Reverse fetish: the Miffy museum

Since I’m on holiday I went to the Dick Bruna museum with my wife and son last Tuesday. The small tribute museum to the creator of Miffy (aka Nijntje in Holland) is surely a lot of fun for kids and …. Japanese girls aged between 20 and 30!

Yep, about 50% of the visitors (not counting all the parents!) were Japanese girls (and their spouses) going wild over the large Miffy collection and leaving behind several colouring pages for Mr. Bruna, like this one:

WTF: Miffy colouring page
I sure think it is another one of those reverse fetishes: I certainly would visit the Sega Megapolis and the Ghibli museum in Japan, just like these girls visit the Miffy museum whenever they are in Holland! 😉