Yuru-Kyara (Mascot Character) Matsuri Festival ゆるキャラまつり

On Oct. 25-26, 2008, the first Yuru-Kyara (Mascot Character) Matsuri was held on Yume-Kyobashi Castle Road in Hikone. About 46 mascots showed up in front of thousands of people jamming this road of shops. The most popular was Sento-kun (boy priest with antlers on his head) from Nara. Hikone's Hiko-nyan was the host of this successful event. The event saw about 46,000 visitors.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Character
• festival
• hiko-nyan
• hikone
• japan
• Mascot
• Matsuri
• sento-kun
• shiga
• Yuru-Kyara
• 滋賀県
• 彦根市
• ゆるキャラまつり

[photojpn]

They have just announced that Caffee will be resurrected to serve as one of Shiga Prefecture's official mascots.

[photojpn]

I wonder too, because they made a lot of those Caffee costumes. I think they should've kept him to promote other sporting events in Shiga.

[Arbmanthesheep]

Hmm, maybe someone should make a documentary on where mascots go when they are no longer used. Maybe that someone...

Should be me! *eye twinkle*

[Arbmanthesheep]

Man, someone needs to do a documentary about that. I'd watch it, and I bet a whole bunch of other people would gain interest in the mascot industry.

Now that I think of it, I should do it...

[Arbmanthesheep]

I wonder what happens to mascots like Kyaffee after their work has been done? do they collect dust, given away, or available for purchase? If anyone has an answer, I wanna know!