Lucky Lizards

So in addition to swallows, many thing will bring you luck in Japan if you have yet to figure that out.
But by far the most bizarre that I have encountered are geckos. And in this case, it is not only a superstition in Japan, but that one will follow you all around Asia. It pretty much just goes like this, if you have geckos on your house or building, it is foretold that it will be prosperous.
You see, these guys really like climbing and they are only about the size of your palm to fingertip and they can easily grasp the stucco or the weird clay that they used to make houses out of in Japan and climb up all over it. So it really isn't so irregular to find them hanging over your doorway, especially the farther south you go. Japan being as geographically central as it is and having 'four seasons and all' (this is the most annoying thing to be told by locals. also all my life I have grown up in areas that have 'four seasons'), you actually don't see these geckos all too often. At least not up north. They are more summer lizards for us, but I suppose the rarity of them is what makes them special. Not everyone is allowed to be lucky you know?