A Suitcase that Really Goes

A friend and I recently walked into a Sanrio store, where I noticed a suitcase with not two but four wheels on its base. Of course an empty suitcase will roll easily across a tiled floor, but I could tell that the suitcase also met with less resistance because the "additional" two wheels allowed it a greater range of movement. According to my friend, such suitcases are common in Japan. I'm not sure why such suitcases haven't crossed over to the United States, at least not in any way that I've noticed. But I think these suitcases would make life a little easier at the airport (where I always seem to be flying out of the gate farthest away from check-in).

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