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Kamudofuhan, a trainee geisha duck whose body has turned into tofu after eating too much of it, is the mascot of Kyoto Youth Conference Center.
Chonamaru is the mascot of Chonan, (a town in Chiba, Japan) and has a lotus root head, shiitake mushroom topknot, and edamame cuff links.
Hirari-chan, whose head is a hand holding a heart, is the social welfare mascot for Arakawa, Tokyo.
The winner of Japan’s Museum Character Award 2021 (voted by the public) is Meijiro the owl, of Meiji University Museum. His special skill is taking pictures with people, and he’s addicted to picking up round stones.
Poyo, a spherical chick with its beak on the side of its face, is the mascot for the Japanese TV channel, KTS.
Saicchi, the mascot of Bisai Driving school, is a rhinoceros and a guardian deity of road safety.
Kokemobu, a mix of a cow, a pig, and a chicken, is a mascot from Kagoshima, Japan.
Nekomatsu, a blue-eyed cat with a chestnut ear and a pine tree on his forehead, is the mascot of Nishogakusha University.
Romen-kun, promotes “romen”, a dish from Ina City, containing steamed noodles, mutton, and cabbage. (Romen-kun is a Frankenstein’s monster of these ingredients.)
Shippei, the beloved dog mascot of Iwata City, has distinctive eyebrows and wears a traditional fundoshi loincloth.