September 29 marks Japan-China normalization (1972 joint statement); this year's Beijing ceremony was canceled amid tense relations.
Also "Beckoning Cat Day" — pun 9-2-9 "come fortune" — since 1995 by the Japan Beckoning Cat Club and Seto, Aichi (first cat producer). Festivals in Seto and Ise Okage-yokocho through the 30th.
Legend: Hikone lord Ii Naotaka sheltered from sudden rain in Gotoku-ji after a beckoning cat on a falcon hunt — he patronized the temple; the cat was buried honorably; later a hall was built.
Left paw invites people; right paw money; height sets near vs far fortune.
~1.2 km northwest of Palaceside Building near JR Kanda — artificial-flower and ribbon shops in the "Kanda Cat Building" — red triangular ears, window eyes, whiskers beside a red nose, ribbon, modest right paw for nearby luck. No special event on the 29th.