If you wish to get off, please touch the man wearing full-body tights. Japan has this tendency of anthropomorphizing things in order to create mascots. The latest example of this amusing and sometimes baffling practice comes thanks Nishitetsu, a train and bus operator based in Fukuoka. The video below, which was released on January 30, shows a new mascot character …

Those suits may not be aerodynamic but at least they keep you warm… Japanese mascot characters are pretty amazing. Despite their strangely proportioned and cumbersome bodies, they seem to be capable of pretty much anything (except passing through doors). Just on Japankyo alone we’ve seen mascots that can score goals on entire soccer teams, play the drums like nobody’s business, …

If you’re afraid of giant origami cranes, this article is not for you. Much like in other countries, sports teams in Japan have mascots. Although most of these mascots tend to be cute characters based on animals, sometimes, such as in the case of a Japanese baseball team mascot named Mr. Black Eagle, they can be the opposite of cute, …

Sexy legs and big boobs, she is the embodiment of every guy’s fantasy, right? From middle-aged eagle men to giant pink dog poops, Japankyo has covered a number of bizarre Japanese mascots in the past but the one we’ll be looking at today may just take the cake. Who is Paiko-chan?   The name of this bizarre mascot is Paiko …

One hardCORE drummer. Nyango Star (にゃんごすたー), an unofficial apple themed mascot character (yurukyara) for the city of Kuroishi in Aomori Prefecture, has been getting a lot of attention lately for possessing some truly impressive drumming skills. Heavy metal apple Most recently, the hard rocking apple got people talking after he appeared in a music video for a new song by …