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It will be Year of the Monkey next year. By the way, I was born in Year of the Monkey. I bought a sexagenarian cycle Dharma doll of monkey today. Because “monkey” and “to leave” are pronounced “saru” in Japanese, we have believed that monkeys make evils to leave. This way, monkeys have been said to be divine messengers. Monkey performance is believed to bring luck and the monkey showman wears red clothes with white plum blossoms, whose colors are said to express happiness. The small monkey appearing in the photograph us omikuji, a random fortunes. When you pull the string attached to the base, a fortune written of a strip of paper comes out.

In addition, I bought Ebisu rake decoration. The rake is said to rake up all the lucks. Ebisu, the Japanese god of fishermen and luck, is on Takarabune treasure ship on the rake. Ebisu fishes sea breams with shrimps, which implies that he can get a big return from a small investment. Not only that, I bought a Japanese oval gold coin, a full house charm, a good luck arrow and a dice. The black beckoning cat is said to be a symbol of a talisman against evil and good luck. A lot of bringers of good luck are collected and are very gorgeous. In addition, I bought a Japanese towel because the design of the towel was funny with Three wise monkeys that embody the proverbial principle, "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". The New Year is in about one month. I am thinking about sending a letter with these souvenirs to Kevin and his family in U.S.A.