In Japan, Tosas only weigh between 35 and 60 kilograms, while outside of Japan, breeders have selected them so that they weigh up to about 100 kilograms. They have short coats, reddish, blocky heads, and a thick, muscular neck. Although they do not drool as much as some big dogs, th...
She is especially honored by the horse breeders in northern Japan. Nowadays you even find bicycles in front of the many stone votive statues to Batō on waysides. There is also a version with the head of an ox (Gotō Kannon 牛頭観音) or a pig (Tontō Kannon 豚頭観音). There is ...