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Showing posts with label roof. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roof. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Monday, February 9, 2015
Sometimes a Real Dog Is on the Roof of an Okinawan Home
We all get used to seeing the clay statues on the tiled roofs around here.
Those are called Shisa and, they are supposed to ward off evil, protecting the homes.
Walking the back roads of Kin Town, I met this character.
It wasn't some sort of lucky charm, used to scare wicked things away.
These folks have a real live dog on the roof, to warn them when someone approaches.
How many homes in your neighborhood are equipped with alarms like that ?
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