Tanuki and Fox Sake Hangover

Text on the meme

On the morning of April 5th 1993 a Tanuki and a fox were found passed out after drinking three cups of Sake left out as a festival offering to the gods. It took them all the next day to recover and stagger off into the woods. Locals took lots of pics of the “couple” たぬきエピソードというところ平成五年四月二十八日朝、白川村平瀬の道で、キツネとタヌキがどぶろく祭のお神酒一合を飲んで、並んで寝ているのが見つかった。丸一日経って二日酔いから醒めたが、二頭はふらふらと山に帰っていった。この時、かつての小坂坂東の小坂五郎を撮っていた。写真には「狐狸狐」と書いてある。当時撮影された写真

What it means

A tanuki and a fox are shown lying passed out together in the woods after drinking sake offered during a festival. The joke presents the animals as a drunken couple and treats their hangover like a bizarre local news story, making it useful as a reaction to being exhausted, drunk, or unable to function after a long night. EN: A tanuki and a fox are shown lying passed out together in the woods after drinking sake offered during a festival. The joke presents the animals as a drunken couple and treats their hangover like a bizarre local news story, making it useful as a reaction to being exhausted, drunk, or unable to function after a long night.

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tanuki / енотовидная собака fox / лиса drunken animals / пьяные животные forest floor / лесная подстилка fallen leaves / опавшие листья sake cup / чашка сакэ festival offering / фестивальное подношение newspaper clipping / газетная вырезка black-and-white photograph / чёрно-белая фотография social media post / публикация в соцсети blue verification badge / синяя галочка