A polar bear mascot holding a blue balloon stands in front of a statue of himself.
Reito-kun the polar bear, mascot of Haier home appliances, stands in front of a statue of himself.
A polar bear mascot holding a blue balloon stands in front of a statue of himself.
Reito-kun the polar bear, mascot of Haier home appliances, stands in front of a statue of himself.
A smiling mascot with a monkey’s head and a tiger’s body stands in front of a supermarket.
Nuezaemon, from Izunokuni City in Shizuoka, is a “nue”, a legendary supernatural beast which has the head of a monkey, the body of a tiger, and the tail of a snake.
It’s these things called imo fry (from Sano):
A white dog mascot wearing a white middle bowl as a hat and a brown skirt kneels on some grass in front of some trees.
Sanomaru, the mascot of Sano City, is a samurai puppy with a ramen bowl on his head and potato skewer swords.
Toei bus ticket offices in Shibuya, Shinjuku, Shinagawa, Shimbashi, etc. probably have souvenirs for sale. I remember there’s a shop called Toeiro inside Ichigaya Staion which sells Minukuru plushies.
There’s some on this site:
But I think you can get them at a Toei bus station store.
www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/pickup_infor...
A smiling blue mascot in a black cap is led onto a red carpet by a woman in a black suit and white mask.
The mascot for the Tsukuba Express train is Speefy, a speed freak who can run at 130 km/h, is extremely cheerful, and has a spiffy sun visor.
Two mascots stand on a red carpet, in front of several other mascots. The left one has a miniature stadium on his head and is holding a staff; the right one has a gold hat, eyebrows under his wandering eyes, and a blue and white striped apron.
A pair of mascots from Saitama City:
Midoritaro has Saitama Football Stadium on his head, and Moukariyakko has googly eyes, an upside-down head, and a lucky gold hat.
Next spring, apparently. I hope they change their minds!
That’s his best friend, Grass-kun, who I think is some grass.
A wallaby mascot with a vacant expression is standing in a mall and wearing blue dungarees.
Edopyon is the nature-loving mascot for the Edogawa Environmental Foundation. He’s an energetic wallaby (because Edogawa’s twin town is Gosford, in Australia).
Yes, they were at the same shindig, Darth!
A brown raccoon mascot with a white beard stands in a shopping mall.
Higezo, a raccoon with a white beard, is the mascot for Shirohige Home Care Clinic in Edogawa, Tokyo.
A boy mascot wearing a yellow cap, white T-shirt, blue shorts, and yellow sneakers walks down a city street.
Magobee, Kawaguchi City’s Industry Promotion mascot, is a giant elementary school student with a fondness for spinning tops.
A green letter “e” with green hair and limbs poses in a shopping mall.
Edo-chan, a 300-year-old letter “e”, promotes the special flowers and vegetables of Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward, most notably komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach), which grows from Edo-chan’s head.
A blue sumo wrestler mascot with rosy cheeks, a blue apron, and a snow-capped mountain peak atop his head.
Oyu No Fuji, a blue sumo wrestler with a mountain on his head, is the mascot for the Tokyo Public Bath Hygiene Association (Edogawa Branch). His daily routine after training is to relax in a public bath, followed by drinking a milky coffee.
I saw that in the airport once, Darth. Amazing!
A smiling light green rabbit mascot with red Japanese characters on its chest stands among other mascots on a red carpet.
Mippy, a convivial green rabbit, is the mascot for Aeon Mall Urawa Misono in Saitama.
A goldfish mascot in a crown and robe stands in a shopping mall.
Edo Kin-chan promotes pet goldfish from Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward.
Two white dog mascots, one with a blue nose and the other red, stand in a shopping mall.
Ari and Rio (the mascots for Ario Kasai Department Store in Tokyo) are childhood friends and are very close. They can't talk, as a result of being dogs.
A black-suited woman leads a smiling pink robot on a red carpet.
The PASMO Robot, a cheerful pink robot with wheels on its feet, promotes the PASMO smartcard for public transport.
Oh, wow! I don’t know that one.
A bronze and silver robot mascot with a K on its chest is standing on a pavement.
Cupolan, from Kawaguchi City, is a robot based on the city’s historic cupola furnace (used for making steel).
Metopon from the Tokyo Metro
Oh yes! That one was at the same event!
Unir was just unveiled last year.
I think that’s for Tsukuba City itself. A space owl.
A white unicorn mascot with a rainbow-coloured mane and blue uniform stands on a crowded train station platform. A tanuki mascot is behind him.
Unir, a versatile railway employee unicorn, is the mascot for the Tsukuba Express train line.
Excellent stuff, Darth!