A small shrine at Akihabara

The Akihabara area of Tokyo is well known for its cheap electronics and gadgets. I went there yesterday and came across this tiny shrine to a raccoon-like creature (the Japanese have several mythological creatures they often tell tales of like our bigfoote, yeti and lockness monster). I have a sake bottle at home of this little guy.

The washing area

A small nook with a prayer figure
The Raccoon shrine


Close-up of the guardian figures, just like the sake bottle at home- A close-up of the seramic figures inside the shrine (thats a money grate in front. You can donate towards the upkeep of the shrine)-


I wonder if the creator of the animation "Ren and Stimpy" was sitting at this very shrine, smoking a cigarette (Like a lot of businessmen at the shrine today. It seems that the cigarette is contemplated more often than this poor raccoon!), when he looked up and saw proto Ren-