what is the japanese dog called
The Japanese word for dog is inu. You can write inu in either hiragana or kanji, but since the kanji character for dog is quite simple, try learning how to write it in kanji. Typical Japanese dogs include Akita, Tosa, and Shiba breeds. The onomatopoeic phrase for a dog's bark is wan-wan. In Japan, the dog is believed to have been domesticated as early as the Jomon period (10,000 B.C.). 1  White dogs are thought to be especially auspicious and often appear in folk tales (Hanasaka jiisan etc.). In the Edo period Tokugawa Tsuneyoshi, the fifth shogun and ardent Buddhist, ordered the protection of all animals, especially dogs.