In Japan, Denny’s has chef cat mascots called the Dennyas. One of them, Ruu, was in Takadanobaba branch today.
I don’t think do, but the lighthouse there has one.
That tour would take a while—There are thousands of them!
There’s also a town called Conan in Tottori.
Toripy, a hybrid of a pear and a bird, is the mascot of Tottori Prefecture.
An interesting read!
Similar but an old clay one from Aichi Prefecture.
Seto-kun is a mascot from Seto City and is based on a historical ceramic guardian dog from there. He plays a mean sax.
Takumi Ponzan, the mascot for the town of Shigaraki, in Shiga Prefecture, is a ceramics craftsman tanuki (raccoon dog) with large, pendulous testicles.
Kujac, a fun-loving peacock, is the mascot for Meitetsu Lejac mall in Nagoya City.
Heartora, a white tiger with heart ears and a red cross on his forehead, is the mascot for the Japan Red Cross.
I just know they are warbling white-eye birds, his favourite animal.
Uto City's mascot, Uton Yukinagasyan, is a a legendary local lord but egg-shaped.
Oh, I like it!
@mondomascots.bsky.social every time i see the East Midlands Railway mascot here in the UK i think of your account! his name is Miles, because the train travels for miles... and he is purple because that's the colour of the train seats! i think he's cute...
Nashiro (mascot of Hita City) is an alien with a see-through cranium, showing its brain, which is a pear.
Oh, I only just put two and two together!
Yahata Inu, the mascot of Kai City, looks like a cat but is actually a mix of a potato and a dog, with a leaf from a local zelkova tree on its head.
Miyaneko, a white cat whose ears make an “M”, is the mascot for Miyazaki City. His special skills are dancing and overreacting.
I see what you mean!
I spotted this fluffy pink character in Miyazaki City. It’s Mokoko, the mascot from UMK News.
Not sure how I didn't know before today that @metrolosangeles.bsky.social has a creepy, vertically eyed mascot named Rude Dude
Burdock roots!
Burdock roots!
Kikuchi-kun, the unofficial mascot of Kikuchi City, has a melon hat, cow legs, a grain of rice nose, a blue water body, hot spring eyebrows, loveheart lips, and the crest of the historic local Kikuchi clan for eyes.
Irutea, a Eurasian skylark sumo wrestler who likes drinking tea, is the mascot of Iruma City.
He is the first option, but could also be the second and keeping it secret.
Bakegoro is a youtuber ghost from Matsudo City.
That’s possible!
Hatoson-kun, a stately pigeon with a top hat and monocle, is the mascot for Ito Yokado supermarkets.
