Category: Animals

Tanuki Statues

Posted by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Animals, Dolls and Sculpture, Traditional Japan | 6 |

Stag Beetle

Posted by Ed | Last updated Nov 14, 2017 | Animals | 2 |

Dog and Boy

Posted by Ed | Last updated Jan 2, 2018 | Animals, Dolls and Sculpture, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region | 1 |

Gucci Dog

Posted by Ed | Last updated Dec 25, 2017 | Animals, Fashion | 0 |

Space Dolphins

Posted by Ed | Last updated Nov 21, 2017 | Animals, Pop Culture | 0 |

Cicada Skins

Posted by Ed | Last updated Aug 15, 2017 | Animals, Nature | 0 |

Man and Dog

by Ed | Last updated Feb 19, 2018 | Animals | 1 |

Man and dog by the seawall at Kadena in Okinawa. _

Eating Takako

by Ed | Last updated Feb 4, 2018 | Animals, Food | 1 |

A month or so ago, I received some Matsuzaka beef as a present, and was surprised to get this...

Dog and Boy

by Ed | Last updated Jan 2, 2018 | Animals, Dolls and Sculpture, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region | 1 |

Cute statue outside shop in Kyoto. _

Gucci Dog

by Ed | Last updated Dec 25, 2017 | Animals, Fashion | 0 |

70,000 yen dog jacket by Gucchi_

Space Dolphins

by Ed | Last updated Nov 21, 2017 | Animals, Pop Culture | 0 |

Space dolphins! This is at once the best and worst painting I have ever seen in my life....

Stag Beetle

by Ed | Last updated Nov 14, 2017 | Animals | 2 |

This stag beetle imported from Vietnam costs around $2,500 dollars U.S. Beetle collecting is a...

Cicada Skins

by Ed | Last updated Aug 15, 2017 | Animals, Nature | 0 |

Cicada skin. Editor’s note: this post was originally published in March 2008 and has been...

Japanese Bobtail

by Ed | Last updated Aug 10, 2017 | Animals | 2 |

A Japanese bobtail cat. The short tail is natural, by the way. Editor’s note: this post was...

Tanuki Statues

by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Animals, Dolls and Sculpture, Traditional Japan | 6 |

A tanuki is a raccoon dog, an Asian animal that, although it looks like a raccoon, is actually a...

Beetle Lady

by Ed | Last updated Jul 29, 2017 | Animals, Jobs | 1 |

A 10,000 yen kuwagata (stag beetle) at a shop near Mino park in Osaka. The shop owner refers to...

Groin Groin

by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Animals, Fashion, Kids and Toys | 12 |

Japanese pigs say “buu buu.” I guess someone thinks that English ones say, “Groin, groin.”

Kasai Rinkai Park

by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Animals, Nature, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Travel Destinations | 5 |

There’s a lot more to Tokyo parks than just Yoyogi and Shinjuku-gyoen. Kasai Rinkai Koen is a seaside park on the edge of Tokyo Bay between Odaiba and Tokyo Disneyland. It’s the largest park in central Tokyo, and is...

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