Are Tanukis Pastafarians?

But there is more to the tanuki story! For you see, in Japan they have become legendary creatures and cultural icons. From Wikipedia: Tanuki have been part of Japanese myth since ancient times. The mythical tanuki is reputed to be mischievous and jolly, a master of disguise and shapeshifting, but somewhat gullible and absent-minded. WARNING: [...]

Friday Tanuki Blogging

The animals to the left are tanuki, or more scientifically, Nyctereutes procyonoides. Prosaically they are raccoon dogs. They come in six subspecies. * N. p. procyonoides — Asia * N. p. koreensis — Korea * N. p. orestes — Yunnan * N. p. ussuriensis — Russia * N. p. viverrinus — Japan (Honshu,Shikoku and Kyushu) [...]