POP CULTURE ICON FROM OSAKA BILLIKEN

WHAT IS BILLIKEN

THE GOD OF THINGS AS THEY OUGHT TO BE

An iconic god of Osaka incarnated in a humorous figure. The words carved on his pedestal can also be interpreted as “the god who does nothing. It seems as if he is telling us that we must think and act for ourselves in order to create our own happiness. As we face all the differing worries of ongoing conflicts around the world, the loss of nature, violence and discrimination against others, and as we pray for business prosperity and domestic harmony every day, the Billiken is always watching over us to help us be as happy as we ought to be.

ABOUT BILLIKEN

CREATOR×BILLIKEN Collaboration to Evolve Osaka's Culture BILLIKEN CREATORS OSAKA

BILLIKEN CREATORS OSAKA