Ari and Rio (the mascots for Ario Kasai Department Store in Tokyo) are childhood friends and are very close. They can't talk, as a result of being dogs.

The PASMO Robot, a cheerful pink robot with wheels on its feet, promotes the PASMO smartcard for public transport.

Cupolan, from Kawaguchi City, is a robot based on the city’s historic cupola furnace (used for making steel).

Unir, a versatile railway employee unicorn, is the mascot for the Tsukuba Express train line.

A trio of tanuki (raccoon dogs) called the Metopon Family (Metopon, Ponta, and Chikapon) are mascots for the Tokyo Metro subway.

Urawa Reds F.C. mascot Redia, a green devil dog, appeared on the Saitama Rapid Railway at an event to celebrate the train line’s 25th anniversary.

Hyoga is a juggling yellow dragon from Hamamatsu City. He is an evil dragon because he eats his roommate's ice cream without permission.

Long running anime character Sazae-san, a cheerful young mother, and her hardworking parents were out today.

Hesomaru-kun is the mascot for the Furano Bellybutton Festival, where people paint faces on their midriffs. He has a big belly face with a bellybutton nose.

Pachapo, the mascot of the Japan Swimming Federation, is a spherical water goblin (kappa).

Kan-chan, a pink penguin who is often mistaken an enema, is the mascot for Ichijiku enemas.

Jinenger, an eccentric, energetic mountain yam, is an unofficial mascot for Shiroi City.

Hanepyon is the mascot of Ota-ku, Tokyo. (Haneda Airport is in Ota, which is why Hanepyon's head is a plane.)

Shigeto Neko is a hardworking construction site cat who promotes workplace safety.

Omuran-chan, a lively cherry blossom spirit, is the mascot of Omura City, Nagasaki.

Sasebo Burger Boy, a burger-headed sailor, promotes the Sasebo Burger, a popular dish from Nagasaki.

Irissn, the flamboyant flower fairy, is the mascot of Shibuya, Tokyo.

Tsubakineko, a white cat with a camellia on its head, is the mascot for Japan’s Goto City.

Jinmen-seki-kun, the mascot of Iki City in Nagasaki, is based on the a "human-faced stone" unearthed from Yayoi period ruins. His special skill is making children cry. He may look tough on the outside, but he's actually rather sensitive.

Nyaga is a white cat who promotes Nagasaki Prefecture.

In Japan, Denny’s has chef cat mascots called the Dennyas. One of them, Ruu, was in Takadanobaba branch today.

Toripy, a hybrid of a pear and a bird, is the mascot of Tottori Prefecture.

Seto-kun is a mascot from Seto City and is based on a historical ceramic guardian dog from there. He plays a mean sax.

Takumi Ponzan, the mascot for the town of Shigaraki, in Shiga Prefecture, is a ceramics craftsman tanuki (raccoon dog) with large, pendulous testicles.

Kujac, a fun-loving peacock, is the mascot for Meitetsu Lejac mall in Nagoya City.

Heartora, a white tiger with heart ears and a red cross on his forehead, is the mascot for the Japan Red Cross.

Uto City's mascot, Uton Yukinagasyan, is a a legendary local lord but egg-shaped.

@mondomascots.bsky.social every time i see the East Midlands Railway mascot here in the UK i think of your account! his name is Miles, because the train travels for miles... and he is purple because that's the colour of the train seats! i think he's cute...

Nashiro (mascot of Hita City) is an alien with a see-through cranium, showing its brain, which is a pear.

Yahata Inu, the mascot of Kai City, looks like a cat but is actually a mix of a potato and a dog, with a leaf from a local zelkova tree on its head.

Miyaneko, a white cat whose ears make an “M”, is the mascot for Miyazaki City. His special skills are dancing and overreacting.

I spotted this fluffy pink character in Miyazaki City. It’s Mokoko, the mascot from UMK News.

Not sure how I didn't know before today that @metrolosangeles.bsky.social has a creepy, vertically eyed mascot named Rude Dude

Kikuchi-kun, the unofficial mascot of Kikuchi City, has a melon hat, cow legs, a grain of rice nose, a blue water body, hot spring eyebrows, loveheart lips, and the crest of the historic local Kikuchi clan for eyes.

Irutea, a Eurasian skylark sumo wrestler who likes drinking tea, is the mascot of Iruma City.

Bakegoro is a youtuber ghost from Matsudo City.

Hatoson-kun, a stately pigeon with a top hat and monocle, is the mascot for Ito Yokado supermarkets.

Akos-chan, a fairy who likes rice crackers and music, is the mascot for Akos Shopping Mall in Saitama. She celebrated her birthday today.

Papatako, a hardworking octopus dad, is the mascot of Akashi City.

Tanamin, a white hairy fairy that cures sickness with its big blue hands, is the mascot of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharmaceuticals.

Gen-chan the Japanese river otter is a mascot from Ehime Prefecture who plays the saxophone.

The mascot for Air Do (an airline based in Hokkaido, Japan) is Bear Do, a friendly polar bear.

Mochi Mochi Panda is a panda-like creature that is squishy like mochi (rice cake), but is neither a panda nor a rice cake.

Koapyon, a bear in a bunny costume, is the mascot for the village of Kamikoani in Akita Prefecture.

Koritan, a blue bird stationmaster decorated with cherry blossoms and musical notes, is the mascot for Koriyama Railway Station.

Nahanyan, a railway worker black cat, is the mascot for the Kamakura Rolling Stock Center (Nakahara Branch), who fix and maintain trains.

Sutamu-chan, an angel of good fortune from the Milky Way, is the mascot of Ogawamachi, Saitama. Sutamu-chan’s body is a piece of the traditional handmade paper the town is known for, decorated with bamboo leaves and stars from the Tanabata star festival held there each summer.

Shirakawan, the mascot of Shirakawa City, is a white dog with distinctive eyebrows based on those of Shirakawa’s traditional lucky Daruma dolls. The city’s flower, the plum blossom, is on its chest.

A cheerful soil fairy born from the fertile soil of Samegawa Village, Fukushima, Yuuki-kun has a sprout growing on his head and grows big by feeding on everyone's smiles. He wants to see the sprouts on his head bloom into flowers.

Yamappi, the mascot of Yamatsuri Town, Fukushima, wears both a hat made of yuzu (a locally-grown fruit) and a pouch featuring the Kuji River and the sweetfish caught there.