Kumamon was born on March 12. On the same day, the Kyushu Shinkansen (bullet train) Line connecting Fukuoka with Kagoshima officially opened. His name derives from the word Kumamoto-mon, which means "Kumamoto person" in the local dialect. Kumamon is a mischievous boy.Jan 14, 2020
Kumamon is a yuru-kyara, or 'loose character', one of the cuddly creatures in Japan that represent everything from towns and cities to airports and prisons.Jul 20, 2016
A large part of Kumamon's success can be attributed to its cuteness. The unusual marketing strategy of free licensing is also behind Kumamon's commercial success, since the Kumamoto prefecture grants usage rights for free to anyone as long as their products promote goods and services from the prefecture.
Kumamon — a portly black bear with puffy red cheeks, a pair of wide-open eyes that appear permanently surprised and a name that combines the Japanese word for bear (kuma) with the local slang for man (mon) — was born on 12 March 2011.Mar 3, 2020
Chiitan is a Japanese mascot which was formerly a self-declared unofficial representative of the small port city of Susaki. It is a self-described "0-year-old fairy baby" otter with no gender that wears a turtle as a hat....ChiitanDesigned byKoh HashibiroIn-universe informationSpeciesFairy-baby otter3 more rows
Kumamon, a wide-eyed and red-cheeked bear representing Kumamoto Prefecture, is the gold standard of yuru kyara, Japan's pervasive promotional mascots.Sep 28, 2021
It was a large and well fortified castle. The castle keep (天守閣, tenshukaku) is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but several ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle....Kumamoto CastleTypeAzuchi-Momoyama castleSite information20 more rows
*Blue indicates the dates when KUMAMON can be found in his office. KUMAMON Square is the center of activities for KUMAMON, who travels all over Japan, and sometimes overseas, in his official capacity as sales manager for Kumamoto Prefecture.
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The happy clown's name is Kuidaore Taro (くいだおれ太郎), and he is one of Osaka's most prominent mascots and tourist attractions. But just who or what is he? We'll give you a primer on this colorful local mascot so you have many more reasons to take a photo of him, or purchase some souvenirs.
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Kumamon [1] is a cartoon character of a rosy-cheeked brown bear designated as the official mascot of the Kumamoto prefecture in Japan. Since its debut in early 2011 as part of a tourism promotion campaign, Kumamon has become a popular character nationwide and even inspired a reaction image featuring the mascot with a mischievous grin reminiscent ...
Origin. Kumamon was designed by the Kumamoto government and unveiled to the public on March 12th, 2010 in an effort to promote tourism in the region. As part of the campaign, the local government launched a personal website, [2] blog, [3] as well as Facebook [4] and Twitter [5] accounts for the mascot, whose official description says he is ...
[7] During the first half of 2012, Kumamon merchandise and other branded promotions generated more than ¥11.8 billion in revenue [8], reaching more than ¥29.36 billion by the end of the year. [9] .
On April 16th, 2016 (JST), a series of earthquakes with a magnitude as high as 7.0 struck Kumamoto City of Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan, resulting in the deaths of at least 48 people, injuries of approximately 3,000 others and evacuation of more than 44,000 residents from the area.