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Gin-chan, a cheerful red bird, is the brand new mascot of NewGin Pachinko Parlors.
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.
Merii, a doctor sheep, and Cearisu, a squirrel patient, are the mascots for G Community, a Japanese online community for sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease.
Momomaru-kun the flying squirrel is the human rights mascot for Kitakyushu City, Japan.
Wasapy, a friendly wasabi root, is the mascot of Okutama Town, Japan.
Motsu Mentaiko, an unofficial mascot from Hakata City, Japan, is a mix of two local delicacies: motsunabe (beef or pork offal stew) and mentaiko (spicy cured pollack roe).
Kamemaru, a turtle with udon noodles on its head, promotes udon from Kameyama City, Japan.
A cheerful minivan named Akitakatasuke is the public transportation mascot for Akitakata City, Japan.
Morikichi, a naughty and curious Shiba Inu dog with a very long radish wrapped around his neck, is the mascot of Moriguchi City, Japan. He carries a pouch made by his mother, and it is full of pickles.
Mayumaro, a 2,000-year-old silkworm cocoon, is the mascot of Kyoto.