Posted: Jan 12, 2017 11:02 PMUpdated: Jan 13, 2017 12:33 AM
Japan loves horse racing. Almost 10 million people attended more than 17,800 national and loca
By Patrick Sung CNN (CNN) — Japan loves horse racing.
Almost 10 million people attended more than 17,800 national and local races in 2015 alone.
But there is one thing that Japanese fans love almost as much as the horses themselves: Plush toy horses.
The fluffy replicas prove extremely popular, especially at the country’s prestigious Japan Cup race meeting.
“At the Tokyo Racecourse on the Japan Cup day, they sold about 1,350 figures and the total turnover came up to 1.6 million ($13,680) Japanese yen,” a spokesperson for the Japan Racing Association said of November’s race. http://www.crossroadstoday.com/story/34244056/kawaii-japans-love-for-plush-toy-racehorses