Model of ancient Yayoi dog attracting visitors to museum in Japan's Shiga Prefecture

The Yayoi dog model on display at the Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum in Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture. - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

OMI-HACHIMAN, Shiga (Japan): A model of an ancient dog at a museum in Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, is gaining popularity thanks to social media posts showing the dog model “walking” in and out of the museum.

Visitors come to the Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum run by Shiga Prefecture to see the elaborate model of a female Yayoi dog, which is believed to have lived in Japan during the ancient Yayoi period.