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
9 years ago
Nice.
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