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Another Nara mascot??!!

Apparently two mascots weren’t enough. A Nara-based Buddhist group announced yesterday that it had created its own mascot to mark the 1,300th anniversary of Nara becoming capital of Japan.

Here’s some Fuji TV coverage of the press conference:

And a large image of the new mascot:

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The mascot’s name is Namu-kun, and despite what you may think, he is a boy. He is made to look like Prince Shotoku, a leader whose palace is said to have been located in Nara. Some feel that this mascot is more respectful towards Buddhism than the unpopular Sento-kun, an antlered Buddha-thing that the Nara government officially named its mascot back in March.

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In a poll conducted in our last post about the Nara mascot battle, Japan Probe readers overwhelmingly picked Manto-kun over Sento-kun. Let’s see how the newest mascot performs in a poll!

Which of these three mascots do you like the best?

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5 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - June 21, 2008 at 11:02 am

Categories: Odd / Strange Tags: japan, mascot, nara

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Comment by phauna

2008-06-21 18:48:43

I think Sento-kun is great. He’s even doing a karate chop.

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Comment by helical

2008-06-22 01:25:14

The introduction of a third one at this point in time managed to tip the my scale from “I guess either one is fine” to “I really don’t give a rats ass anymore”.

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Comment by morningstar

2008-06-22 04:07:39

They are all wrong.

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