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 ...
Importing a Japanese dogfromJapan has its own challenges as well. You'll have your work cut out for you in terms of finding a breeder first of all willing to export their dog overseas, let alone to someone who's not Japanese. They're Japanese dogs so many Japanese breeders want to keep...