Today I went the 60th annual National Corrections Exhibition, held by the Ministry of Justice at the Science Museum in Tokyo’s Kitanomaru Park. There were lots of arts and crafts for sale, made by prisoners as part of their rehabilitation. Here are some mascots I met there:
Waka-P is the orange-headed mascot of Wakayama Women’s Prison. (Her name is an abbreviation of the prison’s name. Oranges are grown in the area.)
Pourisu-kun is Japan’s law education squirrel mascot.
Jinken Mamoru-kun is one of the mascots for the Ministry of Justice’s Department of Human Rights Advocacy.