curious cat

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Originally uploaded by N & M.

This pic taken by my father.
When he went to Grand Shrine of Ise with my mother and sister, he found this curious cat doll on a street corner near the Shrine.

Small cats of the backdrop is ”beckoning cats”. Of course, they looked familiar in Japan. But I've never seen this kind of big and curious cat.
Reading from the notice board, it says that ....
"煙管(tobacco pipe) / 一服(taking a draw on pipe) １００円(100yen)".
Hmmmm.
So this big cat is holding a pipe. And I think this cat is a poster cat of this shop. I feel fairly sure that this cat can catch people walking.

I want to see the real thing !!!!