Mondo Mascots

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A white pigeon mascot with a top hat and monocle poses in front of a backdrop featuring heart-shaped balloons.

Hatoson-kun, a stately pigeon with a top hat and monocle, is the mascot for Ito Yokado supermarkets.

A smiling fairy mascot with big eyes, rosy cheeks, and a pony tail that resembles a musical note stands before a backdrop of heart balloons, wearing a pink dress and a birthday cake hat.

Akos-chan, a fairy who likes rice crackers and music, is the mascot for Akos Shopping Mall in Saitama. She celebrated her birthday today.

Not yet!

That’s a good find!

A red octopus mascot with a blue tie and a white headband stands in a park.

Papatako, a hardworking octopus dad, is the mascot of Akashi City.

A mysterious fluffy white mascot with bunny ears and blue hands and no mouth stands on one leg in a park.

Tanamin, a white hairy fairy that cures sickness with its big blue hands, is the mascot of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharmaceuticals.

I haven’t been able to figure that out, either!

A brown river otter mascot with a blue girdle around his waist stands on a stage, playing the saxophone.

Gen-chan the Japanese river otter is a mascot from Ehime Prefecture who plays the saxophone.

A smiling polar bear mascot with big ears stands, waving, in front of a wooden deck.

The mascot for Air Do (an airline based in Hokkaido, Japan) is Bear Do, a friendly polar bear.

A large-headed, round panda mascot with rosy cheeks and a cheek full of food poses for the camera.

Mochi Mochi Panda is a panda-like creature that is squishy like mochi (rice cake), but is neither a panda nor a rice cake.

That looks fun! Who is the fox/mermaid?

An orange bear with pink bunny headgear and a green shoulder bag walks through a shopping mall.

Koapyon, a bear in a bunny costume, is the mascot for the village of Kamikoani in Akita Prefecture.

Very cool!

A round light blue bird mascot with pink cherry blossoms on its body, musical notes on its pink legs, a red shoulder bag with the face of a daruma doll, and a train driver’s cap

Koritan, a blue bird stationmaster decorated with cherry blossoms and musical notes, is the mascot for Koriyama Railway Station.

A black cat mascot wearing high vis gear stands in front of some market stalls.

Nahanyan, a railway worker black cat, is the mascot for the Kamakura Rolling Stock Center (Nakahara Branch), who fix and maintain trains.

A smiling rectangular beige mascot with leaves and stars on its head stands on some astroturf.

Sutamu-chan, an angel of good fortune from the Milky Way, is the mascot of Ogawamachi, Saitama. Sutamu-chan’s body is a piece of the traditional handmade paper the town is known for, decorated with bamboo leaves and stars from the Tanabata star festival held there each summer.

I’d like to go to that!

A cheerful white dog mascot with rosy cheeks and a pink flower on its chest waves to the camera.

Shirakawan, the mascot of Shirakawa City, is a white dog with distinctive eyebrows based on those of Shirakawa’s traditional lucky Daruma dolls. The city’s flower, the plum blossom, is on its chest.

A smiling brown fairy with a green bow tie and green leaves sprouting from its head poses in a crowded train station.

A cheerful soil fairy born from the fertile soil of Samegawa Village, Fukushima, Yuuki-kun has a sprout growing on his head and grows big by feeding on everyone's smiles. He wants to see the sprouts on his head bloom into flowers.

That’s fun! I wonder why he was hanging out at the station.

A smiling mascot wearing a yellow yuzu hat with flowers on it and a blue sash with a fish on it is standing in a crowded railway station.

Yamappi, the mascot of Yamatsuri Town, Fukushima, wears both a hat made of yuzu (a locally-grown fruit) and a pouch featuring the Kuji River and the sweetfish caught there.

Regional mascots throwing beans to ward off demons at the annual Setsubun festival in Tobu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo.

A smiling green fairy mascot with two flowers on its head stands, bowing, on astroturf in front of a white PR tent.

Rinrin-chan, the tourism mascot for Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward, is a fairy of the ward’s official flower, the “flaccid anemone”. His special skill is photosynthesis.

A mascot with a red top, white socks, sandals, and a purple helmet with blank antennae stands in front of some vending machines.

Musashi Ranmaru, a naughty boy in a butterfly helmet, is the mascot for the scenic town of Arashiyama in Saitama.

A mascot with a pink flower head and green leaf skirt poses in a doorway.

Dali-chan, a bright and energetic dahlia fairy, is the mascot of Hanawa Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where dahlias are cultivated.

A round, light green mascot with big lips stands in a Tamagotchi shop.

Tamagotchi character kuchipatchi was in the Harajuku Tamagotchi Factory today.

A smiling white cat mascot with a blue top and headband stands in a mall. The shirt has fruit on it and the word “Kasumigaura”.

Kasumigaunya, a white cat, is the mascot for Kasumigaura City, home to Japan’s second largest lake. The lake is on his head, and his ears are sailboats.

Apparently, he is so mischievous that he is always getting injured.

A round, rabbit-like yellow mascot with a band-aid on its cheek and a blue and gold crown atop its head

Vanimaru, 5-year-old accident-prone Prince of the Vanilla Kingdom, is the mascot for Yokohama Vanilla, who make delicious salted vanilla financiers.