Cat with coins

I bought this cat from Kinokuniya (a Japanese bookstore chain). The cat is holding a Koban (小判) which is a  traditional Japanese gold coin. The words on the cat say "sufficient in wealth".

Fortune beckoning cat

Success cat

The characters on the cat say "to succeed in all of one's wishes".

Sleeping cat

A maneki-neko sleeping on its pillow. The characters on the cat says "fortune dream maneki".

Guest beckoning cat

I found this cat at a souvenir shop at Tokyo Narita Airport. On the cat is written a four character idiom (known as yojijukugo in Japanese and chenyu in Chinese) that says to have guests arrive in large numbers.

About this blog

Maneki-Neko (招き猫), which means "fortune beckoning cat" are Japanese cat figurines that are believed to attract good fortune. I collect Maneki-Neko as a hobby and this blog features pictures of the cats I have.