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John Kirby

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What everyone needs un their Garden!
« on: March 09, 2014, 09:28 PM »
Thanks Yourozen.


Tanuki!
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2014, 10:57 PM »
I saw that on their eBay shop for months. I seriously can't believe you bought it, John. I kept threatening my girlfriend that I was going to purchase it for the garden(she loathes raccoons). That thing's boobs are pretty realistic if I remember the listing. The whole thing is slightly creepy.
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Joshua Hanzman

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Re: What everyone needs un their Garden!
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2014, 11:07 PM »
That raccoon's deadwood is hanging out!!!
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Re: What everyone needs un their Garden!
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2014, 11:16 PM »
This is quite funny John.
Me and my wife were in Japan in the spring of this year and it was wonderful. After a few weeks I had seen yaki everywhere. Hard to find to buy. Anyway found one brought him home with big balls and all and there he sits in our entrance garden, what a beauty.
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Re: What everyone needs un their Garden!
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2014, 12:58 AM »
Love tanuki ! I couldn't agree more. Here is mine, a picture from this time last year.
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Owen Reich

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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2014, 01:13 AM »
I only have the less endowed female Tanuki at the moment.  There's a city east of Kyoto where almost all of them are made.  I'll dig up some photos.  That's a nice albino one  :).
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2014, 04:44 AM »
 :D  I watched "Raccoon Nation". I saw how raccoons devastate the ancient temples in Japan.

Please explain.

 First i thought it was a turkey. Why the sombreros?  And more just a plain old wtf?

NYC is jealous over how those Balls Dropped! 

My wife would let me keep a real raccoon in the house before looking at that scary ass little
Mexican Turkey Flasher! Just look at that little root over rocks!
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John Kirby

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Re: What everyone needs un their Garden!
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2014, 09:20 AM »
Owen,

I have looked for one for a long time, this one is a Shigeraki made piece, fun will end up by a bonsai bench. Is a lot bigger than I expected.
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Re: What everyone needs un their Garden!
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2014, 11:43 AM »
Here is a picture of a  taxidermy  tanuki i found inside the office at Daiju-en Bonsai Garden (i think)

Also for tanuki lovers, Let's welcome Tanukies back to Tokyo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITPek50QFDA#action=share
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« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2014, 12:02 AM »
That is too funny  ;D.  I've done some stupid stuff in Japan but that took some real effort to stage....

After a multiple year and exhaustive search, this one won in Kyoto.  In Shigaraki City, there is a building that looks like a Tanuki but haven't been yet.
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John Kirby

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« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2014, 12:29 AM »
It would be hard to ship that one back. No EMS for sure.
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« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2014, 07:34 PM »
This is my favorite no matter the endowment at Daisen-in Temple in Kyoto.  It is a robed one that has an evil face and a hood.  The older ones have tusks coming from their lower jaw.

Oh, and above the Tanuki it says "Beware of wolves in monk's robes".  I love Zen Buddhism.
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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2014, 08:48 PM »
Ever see studio ghibli's Pom Poko? The main characters are tanuki, if you like the lore you would probably like the movie, all ghibli movies are fantastic....

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