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Yutsura-kun is the steam rising from a hot spring. He’s the mascot for Japan’s Ureshino City.
Yōkan Uemon, a mascot from Japan’s Ogi City, is a samurai whose head is a block of jellied sweet bean paste.
The mascot of Japan’s Okija Town is Chikamaru-kun, a deer costume being worn by a less realistic deer.
This is Oujichama, the young prince mascot of Uji City, Kyoto. Despite being a baby, Oujichama is a green tea sommelier.
Chachamaru, the mascot of Ikeda Town in Gifu Prefecture, is a bunny with leaves for ears.
Shirihashi-kun, a bottom-headed businessman with a platypus beak, is the unofficial mascot of Tokyo’s Ikejiri-Ohashi Station.
Takeda Castle is known as the “Castle in the Sky”, so its grandfatherly mascot, Takeji, is a mountain with clouds for hair and hands.
Yamaton, the green mascot of Japan’s Yamato City, is a leaf fairy. His favorite drink is morning dew.
Akitakatasuke, a living minivan, is the public transportation mascot of Akitakata City in Japan.
Tomichan is the mascot for Tomisato City, Japan’s largest producer of watermelons. The city holds an annual “Watermelon Road Race”, where participants eat melon slices while they run.