Title
Signs for a lottery ticket booth
Description
In Japanese, "Takarakuji" means a lottery. "Loto" and "Numbers" are varieties of lotteries. The right sign shows that someone who had bought lottery tickets won 300 million yen including subprizes. The name of this lottery ticket booth is "Kanazawa Sky Plaza Chance Center". There are many cats becasue the maneki-neko (welcoming cat, lucky cat, beckoning cat, fortune cat or so in English) is a common Japanese lucky charm which is often believed to bring good luck to the the owner.
Creator
Ludwig, Jeannette
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo.
Date
2010-06
Rights
Use for educational purposes only. Single copies (print, photocopy, download) are permitted for personal study, research and teaching.
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
ja
Type
Still Image
Identifier
psc001_psc2060
Coverage
Ishikawa-ken (Japan)
Kaga-shi (Japan)
Is Part Of
Welch-Ludwig Collection
PSC001
Collection
Citation
Ludwig, Jeannette, “Signs for a lottery ticket booth,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/79009.