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Japan’s prime minister is showing off a folksy souvenir he brought home from his recent trip to Canada.

In a video posted to his official Instagram account, Shinzo Abe installs a wooden door-knocker featuring a wood carving of a beaver.

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Whimsical music plays as Abe, straight-faced and wearing a button-up shirt, hammers the accessory into place at his personal lakeside villa near Lake Kawaguchi.

His wife, Akie, laughs as she tests out the contraption.