If you're a cat lover, and are fond of Japan's beckoning lucky Maneki-Neko cat figurines, you should visit Gotokuji Temple, home of a thousand Maneki-Neko cats. But don't take any of them home with ...

Nationals catcher Jose Lobaton bought a gold cat figurine, known as a Maneki-neko, in San Francisco during the NLDS against the Giants last year and it quickly became a clubhouse hit.

Named maneki-neko in Japanese (literally “beckoning cat”), the figurine—true to its name and contrary to popular belief—is not actually waving. In Japan, unlike in Western cultures ...

What better way to ring in the new year than with [iSax Laboratories]’ charming little project that replaces a doorbell with a Maneki-Neko cat figurine to ring a physical bell? Details are ...

Maneki neko (literally, beckoning cats) have been bringing fortune and luck to people since at least 1852. We can pinpoint the date because that was the year ukiyo-e master Hiroshige Utagawa ...

The Maneki-Neko is most commonly linked to financial success. Many believe that keeping one of these cat figurines in a shop or in the office encourages customers to spend money, leading to ...

Fame followed the maneki-neko — “the beckoning cat” — that ... Some mourners decorated it with cat statues, and, as the figurines gained a following, merchants dating back to Japan ...

The celebrity chef told Ross that 477 of the cat figurines — which are inspired by the maneki-neko figurines often seen in Japanese restaurants — were stolen in the first week of operations ...

Ceramic maneki neko, or “welcoming cats,” at Gotokuji, a temple in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo that is dedicated to them. Visitors buy the figurines, scribble wishes on them and leave them on ...