakkuma products (mainly plushies/nuigurumi).
  • my own (small, but growing) Rilakkuma collection.
  • finding/buying genuine San-X Rilakkuma plushies.

Thanks for visiting!