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Oh, this is a sad day: our favorite Japanese pillow store (okay, so it's the only Japanese pillow store we've ever been to) is closing! Mogu has occupied a large storefront on Elizabeth Street south of Houston for more than a year-- we've often wondered how many powder-bead filled pillows they'd have to sell each month to cover than rent. The answer, we suppose, is a lot more than they actually did sell. Their loss is your gain, however, because at 85% off, you could get pillows starting at about $3. If you're too lazy to trek out to NoLIta in a snowstorm, you can pay their normal prices at the Mogu online store, or at Amazon. Seriously-- these really are nice pillows!