{"id":1094,"date":"2019-02-04T16:20:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomascots.com\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2019-02-04T16:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:28:27","slug":"furusato-matsuri-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mondomascots.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/04\/furusato-matsuri-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Furusato Matsuri 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Furusato Matsuri (Hometown Festival) is a big food event held each winter over several days in Tokyo Dome, and hundreds of towns and cities around Japan are represented by booths selling yummy local delicacies. Some of them bring mascots along, which is why I went to the event last month. Here are some of the characters I encountered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chiitan the fairy baby otter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Black Bancho the streetwise squid from Itoigawa City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jinenger the mountain yam, the unofficial mascot of Shiroi City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Turbo-kun, the mascot for the musician, TM Revolution, is dejected after making a toddler cry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ishikawa Prefecture\u2019s tourism mascot, Hyakumansan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Koumi-chan is one of the Ikazukinz from Hachinohe City, a family of seagulls wearing squid hats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tairyouhousaku-kun is the mascot of the Furusato Matsuri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Don Chuck and Rara, the mascots of Tokyo Dome City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ikaru Seijin, the alien squid mascot from Hakodate, Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tokoron, the plane\/boy mascot of Tokorozawa City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Watch out, Kumamon!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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