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The new box features Hachyamaru (a cat with hot springs hair, wearing a bowl) who is the mascot of Hasami town, Nagasaki.
Kiku-n is the mascot for the administrative consultation desk of Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Kakukaku Shikajika, an urbane hipster stag, is the mascot for Daihatsu Motors.
Usazou, an elephant who was raised by rabbits and is now working as a nursery teacher, is the mascot for Hoiku Box, a job site for childcare workers.
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.