Do you know which animal of the Chinese Zodiac is your year? Mine is Year of the rat. In Japan people often send New Year post card featuring illustrations of the current year's animal, but you can also see them represented in other places around Japan. I found these cute statues at Shoun-ji in Machida when I visited there to enjoy plum blossoms.
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Zodiac Statues at a Buddhist Temple
All 12 Chinese zodiac animals feature in a cute line-up

By Cathy Cawood
Community writer

Year of the monkey

Year of the sheep

Year of the horse

Year of the snake

Year of the dragon

Year of the rabbit

Year of the tiger

Year of the ox

Year of the rat

Year of the dog

Year of the pig

Year of the chicken

The statues are lined up along the main path at the front of the temple

Shoun-ji is not well known, but it is quite pretty
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Relinda Puspita
8 years ago
Nice.
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