If it's Friday, I must be Tanuki?

[gurdymonkey]

Never thought of myself as a party animal, but there is a party in my imminent future. A bottle of Shirakami sake was acquired last night, as well as a 350 ML of the girly pink stuff, which turns out to be Hana Awaka, from Ozeki. It's the Kool Aid of sake.

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[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

Either emasculated or so fat that the belly obscures everything else. Pretty sad, isn't it?

[bovil.livejournal.com]

I've seen the practically spherical stylized tanuki statues, but I was able to find a pretty traditional one a few months ago.

They are a bit of a pain to find outside Japan, though.

[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

So where did you find a traditional one a few months ago? I was in Japan a few months ago and it didn't occur to me to buy a tanuki....silly, wasn't I?

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Ebay, from a seller up in Oakland, I think. $30 IIRC.

Around the same time I believe gurdymonkey found a similar (10" or so tall) statue at one of the Daiso shops cheaper.

[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

We've finally got a Daiso in southern California, somewhere in the northern part of San Diego and I'm going to be down there in about a month, so I'll check them out.
BTW, I got Japanese New Year's decorations at the Daiso in Daly City (gurdymonkey where you took me shopping)for about the same price as I paid for them in Nagoya last November.