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Nemuri-neko ( 眠り猫 or 眠猫, "sleeping cat", from nemuri, "sleeping/peaceful" and neko, "cat") is a famous wood carving by Hidari Jingorō (左甚五郎の作) located in the East corridor at Tōshō-gū Shrine (日光東照宮) in Nikkō, Japan . The Japanese sleeping cat is modeled after the famous crouching nemurineko [clarification ...
Box office. ¥0.9 billion. ($11.4 million) Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (released in Japan as simply Nemo (ニモ, Nimo) and credited in some territories as Little Nemo) is a 1989 animated musical fantasy film directed by Masami Hata and William Hurtz. [1] Based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay, the film ...
The Japanese share superstitions with other Asian cultures, particularly the Chinese, with whom they share significant historical and cultural ties. The unluckiness of the number four is one such example, as the Japanese word for "four" 四 romaji: shi is a homophone for "death" kanji: 死. The same is true for Chinese, hanzi: 死 pinyin: sǐ ...
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Storiesalso known in Japan as Yami Shibai(闇芝居, Yami Shibai, lit. Dark Play)and Theater of Darknessis a Japanese animeseries. The first season was directed by Tomoya Takashima, with scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto and produced by ILCA. Each episode was animated to mimic the kamishibaimethod of story-telling.
A kotatsu ( Japanese: 炬燵 or こたつ) is a low, wooden table frame covered by a futon, or heavy blanket, upon which a table top sits. Underneath is a heat source, formerly a charcoal brazier but now electric, often built into the table itself. [ 1] Kotatsu are used almost exclusively in Japan, although similar devices for the same purpose ...
The monkey carries the bunny around everywhere, and the bunny doesn't mind it at all! Fera Flix shared a video on Instagram on Friday, July 19th of MiuMiu putting Nana in bed for a nap. The little ...
song) " Memory " is a show tune composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Trevor Nunn based on poems by T. S. Eliot. It was written for the 1981 musical Cats, where it is sung primarily by the character Grizabella as a melancholic remembrance of her glamorous past and as a plea for acceptance. "Memory" is the climax of the musical and by ...
Maneki-neko. Maneki-neko with motorized arm beckons customers to buy lottery tickets in Tokyo, Japan. The maneki-neko (招き猫, lit. 'beckoning cat') is a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. In modern times, they are usually made of ceramic or plastic. The figurine depicts a cat, traditionally a ...