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This was spotted at a park near our house. It`s about a traditional Japanese children`s story called Kachi-kachi yama

From the linked article:

The title of the story comes from the especially painful trick that the rabbit played. The tanuki was carrying a heavy load of kindling on his back to make a campfire for the night. He was so burdened that he did not immediately notice when the rabbit set fire to the kindling. Soon, the crackling sound reached his ears.

“What is that sound?” the tanuki asked.

“It is Kachi-Kachi Yama” the rabbit replied. “We are not far from it, so it is no surprise that you can hear it!”

Eventually, the fire reached the tanuki’s back, burning him badly, but without killing him.

In England we have spaced-out Teletubbies, in Japan they have pyromaniacal rabbits.

Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English, Japanese, Fairytale, Kachi-kachi yama