Why the long face?
In Kyoto, we went to Ichijo Yokai street. Here, for reasons I failed to learn, the shopkeepers host bedraggled themed monsters called Yokai. 
Above is Bready Freddy, below Ms. Double Double.
You can really express your feelings with Yokai.The monsters get involved in the local neighbourhood, where they have a ghost flea market, and costume parties.
Barry did extensive research to determine that the above and below monsters were not the ones he was researching. Japan kind of works like that.
The kappa, that Barry looked up, are known to favor cucumbers and love to engage in sumo wrestling. Below, however, is a mangled bunnypig.
Some of the Yokai were less elaborate than others.
The Yokai should be thematically aligned to your business, of course.
If you want to start this tradition at home, a traffic cone makes a good stand.
Speaking of traffic cones, Japan has the best. They connect them with bowing people, frogs, Hello Kitty,
And even Tanukis with full anatomy!
You know, the Japanese racoon dog which adorns restaurants, looks cute, and has strangely large underbubbles.
