リスナー情報コーナー(水) 買ってよかった！イチ押しアイテム図鑑:COCOSORA パーカーハンガー(株式会社小久保工業所)

How Have You Been Drying Your Hoodie's Hood?

As autumn deepens, hoodies see more and more use — but drying them after a wash is a persistent headache, especially around the hood, where overlapping fabric traps moisture. Su-san (スーさん) shared her own workaround: draping the hoodie belly-first over a window rail and stretching the back of the neck outward. Even so, she admitted that some overlap always remained. Staff member Sugi-chan's approach was to hook the hood over a neighboring hanger to create a gap and let air circulate.

Purpose-built hoodie hangers do exist on the market, but they come with familiar drawbacks: they hold only one garment at a time, they tend to wander off and get lost, and they break. It was precisely these frustrations that led Osaka listener 'Burizanmai' (ブリザンマイ) to recommend this week's featured item on Jane Su: Seikatsu wa Odoru.

Structure and How to Use the COCOSORA Hoodie Hanger

The COCOSORA Hoodie Hanger, made by Kokubo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (株式会社小久保工業所), is a two-piece accessory: a white hook and a light-blue panel measuring approximately 23.5 cm tall by 15 cm wide. The light-blue panel has a vertical slot running through it.

Using it takes four steps. First, hang the white hook on a drying rod. Second, hang the hoodie on an ordinary hanger you already own. Third, thread that hanger's hook down through the slot in the light-blue panel, creating a hanger-on-hanger arrangement. Fourth, clip the hoodie's hood into the snap clip (patchin) at the bottom of the panel. The hood fans out to either side, opening up a drying space around the back of the neck.

Tried Live in the Studio

Su-san and staff bought the item at Seria and assembled it on the spot in the studio. Even with a thick, heavy hoodie, the hood spread open without any trouble. Su-san let out an enthusiastic "Ta-daa!" and the compliments kept coming: "This is wonderful," "I want three of these," "¥110 — I can't believe it — I want to buy ten and hand them out to everyone I know."

What impressed the team most was the sheer simplicity: clip it onto a hanger you already have and you're done. Because the snap clip accommodates both small children's hoodies and large adult ones, it works even when an entire family is washing matching hoodies at the same time. Su-san and staff both emphasized how important the item becomes as indoor-drying season approaches — not only for faster drying but for preventing the musty odor that builds up in a damp hood. They added, half-laughing, that "humans were never meant to live packed this tightly together, so indoor laundry smell is just something we have to deal with."

The COCOSORA Hoodie Hanger is available at Seria (100-yen shop) for ¥110 (tax included). Following the recommendation, the character "Ha" (ハ — for hanger) was added to the show's running Item Encyclopedia.

Coming Up: Onigiri Week

From Monday, October 19, for four days, the show will broadcast a special series called "Seikatsu wa Onigiri de Odoru" (Life Dances with Onigiri). In connection with the series, the Wednesday Best-Item Corner is now collecting listener recommendations for onigiri-related goods — triangle onigiri molds, films that keep nori and rice separated during transport, lunch bags, and anything else tied to onigiri. Submit your pick with the manufacturer name, product name, and your key selling point to [email protected]. Non-onigiri best-item recommendations are also still welcome.