The animal is a fox, messenger to the gods. . This is a photo of my two families taken towards the end of the stay at my host family's house. We all had dinner together. The Kansai Gaidai Karate Club. There is a strong hierarchy in clubs here.
Clubs are serious and are run the way a business is run.
If you interact well in a club, you can interact well in your business. I am at a ramen noodle house in Osaka.