Meet The New Tokyo Olympic Mascots…Who Have Superhero Powers
On Wednesday, a committee of organizers announced the two official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Ryo Taniguchi, a character designer and…
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Japan’s Most Beloved Bear Makes This Tokyo Bar Easy To Enter, Hard To Leave
Japan has several different types of drinking establishments that include traditional bars and izakaya (Japanese-style pubs), but one of the most uniquely Japanese types is…
Japan’s New Enema Mascot Can’t Wait To Try Herself Out On You
Japan has a great love for yuru-kyara, or yuru-characters (“”gentle characters”) in the form of mascots. So much that they hold an annual contest to…
Creepy Evolving Japanese Baseball Mascot Hunted Down And Stripped By Other Mascots At All-Star Game
You may remember that the latest in Japan’s long line of bizarre but adorable mascots literally “evolved” on the baseball field. The newest mascot for…
Japanese Baseball Team’s New Mascot Stuns Crowd By “Evolving” Into Creepy Third Form
We have some fairly recent proof that Japanese mascots sometimes step out of the box to gain attention–such as Tokyo’s newest mascot, the pink poop…
The Newest Tokyo Mascot Is Loyal Dog Hachiko’s Swirly Pink Poop
You may have noticed that Japan has a fondness for mascot characters, so much that they hold an annual competition to crown a national champion…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Holding Mascot Design Contest, Offering ¥1 Million Prize
While anime character heavyweights such as Goku, Luffy, Sailor Moon, and Naruto have been named as official “ambassadors” of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, an…
City In Hiroshima Looks For Love And Tourism With Smooth Dancing “Crazy” Mascot
If you’ve been paying attention, Japan is very big on regional mascots, so much that they even have an annual contest to determine the best…
Japanese Cat-Apple Mascot Nyango Star Is Actually A Killer Drummer, Rocks Out To X-Japan
You’re probably familiar by now with Japan’s love of mascot characters, or Yuru Characters (“Gentle” characters), particularly for regional areas and prefectures, as they even…
Japan Loves Their Mascots So Much This One Even Gets A Grooming
Japan has a well documented fondness for mascots. Whether they be the sometimes bizarre poop-shaped characters used in promotional campaigns for snacks, or the “yuru”…
Artists Turn Kumamon Into Symbol Of Support and Solidarity In Wake Of Kumamoto Earthquakes
Following the initial earthquake that struck the island of Kyushu, continuous earthquakes, including a 7.3 magnitude quake in Kumamoto prefecture that killed 32 people and…
Japanese Mascots Innocently Advise Woman To Divorce And Brainwash Fiancé
If you’re having life troubles, know that you can always count on Japanese baseball mascots to give you sage, no BS advice. Japanese Twitter user…
Scariest Mascot In Japan Attacks Kumamon On Stage, Terrifies Children
It’s no secret that Japan has a burning love for mascots, even hosting national contests to determine the most popular mascot in the country each…
Japan’s Annual Mascot Contest Has New Foreign Contestants! Find Out If Your Country Made The Cut!
Japan’s love mascots (known as “yuru” or “gentle” characters) has been well documented, evening making its way onto Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, but…