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The Japanese “pet boom” can be traced back to 2003 where it was estimated that the combined number of cats and dogs in Japan have outnumbered the number of children. [19] The estimated number of pets and children under 16 in Japan was 19.2 and 17.9 million respectively in 2003, and 23.2 million to 17 million in 2009.
Cute Japanese Dog Names. Modern Japan has an entire pop cultural phenomenon centered around the concept of "kawaii," or "cute." You can see "kawaii culture" exemplified everywhere from Japanese ...
1. Akita. These powerful pups hold a special place in Japanese culture. Gifting new parents with an Akita figurine when a child is born is a popular way to wish the youngster happiness and long life.
Dogs were given as gifts among lovers and kept as pets, guardians, and for hunting. Dogs were appreciated by the Greeks for their faith and love. Homer's Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus, who raised a dog called Argos, and who was the only one that recognized him when he returned home after his travels, disguised to conceal his appearance ...
The phenomenon of inugami spiritual possession was a kojutsu (also called "kodō" or "kodoku", a greatly feared ritual for employing the spirits of certain animals) that was already banned in the Heian period that was thought to have spread throughout the population, and it was known to involve cutting off the head of a starving dog and burying the dog at a crossroads to inflame its grudges as ...
Dogs may be man's best friend -- but not if that man is mean to their owner. Japanese researchers learned that dogs don't like people who behave negatively towards their owner and may not even ...
A small-to-medium breed, it is the smallest of the six original dog breeds native to Japan. [1] Its name literally translates to "brushwood dog", as it is used to flush game. A small, alert, and agile dog that copes very well with mountainous terrain and hiking trails, the Shiba Inu was originally bred for hunting.
The Okuri-inu (送り犬) (literally, 'escorting dog') is a kind of yōkai.There are stories of the okuri-inu from the Tōhoku region to Kyushu, but depending on the area it can be a wolf not a dog, and there are numerous differences in its behaviour.