Celebrating the weird, wonderful mascots of Japan. My Instagram: https://t.co/lzuob9XErO . ゆるキャラが大好きなイギリス人です。
Komican is a young puppy/orange from Ehime, Japan (and a friend of Mikyan, the orange/dog).
Fujie, a mature and elegant wisteria fairy, is a mascot from Fujieda City.
Unashi, a colorful cow standing on two legs and balancing a pear on its head, is the mascot for Totsuka Ward in Yokohama City.
Bobbin Man, a superhero whose head is the bobbin from a sewing machine, is the mascot for the Japanese sewing machine company, Brother Group.
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Kamupiyo, the mascot for Kamukamu Lemon candy, is a chick with a lemon head.
Manhole covers featuring Myakumyaku, the mysterious shape-shifting mascot for the Osaka 2025 Expo, will be installed around Osaka this month.
Eringi the mushroom is the mascot for Japan's Hokuto Mushroom company.
Melulu, a sheep with a pink perm, is the mascot for the style website Haircolle.
Taonyan, a cat wrapped in a towel, is a mascot for Izumisano City.
Oniōmaru, a mountain demon, is the mascot of a rest stop in Kihoku, a town in Ehime, Japan.
Choppen, a salesman penguin with a roof over his head, is the mascot of Chiyoda Real Estate.
Kikunon, a green tea fairy with a teacup on his head and a sentient teapot in his front pocket, is the mascot of Kikugawa City.
The airline ANA has a mascot for its Line app account, named Soracchi. Soracchi is a fairy, "born from the union of an airplane and a cloud".
Imanyan the blue and red cat is the mascot of Ima Shopping Center in Hibarigaoka, Tokyo.
Sorara-chan is the mascot for the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka City. Sorara-chan has heart hands, rainbow hair, a cloud scarf, and an observatory hat.
Kururu, a sentient Swiss roll, is the mascot from the Kokura district of Kitakyushu City, where roll cakes are made.
Moudouken L-kun, a Labrador Retriever with a prominent outie belly button, is the mascot for guide dogs in Kanagawa, Japan.
Koma-chan, a robin with a blue heart, is the mascot for the bar association in Nara Prefecture.
The local mascot is an alien named U-tan.
Ayucoro-chan, a piglet with a fish on her head, is the mascot of Atsugi City.
Katamachi-kun, a well-dressed yet drowsy yellow tapir, is the mascot of Katamachi Shopping Street in Kanazawa City.
Muzumuzu-kun, the king of water (who looks like Grover), is the mascot of Imizu City, Japan.
Yakipi, who promotes yakisoba (fried noodles) from Yokote City, is an egg with fried noodles on its head, along with another egg.
Shimogoro, the mascot for the town of Shimogo, is based on the local delicacy "shingoro," which is a ball of glutinous rice on a stick, coated in sweet miso, and grilled (his feet are the flames).