Maneki-Neko

[minervasirius]

My parents run a business here. One of their friends gifted them with a Maneki-Neko.
Ours is this type.
Anyone here collects fortune cats?

[FoodieSam]

Hey, I've seen those! Don't they have some kind of history and meaning and stuff? Do you just have one? What else do you know about it?
I looked them up on Google, and there's so many different ones. Actually, someone I know did collect them, but only a certain type. She wanted all of the colours in a set or something, I don't know.

[Tara4Eva]

i have read that long ago, it is a good story.
it is japanese legend -

A long time ago, during the Edo period (17th Century) of Japan, there was a poverty stricken priest, who was the keeper of a run down Temple in the Western part of Tokyo. The kind priest shared what little food he had with his pet cat and companion Tama, whom he cared for despite his poverty. Life was very difficult for the priest. The cold winds whistled through the Temple and chilled his old bones, rain poured in through the dilapidated roof, and he ached with hunger and exhaustion, yet he always remained dedicated to his duties, and grateful for what little he had.

the rest of story is here -

[Tara4Eva]

I like the white color one.
Also those miniature lucky cats.