By YUSUKE NISHIMURA/ Staff Writer
October 4, 2020 at 08:00 JST
This Choro-Q, manufactured to advertise the 2013 “Shikinen Sengu” (periodical renewal) ritual of Ise Jingu, imitates a float for hauling wood to be used for rebuilding the Shinto shrine’s sanctuary buildings.
A boy growing up in Japan in the 1980s would have been tickled pink to get his hands on a Choro-Q toy car, also known as Penny Racers. [Read More]
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