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60th Anniversary Sanrio Exhibition opens this month to celebrate the Japanese...
“The Beginning of Kawaii” exhibition explores the backstories of famous Sanrio characters and more. 60 years and over 450 characters after its founding, Japanese entertainment company Sanrio shows no...
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Japanese mascot goes viral for attempting to ride train 【Video】
Sad story takes a happy turn. In Japan, there are so many mascots bringing character to everything from prefectures, cities, and food that it can be hard to keep up with them all. However, right now...
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Japan’s “ugly” Nara Deer Buddha mascot now available in tiny gacha capsule...
Famous mascot is ready to finally be loved as the city’s best new souvenir. Japan has a lot of mascots for all sorts of different associations and regions, but when the one representing the famous,...
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Osaka Expo nightmare-fuel mascot needs name, organisers ask for suggestions...
The mascot, described as aggressively disgusting, is currently without a name to call it by. The organisers of the 2025 Osaka World Expo have decided to once more enlist the help of the public, this...
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Cosplaying in Tokyo as Beijing Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen…Mr. Sato...
Mr. Sato sets out to spread joy and feel the love for the adorable Olympic panda…maybe? Mr. Sato was deep in thought. As SoraNews24’s ace reporter, he knew a lot of people loved him…and yet, he was...
View ArticleKumamon and other Japanese mascots get muscular makeover in new energy drink...
It falls somewhere between impressive and terrifying. We’ll let you decide. Dekavita C is a popular Japanese energy drink, with the name coming from the words dekai (“big”), mixed with vitamins...
View Article“Ugly” mascot Sento-kun finds new popularity 12 years after debut
Savvy business practices helped the once-unsettling chimera win over hearts in the end. Although not as prominent as its neighbor Kyoto, Nara is a hotbed of Japanese history, dating back even farther...
View ArticleThe cat returns! Giant cat sells sweet potatoes from a pussy wagon in Japan...
This cat likes to pull peace poses, stand on two feet and make a living selling hot potatoes. Back in 2014, we introduced you to one of the country’s cutest and most unusual cats. What really made this...
View ArticleMeet Ibaraki Prefecture’s Virtual YouTuber representative Hiyori Ibara,...
Japanese fans love her lively personality! Virtual celebrities are all the rage in Japan these days. After Kizuna Ai became famous two years ago, she’s since landed various paying gigs, and numerous...
View ArticlePokémon and Iwate team up to elect Geodude as the tourism ambassador to the...
It even has a theme song and a bizarre costume. There are tons of cute and cool Pokémon among the 700-plus creatures in the franchise, but Pikachu and Eevee always seem steal the limelight. That’s why...
View ArticleKumamon comes under fire for prank against TV presenter, apologizes
Beloved regional mascot admits he’s been a bad, bad bear. In the vast ecosystem of costumed mascots in Japan, the Kumamoto Prefectural character Kumamon probably stands at the top of the food chain....
View ArticleWe recall the times when a famous Japanese mascot tried its hand at winter...
Gachapin is, without a doubt, the country’s most badass mascot. The second consecutive gold medal, won by Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu in the men’s singles figure skating, has earned him some very famous fans....
View ArticleJapanese mascot malfunction gives hilarious look at what it’s really like...
Spoiler alert: it’s filled with one human, 10 pounds of sweat, and at least a year’s worth of back pain. Asian mascot characters can range from cute pink and poopy to horrifying licking monsters that...
View ArticleFail News: Popular Japanese mascot falls during ice-skating routine, can’t...
Domo-kun is down on the ice and can’t get up! Who can save the furry, brown monster mascot?!? During the recent NHK Trophy figure skating event, some of Japan’s more popular mascots took to the ice in...
View ArticleNew anime-style mascot character for Taipei government is an...
It seems to be that moe girls, those cute, sometimes slightly sexualized, doe-eyed animated characters, have spread from their origin in Japan throughout Asia. Not only have we seen them being used to...
View ArticleKumamon and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day【Video】
Kumamon is the official mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan. Since his debut in 2010, he’s become wildly popular, appearing in all kinds of media and lending his face to uncountable...
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Indonesian street mascots are nothing like we’ve seen in Japan, may also lick...
Living in a land full of mascots, I thought I’d seen it all…. Anyone familiar with Japan will know that it is densely populated with cartoonish mascots representing a wide range of governments and...
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Ryokan produces goods of its cute mascot proprietress, goes deep into deficit
Never question an otaku’s dedication to his waifu. Moe characters are used in all sorts of promotions in Japan. However one ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn), has recently taken character worshiping...
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Voting underway for Japan’s top bus mascot
In what other country would someone think it was a good idea to hold a national ranking of bus company mascots? Japanese mascots: you see them everywhere you go. They influence the nation’s culture....
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Nippon Professional Baseball team has an odd new mascot that’s fishing for a...
It isn’t exactly what you’d expect to see at the ballpark, but it’s definitely something. In Japan, the sport of baseball enjoys about as much popularity as it does in North America, and with many of...
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