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Tokyo’s Gotoku-ji
The Birthplace of Japan’s Maneki Neko
5 min readMay 22, 2020
If you’ve spent any time on the Gram and follow accounts related to Japan, chances are high that you’ve seen the topic of today’s article at one point or another. Known as Gotoku-ji, this quaint temple is famous online for its large collection of maneki neko (those beckoning cat statues that you’ll…