maneki-neko
If you’re looking for a cute way to bring in good luck, this unique manekineko mold might be what you’re looking for.
Like the samurai lord who visited 400 years ago, we get beckoned to this suburban temple by its feline charm.
Startled reactions from anyone who sees them not specifically mentioned by manufacturer, but can be assumed as a side-effect of “the ultimate tag team.”
The lucky day on Japan’s calendar brings fortune to cat lovers everywhere with kitties posing in figurine-like positions!
In Japan, you’ll often find a statue of a cat with a single upraised paw in front of or inside places of business. Called a maneki neko, or “beckoning cat,” the manner in which it’s posed is the traditional way to call someone over to you in Japan, and the statues are said to help draw customers, and their money, into your shop or restaurant.
That’s not to say that anyone takes the superstition that seriously, though. It’s sort of a cuter, feline version of hanging a horseshoe on the wall for good luck. And besides, it’s not like we’ve ever seen a cat actually beckoning someone like that, anyway.
At least, we hadn’t until now.
A male teacher from a public school in Hiroshima City is in trouble for the implementation of a bizarre, and disputably inappropriate, classroom rule involving making his students pose and have their picture taken in front of the entire class.