Lucky animals have always been popular in Japan. People pray for safe childbirth, family health and longevity, as well as for business prosperity and success…

If one lucky cat isn’t quite enough to increase your wealth, then how about a 1,000 of them? At the Sen no Maneki-neko Art Exhibition…

Japanese Twitter user and photographer @ttt_zegu952) seems to have a knack for capturing photos of wildlife such as deers and foxes frolicking in areas of…

If you’re a cat lover, and are fond of Japan’s beckoning lucky Maneki-Neko cat figurines, you should visit Gotokuji Temple, home of a thousand Maneki-Neko…

Cat lovers now have an extra reason to enjoy their tea breaks. A Japanese tea manufacturing company recently released Japan Cat Cafe, a brand of…

Just when it appeared Ocean Teabag may have had the cutest and quirkiest teabag series around with their giant squid and magical tanuki teabags, Japanese…

Even if you’ve never set foot in Japan, chances are you’ve probably seen a maneki-neko somewhere. They’re the standing cat figurines that often come in…

Whether you’re celebrating the beginning of a new year and a new decade, and wish to participate in the tradition upheld in Japan (and many…

You may remember the Neko Cup, a mold of a sleeping cat designed to turn beaches and parks into heaven for cat lovers. Now it…

This lucky cat is a familiar sight across the world, holding up his paw to invite customers and money into businesses. Source: © Grape Japan…

Valentine’s Day is a major occasion in Japan, with chocolate shops, chocolate manufacturers, pâtisseries, and chocolatiers all vying for customers’ attention with their latest creations….

If you have visited Japan and even if you haven’t, you’ve probably seen images of a Maneki-neko (literally, “beckoning cat”) statuette, a cat with one…

You probably don’t need to have visited Japan to be familiar with a Maneki Neko (Beckoning Cat)–a traditional Japanese figurine of a cat that is…