Mascot characters from Japan, abroad gather for festival in Saitama Pref.

Mascot characters from Japan, abroad gather for festival in Saitama Pref.

Hikonyan (C), a mascot character of the western Japanese city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, is among some 400 "yuru-chara" (loose character) mascots from Japan and abroad gathered in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, for the sixth World Character Summit on Nov. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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