One can hardly see today but goldfish used to be sold in the goldfish scooping in the summer festival. Goldfish is a popular pattern for the children's summer kimono (Yukata).

A traditional pattern used octopus as a motif

One can hardly see today but goldfish used to be sold in the goldfish scooping in the summer festival. Goldfish is a popular pattern for the children's summer kimono (Yukata).

One of the traditional animal mascot, which can be rerely seen in the modern times. Crabs are symbolized for a talisman in some region.

One can hardly see today but goldfish used to be sold in the goldfish scooping in the summer festival. Goldfish is a popular pattern for the children's summer kimono (Yukata).

One of the traditional animal mascot, which can be rarely seen in the modern times. Crabs are symbolized for a talisman in some region.

Globefish (Fugu) looks a very lovely fish with such a balloon body. Although it is a fish, Fugu has eyelids and closes the eyes. A phrase "Who eat it or not eat it are both fool" expresses the great taste and thrill of its deadly poisonous liver and ovary. Shimonoseki is the most famous area for the Fugu catch landing.

Typical small fish is sardine (Iwashi) in Japan. The name shanges with its size: newborn sardine is called "Shirasu"and the larger one is called "Gomame". The dryed sardine is called "Iriko" or "Niboshi". Dried larger sardine (>10 cm)bundled with rice straw is called "Mezashi".

Killifish is one of beloved fish for children. One can see the school of killifish in the warm stream water in Spring. There are folkways in some region that one can get good eyes or become a good swimmer, if one swallows killifish raw.

One can hardly see today but goldfish used to be sold in the goldfish scooping in the summer festival. Goldfish is a popular pattern for the children's summer kimono (Yukata).