"Funassyi" mascot attends local character festival in Saitama Pref.

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2015, shows Funassyi (L), Japan's popular "pear fairy" mascot, attending the sixth World Character Summit in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Funassyi is an unofficial mascot of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, a region east of Tokyo known as a major producer of pears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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