'Beckoning cats' selling like hot cakes as general election nears

'Beckoning cats' selling like hot cakes as general election nears

OWARIASAHI, Japan - An employee at ceramic ware maker Tamazen in the city of Owariasahi in Aichi smiles alongside some of the company's hot-selling ''maneki neko'' -- decorative figures of beckoning cats believed to invite good fortune -- ahead of voting day in the Aug. 30 House of representatives election. The company is getting a rush of orders from election workers for the figures, decorated with leopard-skin marks, to attract votes, called ''hyo'' in Japanese, the same pronunciation as another Japanese word meaning leopard.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001136518
  • Registered date
  • 2009/8/27 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2009 Kyodo News
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  • 2275 × 1889 pixel
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  • 240 dpi
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