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good luck.

A classic Maneki Neko looks like Japanese bobtail cats with a calico coat

They are often called “waving cats” in English because of the position of the paw, but in Japan, this gestures used to beckon someone toward you.

7 years to your life, eating two adds 14 years

monk who founded Zen Buddhism.

They are most popular at the beginning of the year.

They are traditionally sold with no eyes.

by shrines are often decorated with the Japanese zodiac symbol of the current year and it's thought to be bad luck to hold on to them after the year ends

Japan.

The energetic movement of Koinobori in the wind is thought to represent a healthy childhood. They are traditionally placed by rivers and in front of the homes of families with children.

predictions.

They are available at shrines and temples in return for a small donation

If the fortune is good, you keep it and hang on to your luck.

If the prophecy is bad, you tie the strip up on a wire or string at the shrine with the others and leave the bad luck behind you.

mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the tortoise)

It’s believed that completing all 1,000 of them will grant the owner a wish

Senbazuru have become a symbol of healing and hope.

popular abbreviation for the phase "kitto katsu", meaning "a sure win."

Red has always been considered an auspicious color in Japan.

The chocolate became a popular gift for students around exam time, and many still associate it with luck and good fortune.

considered bad luck to open it and peek inside.

There are charms for good grades, good fortune in business or love, and even for a healthy pregnancy and delivery.

shrines for good favor, Over time this was transferred to a wooden boards with a picture of a horse, and later still to the various wooden boards

Once inscribed with a wish, Ema are hung at the shrine until they are ritually burned at special events, symbolic of the liberation of the wish from the writer