Hiroi Michiaki: This is a tanuki.

Mrs. Hiroi: Yeah.

Hiroi: How much should I… he’s hard to explain, huh. Hahahaha. In old [stories, the tanuki’s testicles] were really big. Hahaha. [The top] becomes a balancing toy (yajirobee). This is pretty funny.

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