Tanuki may refer to: Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus or Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), a mammal native to Japan Bake-danuki, a type...

Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, たぬき), is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It is one of...

Pom Poko (Japanese: 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, Hepburn: Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko, lit. 'Heisei-era Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko') is a 1994 Japanese animated fantasy film...

Japan, commonly associated with the Japanese raccoon dog or tanuki. Although the tanuki is a real, extant animal, the bake-danuki that appears in literature...

Shibaemon-tanuki, or Shibaemon-danuki (芝右衛門狸 or 柴右衛門狸) is a bake-danuki told in the legends of Awaji island, Hyōgo Prefecture. Along with Danzaburou-danuki...

Tanuki-bayashi (狸囃子) is a strange phenomenon of sound, told about in legends across Japan. In the middle of the night, they are musical sounds like flutes...

Lake Tanuki (田貫湖, Tanuki-ko) is a lake near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is located in the city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, and is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu...

which a tanuki is the villain, rather than the more usual boisterous, well-endowed alcoholic. As the story goes, a man caught a troublesome tanuki in his...

literally "Bunbuku tea-kettle" is a Japanese folktale or fairy tale about a tanuki (raccoon dog), that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer...

is a folk tale of a phantom/counterfeit/ghost steam train involving the tanuki. Such tales were widespread by 1910, and folklorist Kizen Sasaki commented...

Tanuki was a Japanese restaurant and bar in Portland, Oregon. The business operated from 2008 to 2019. The Japanese restaurant Tanuki initially operated...

Shichihenge tanuki goten (七変化狸御殿), lit. "Quick Change Tanuki Palace"), is a 1954 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tatsuo Ohsone. Hibari Misora...

Yashima no Hage-tanuki (屋島の禿狸) is a Bake-danuki (化け狸, Supernatural raccoon dog), who appears in the legends of Yashima, Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. He...

The Awa Tanuki Gassen (阿波狸合戦) (also called the Awa no Tanuki Gassen (阿波の狸合戦) or the Kinchō Tanuki Gassen (金長狸合戦)) is a Japanese legend that takes place...

The Awa no Tanuki Festival (阿波の狸まつり) is a festival held each year in early November in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. The Awa no Tanuki festival...

In Japanese folklore, tanuki (狸, alternatively タヌキ), are shape-changing tricksters inspired by the Japanese raccoon dog. Tanuki bonsai are sometimes known...

Omae, Tanuki ni Naranē ka? (お前、タヌキにならねーか？, lit. 'Would you like to be a tanuki?') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomo Nagawa. It...

him and tears its chest open. Tanuki and Rabbit: A man catches a tanuki and tells his wife to cook it in a stew. The tanuki begs the wife not to cook him...

to the Japanese badger, but traditionally to the Japanese raccoon dog (tanuki), causing confusion. Adding to the confusion, it may also refer to the introduced...

Nag and Yuxa (snake) Myrmidons (ant) Pipa Jing (jade pipa) Selkie (seal) Tanuki (racoon dog) Toyotama-hime (crocodile or shark) Tsuru Nyōbō (crane) Ala...

Operetta tanuki goten) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki or Japanese...

okonomiyaki. Hot plain soba and udon with added tenkasu are called tanuki-soba and tanuki-udon (haikara-soba and haikara-udon in Kansai region). They are...

courtesan to beguile Emperor Konoe. Tanuki The Japanese raccoon dog. In folklore, tanuki have the ability to shapeshift. Tanuki-bayashi A phenomenon where flutes...

Inugami Gyōbu (隠神刑部) or Gyōbu-danuki (刑部狸) is a bake-danuki (a monster tanuki) told about in legends passed down in Matsuyama, Iyo Province (now Ehime...

release 2 further solo albums, more in the acoustic folk vein on the Tanuki Tanuki label (set up by former La's A&R man and his then manager Jona Cox.)...

Kyoto, humans live in the city while tanuki roam the earth and tengu roam the sky. The story surrounds a family of tanuki, the Shimogamo family. They have...

kitsune-foxes (or perhaps the "fox spirits") can bewitch people, just like the tanuki they have the ability to shapeshift into human or other forms, and to trick...

with the Shibaemon-tanuki of Awaji Island, and the Yashima no Hage-tanuki of Kagawa Prefecture, they form the "three famous tanuki" of Japan. The supreme...

shichimi tōgarashi (mixed chili powder). Haikara soba (ハイカラ蕎麦, modern soba) : Tanuki soba Kake soba 掛け蕎麦: Hot soba in broth topped with thinly sliced scallion...

1988 film My Neighbor Totoro, is a giant spirit inspired by raccoon dogs (tanuki) and cats (neko). Among the studio's highest-grossing films are Princess...