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Stuffed cat Meggy Weggy with her Unagi Travel tour group in Tokyo.

If you truly loved your teddy bear, you’d send him to Tokyo

December 26, 2014Culture

For $45 a day, you can send your toy on a Tokyo tour, with stops at tourist hot spots like the Tokyo Tower, The Imperial Palace and the Meiji Jingu Shrine. For an additional charge, your stuffed animal can also spend a day at the spa. Oh, and, you’re not invited along.

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