The Natsumi Clinic in the Japanese capital Tokyo fixes about 100 stuffed toys every month. Owners who just cannot bring themselves to throw away their childhood companions turn to clinic founder Natsumi Hakozaki who is able to breathe new life into well-loved stuffed toys using needle and thread, as well as spas with a special soap. The clinic, with six “doctors” on staff, is one of only two stuffed toy repairers in Japan. Yui Kato, who recently went to the clinic with a plush sheep doll she…