Year of the Rat 2008 - Page 2

Here are a number of images from temples and shops in Nara, and Osaka.

Many people like to make their own New Year postcards but here are a selection of pre-printed ones.

This was the backdrop for a fish tank in the Sky Building in Umeda, Osaka.

A good luck charm from Todaiji Temple in Nara.

A rat sitting on a grain sack in a souvenir goods shop in Nara.

This rat is from the same souvenir shop in Nara.

This rat was sitting in a window display of an antique shop in Nara.

A festive scene model from the Sky Building in Osaka displaying the 12 zodiac animals

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