GeGeGe no Klaus
Today’s “Santa sightings around Japan” a photo-essay series of the Mainichi featured the popular manga/anime character, “GeGeGe no Klaus.”
The Mainichi Daily News—…Popular manga character GeGeGe no Kitaro is pictured dressed in a Santa costume….
GeGeGe no Kitaro (Hakaba Kitarou) is a classic manga and anime by illustrator Shigeru Mizuki who popularized the folklore of the Yokai ghostly spirit-monsters. Kitaro, a Yokai, fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter—more on Wikipedia.
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December 14th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Geh Geh geh geh geh no geh…..
sounds like the beginning of the famous end of year vomiting season boke-bonenkai…where Kitaro must fight the inebriated J-folks against the wiles of that all-powerful monster youkai, simply known as Alcohol…and his sister, Alcoholism….