The story...
The story of Akabeko cow
Akabeko 赤べこ is a folk toy with a 400-year history, made of hariko (papier-mâché) in the shape of a cow with a bobbing head. From Aizu in Fukushima Prefecture, in the northeastern Tōhoku region of Japan, its name translates as ‘red cow’ in the local dialect (aka is ‘red’ and beko is ‘cow’).
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