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Tokyo’s Gotoku-ji

The Birthplace of Japan’s Maneki Neko

Donny Kimball
5 min readMay 22, 2020

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Tokyo’s Gotoku-ji temple with hundreds of white maneki neko effigies in front of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy

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…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/