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Oumin, who has a bird’s body and a melon head, promotes produce from Moriyama City.
Sekimaru, a mix of a puffer fish and a whale wearing an old soldier's cap and a market tradesman’s boots, is the mascot for Shimonoseki City.
Nijinoko the rainbow mushroom is the social welfare mascot of Tokyo’s Chuo Ward.
Shiron-chan, a warbling white-eye bird with a plate of local fried noodles on her head, is a mascot from Nagaokakyo City, Japan. Hiding in the noodles is her overprotective dad, a bamboo ink fairy.
Garigari-kun is a boy with a giant mouth for chomping Garigarikun ice pops.
Emuemu-san, an expressionless egg-shaped seagull, is the mascot of the Minatomirai train line in Yokohama, Japan.
Mango-Taro, a 45-year-old whimsical mango who likes drinking liquor, is the mascot for Namco amusement centers in Miyazaki, Japan.
Nekokappa Ai-chan, a mixture of a cat and a kappa (water goblin), is a mascot for Aion Co., Ltd., who make water filters, sponges, and other porous things.