Takara's Koedachan "Apple House" toy

You may not know it but for a couple of years I started a small toy collection. Every once in a while I bought a new toy that grabs my attention and I decided to share with you my latest purchase. I called it "Apple House" because the packaging is in Japanese and I at the moment of buying it I had no idea who the characters are were. I made a short video where you can see the toy in action. You can also get a more detailed view of both the toy and its packaging here.
rThe toy uses a mechanical/magnetic system similar to the one use in music boxes that include dancing ballerinas. The little girl figurine included a magnet on her feet so if you turn the pink flower on the top you can make her walk around the house. She will walk from the tea table towards the bed and, how cute is this, she'll fall sleep. By rotating the wheel on the other direction, she "wakes up" and walks back to the table.
rThere is another figurine that looks like a squirrell to me. It cannot walk but can both sit by the girl's bed and has its own bed on the bottom of the toy.
rIt is an extremely detailed, beautifully crafted toy. The packaging shows a second, redhead girl figurine, which makes me think that this is part of a set. The bottom of the toy shows (C) 2004 Takara. It's made in China but the packaging is in Japanese. The original website printed in the pack is www.takaratoys.co.jp but it seems that since then the company may have been bought by Tomy because now you get re-directed to TakaraTomy.co.jp.
rIt seems that the characters or show is called Koedachan. You can also play a set of short, cute Flash games. It seems that you can also buy larger doll houses. And here you can get a description (in Japanese of course) of all the characters. It seems that I was right and this is part of a set: here is a list of multiple similar Koedachan little doll houses including the one that I bought.