Yomu-ku, a polar bear with a breast pocket for paperbacks, is the mascot for publisher Kodansha Bunko.

Sacchan, the world's first goldfish stationmaster, is the mascot for the Shimabara Railway in Japan.

Furamaru, a green fairy with leaf ears, a floral hat, and a tulip garden belly, is the mascot of Hamamatsu Flower Park.

Kanzou-kun, a mix of a liver and an elephant, is Tokyo's hepatitis screening mascot.

Yuppy, an oversized chick stuck in a hot tub, is a mascot from Nantan City.

Hakken-kun, a dog with an exclamation nose, is the mascot for the Japanese publisher, Kadokawa Bunko.

Jumball the Third, king of the watermelons, is the mascot of Nyuzen Town, Japan.

The mascot for the Japanese rock trio Yabai T-Shirts-yasan is a sentient tank top named Tank Top-kun.

Mikarun, a bear with tangerines for ears and a window box full of dandelions on its belly, is the mascot for Yonan Hospital in Japan's Kaizu City.

Kani Bucho, an office boss with an entire crab for a head, is the mascot for Yokobiki, a company that makes metal roller shutters for store windows.

Nagamo, a young antelope with a stationmaster's cap, is the new mascot for JR Nagano Railway Station

The mascots for Lipton tea in Japan are a pair of sloths named Norari and Kurari.

Kabomaru, a pumpkin-headed bear sitting in a hot tub, is the mascot of Kaneyama, Japan.

Gomimaru, a scrunched up ball of litter, is the mascot for reducing waste in Kawaguchi City, Japan.

Rikubaku-chan, who has a variety of trees on their head, is the new mascot (and guardian fairy) for the town of Koya in Wakayama, Japan.

Michimaru-kun, a dog who's obsessed with road safety, is the mascot for the Japanese expressway company, Nexco.

Suwanzo, an elephant with a cigarette for a trunk, which irritates a swan on top of his head, is the anti-smoking mascot for Kanagawa, Japan.

A kickboxing sea-bream ambassador named Muay Thaishi is the mascot for the Thai embassy in Japan.

Yakult`s mascot, Yakult-Man, is here to save everyone's stomach from bad bacteria.

Puimo, a guinea pig dressed as a lion, is the mascot for the Japanese game site, Tsunagari.

Lock MonKey, a blue monkey with a big pink key, encourages Japanese kids to lock their bicycles.

Nyankichi is a cat with a snake on its head because his village is known for making straw cat beds and for its record-breaking 83-meter-long straw snake.

Nyankichi, a cat with a snake on his head, has been adopted as the mascot for the village of Sekikawa, in Niigata, Japan. Originally created in 2009 to promote a local walking tour, Nyankichi is glad to get the gig after 14 years of job-hunting.

Momo-chan, a pumpkin clutching a scallop, is the mascot of Saroma, a town in Hokkaido, Japan.