Jingisukan No Jin Kun
I will introduce Jingisukan No Jin Kun.
Jingisukan is a local food in Hokkaido. It is grilled mutton and vegetables with special sauce.
Jin Kun is the official Sapporo mascot. Asako Hashi designed him.
He is a lamb. In human years, he is 4 years old.
He is from Hitsujigaoka.
He put on jingisukan pot with some vegetables in it.
He has some friends, Gisu Kun, Kan Kun and Matagi No Momiji Chan.
He got first place in the Local Mascot Tournament in Hokkaido.
Now, Jin Kun is popular all over Japan.
You can meet him at the events and you can buy Jin Kun goods.
If you want to know more, you should check this website! Jingisukan No Jin Kun
Zu-shi-hokki-
Next, I will introduceZu-shi-hokki-. Do you know what it is?
This is the official Hokuto character.
In 2012, residents in Hokuto started to create a local character in order to get attention. This was because they would open the new station for Hokkaido Shinkansen in 2016.
Zu-shi-hokki- was designed by students in Future University Hakodate and its design comes from a sakhalin surf clam (it is called Hokkigai in Japanese) sushi.
Also, Its features are the scary face, thin arms and legs, and strange note “Hoki Hoki Hoki-.”
Though most local characters are famous for their cute visuals, Zu-shi-hokki- is famous for its scary and mysterious visuals.
And surprisingly, it is more famous than any other characters in Hokuto. When they selected the official character of Hokuto, they took a popularity vote. And as a result, it defeated other characters.
What do you think about Zu-shi-hokki-?
If you are interested in it, why don’t you visit this website?
I will introduce Hokkaido’s mascot character Tomachop.
Tomachop is the mascot of Tomakomai and its motif is a swan. It wears a haskap necklace and a hat with a Sakhalin surf clam on it.
Even though it is from Utonai Lake, it is not able to swim. But instead, Tomachop is able to skate.
As a Tomakomai tourism ambassador, it is successful and is loved by many.
Melon Bear
Most of japanese local mascots have cute appearances. Therefore, they are generally called ‘cute mascots’. However, there are many mascots that have eccentric appearances like Zu-shi-hokki-, as you saw above. Melon Bear is one of these characters. In addition to his appearance, his characteristic is also violent. So people say “He is not cute though he is in a group called cute mascots.”
Melon Bear is the Yubari’s local mascot. So he appeals to a melon produced in Yubari.
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