"Cosme Kitchen," a natural and organic select shop run by Mash Beauty Lab Inc., will release a holiday collection in collaboration with picture-book author Rei Kurahashi. It was announced on October 7.
The first release is the "ENGLISH TEA SHOP ＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Holiday Tea Collection," on sale Sunday, November 1, 2026, and the second is items such as a handkerchief and hand cream, on sale Tuesday, December 1. The collection's theme is "A Little Something."
The first release, on sale November 1, is a Holiday Tea Collection assorting three teas
The first release, the "ENGLISH TEA SHOP ＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Holiday Tea Collection," is black tea in limited packaging created in collaboration with Rei Kurahashi. It assorts three teas, "Christmas Ceylon," "English Breakfast," and the caffeine-free "Rooibos Tea," in a pack of 12 bags. The price is ¥2,376 (tax included).
The packages, which are illustrated with three different designs, can also be hung as Christmas tree ornaments by threading a string through them (string not included), according to the company.
The second release, on sale December 1, ranges from a small gift to a handkerchief, hand cream and honey
The second release consists of four items. The "＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Holiday Tea Collection Mini" is a small gift of two kinds of tea in an illustrated drawstring pouch, with 2 kinds x 4 bags each for ¥1,728 (tax included). A caffeine-free set will also be offered.
The "＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Handkerchief" is a large organic cotton piece measuring 50 cm x 50 cm. It comes in two types, DARK BROWN with a cat in socks and RED with a cat in a red sweater and a black cat, priced at ¥1,980 (tax included).
The "＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Aromatic Hand Cream (Herbal Floral scent)" is ¥1,540 (tax included). It contains avocado oil, baobab seed oil, macadamia seed oil, white tremella polysaccharide and Suizenji nori polysaccharide (all moisturizing ingredients), and comes in a tin designed by Rei Kurahashi. The company says the tin can be used as a small-item holder after the cream is used up.
The "＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Hyakunen Honey TA5+ 180 g" is leatherwood honey harvested in the World Heritage forests of Tasmania, Australia, in a limited-edition bottle with a collaboration design. The price is ¥2,376 (tax included). The company explains that the honey is collected from the flowers of leatherwood trees more than 100 years old and extracted at a low temperature.
Advance reservations for the second release open November 11 on the WEB STORE
At the MASH GO GREEN STORE (Mash Beauty Lab's official WEB STORE), advance reservations for the second-release items will be accepted from 10:00 on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 to 9:59 on Tuesday, November 24. Pre-orders are not accepted at Cosme Kitchen, Biople or Biop stores nationwide, and reservations are for the second-release items only. The special landing page will open at 10:00 on Wednesday, November 11.
Prices, release dates and where to buy the Rei Kurahashi collection
- Product names:
- First release: ENGLISH TEA SHOP ＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Holiday Tea Collection (12 bags) ¥2,376 (tax included)
- Second release: ＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Holiday Tea Collection Mini / same (caffeine-free) (2 kinds x 4 bags each) ¥1,728 (tax included)
- Second release: ＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Handkerchief (DARK BROWN / RED) ¥1,980 (tax included)
- Second release: ＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Aromatic Hand Cream (Herbal Floral scent) ¥1,540 (tax included)
- Second release: ＜Kurahashi Rei＞ Hyakunen Honey TA5+ 180 g ¥2,376 (tax included)
- Release dates: First release Sunday, November 1, 2026 / Second release Tuesday, December 1, 2026
- Advance reservations (second release only): 10:00 on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 to 9:59 on November 24 (MASH GO GREEN STORE)
- Retailers (stores): Cosme Kitchen directly operated stores, Biople directly operated stores, Biop store (EATo LUMINE, inside the ticket gates at JR Shinjuku Station B1 floor (toward the West Ticket Gate), opens at 8:00)
- Retailers (online): MASH GO GREEN STORE (Mash Beauty Lab's official WEB STORE, sales start at 10:00), Rakuten Ichiba, ZOZOTOWN, MASH STORE, USAGI ONLINE
*Sales start according to each store's opening hours.
Rei Kurahashi is an illustrator and picture-book author active in cover art and illustrations for magazines and books. She excels at the world of retro foreign picture books and a distinctive color palette, and lives with her cats in Gifu Prefecture. "Cosme Kitchen" is a select shop that offers natural and organic cosmetics from around the world, along with aromas, herbal teas and general goods.
Image: courtesy of Mash Beauty Lab Inc. (©Rei Kurahashi/Gakken)
