I saw my first Tanuki (狸 or タヌキ). It ran in front of the car on the way to the beach. I am glad I got to see one, even if it was just briefly, because the Tanuki has been part of Japanese folklore for centuries. One of the dances at the Fox Festival had the children dressed up as Tanuki with saki gourdes. In the legends they are mischievous and masters of disguise and shape shifting. Though they are also gullible and absent minded.
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