Kin no unko (?????) or "golden poo" is a Japanese cultural phenomenon. It is a symbol of good luck, as the name is a pun meaning "golden poo" and "good luck" in Japanese. By 2006, 2.7 million mobile phone charms in this form had been sold. The symbol, or something similar to it called unchi, appears as an emoji available on many mobile devices that support a Unicode expansion made in the summer of 2014. The charm is unusual outside of Japan but has been available from the English-language website ThinkGeek.
The flame ornament atop the Asahi Beer Hall in Tokyo is called kin no unko for its similarity.
Video Kin no unko
In popular culture
The 2017 video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild contains an item known as Hestu's Gift, which resembles a kin no unko.
Maps Kin no unko
References
Book sources
- George, Rose (2009), The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters, Macmillan, p. 25, ISBN 9781429925488
- Zatko, Martin (2014), The Rough Guide to Tokyo, Penguin, p. 69, ISBN 9780241011621
External links
- Media related to Kin no unko at Wikimedia Commons
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