1. Neko chiguraNeko Chigura or Neko Tsugura is a kind of cat house made of straw in Japan. It is a folk craft of Sekikawa, Niigata, or Akiyamago. It is called "Neko-chigura" in Sekikawa, and "Neko-tsugura" in Akiyamago. Chigura or tsugura is written as "稚座" in kanji, and means basket in a dialect of Niigata. There is the custom to enter the infant in the basket made of rice straw in Niigata where is a rice granary and it is a side business in the winter season in snowbound Niigata.
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