I’m a mosquito magnet. I step outside for two seconds with an inch of bare skin, and bam, big red bite. Worse, I go to sleep with my windows closed, my room newly clean, and I wake up with bites. What’s going on?! To repel the sneaky invaders at home, I’ve finally purchased the quintessential Japanese bug zapper: a mosquito coil. I also got a cute little pig container to put it in, just to make repulsing my night time attackers more fun. Mosquito coils are essentially sticks of incense shaped in a spiral, and slowly burn in toward the center. The smoke they let off repels bugs. They also make my room smell like a temple, but for no more mystery bites in the morning, I’ll take it. If you have the same problem, pick up mosquito coils at your local 100 yen shop or a Tokyu Hands, and see if you can find an adorable pig for them too.