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Anebon, the mascot of Japan’s Ichihara City, is modelled on a bell in the local temple. He’s a bell that strikes himself with a hammer.
Sake-bear, a weeping bear/fish hybrid, is a mascot in Sapporo City. https://t.co/7FMryok2AC
OKIKU-chan, mascot of the freepaper, "Sapporo Hair Catalog", is always looking for a hair salon in Sapporo City, because her hair grows fast due to a curse.
Akantarenosuke, a character from Osaka’s Abeno ward, is a boy with a ramen bowl on his head.
Shirakabeno is a romantic Italian playboy/warehouse, and an unofficial mascot of Japan’s Kurashiki City.
These terrifying artists' impressions of Panpanda would give the Babadook and Slenderman nightmares.
Hello Kitty was once drawn in the same costume (holding a toy machine gun with a cork in the end).
Tokunoshima Island's mascot, Mabooru-kun, is a grumpy bull being slowly eaten by a huge snake. What better way to attract tourists?
Who says accountancy has to be boring? Shinobi-chan, the mascot of CS Accounting, is a blade-wielding pink ninja.