Doll Houses for Big Boys

"Forget about open-top sports cars and inappropriately young girlfriends – the perfect gift for the average man in his middle years is a dinky little doll’s house that reminds him of mum.

Motivating Japan’s 30-somethings to descend upon the High Street in a feverish mass is a phenomenon quickly becoming known as Showa Television fever. It has the nation’s men flocking to snap-up nine-inch square room models – complete with working televisions – at 19,800 yen (£98) a pop.

Developed by a crack scientific team seeking to cure the masculine mid-life crisis, the faithfully reproduced models of a typical post-war living room have struck a nostalgic chord that now looks set to reverberate worldwide."

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