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How-kun the robot is the mascot for Kodomo No Yakata, a fun center in Kitakyushu, Japan.
BUNKO, the mascot of Bunkyo University in Tokyo, is a mysterious bear-like creature who has half a heart, which has 7 colors to match the 7 faculties.
Merii (a doctor sheep) and Cearisu (a squirrel patient) are the mascots for G Community, an online community for people with inflammatory bowel disease.
Komenarudo (an agricultural mascot from Aizu, Japan) is an artistic rice fairy with a tomato beret, cucumber arms, and a shiitake mushroom mustache and mouth, who paints with an asparagus brush.
Tasuppi, the mascot for the Okayama Prefecture bar association, has a locally-grown peach for a head with the scales of justice on top, and on his belly is a sunflower (attorneys in Japan wear sunflower lapel pins.)
Momomaru-kun the curious flying squirrel is the human rights mascot for Kitakyushu City.
Kamemaru, a turtle with udon noodles on its head, promotes udon from Kameyama City, Japan.
Ecoton (an environmental mascot from Kyushu, Japan) is a grandfatherly pig with leaves on his head, clouds for facial hair, and Earth on top of his walking cane. #EarthDay
Mayumaro, a 2,000-year-old silkworm cocoon, is the mascot of Kyoto.
Suwanyan is a cat who warns about secondhand smoke. His cousin, Black Suwanyan, teases him by saying he doesn’t think secondhand smoke is a big deal.