Northeastern Japan's Akita introduces new mascot "Ndatchi"

Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake (C) poses for photos with new publicity character "Ndatchi" (R) and the northeastern Japan prefecture's official mascot "Sugicchi" during a news conference in Akita city on Nov. 24, 2015. Ndatchi's name was picked from 3,117 entries in a naming contest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000050326

Registered date
2015/11/26 16:10:47

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
3476 × 2688 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
1.40(MB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi tour held in Okayama Pref.

Participants who dress like popular fictional Japanese detective Kosuke Kindaichi or other characters from the novel, TV and movie series pose for photos in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2015. The event was held to tour locations of the series in the western Japan city where author Seishi Yokomizo (1902-1981) lived for a while. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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

Japan's Kumamoto region to attract tourists from Hong Kong

"Kumamon," a mascot character from Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (R) attend a ceremony in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2015, to celebrate the opening of a tourism office in the Chinese territory. With the office, the southwestern Japanese prefecture aims to attract more tourists from Hong Kong. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Clog-stacking contest held in west Japan city famous for comics

A mother and child take part in a contest to stack as many Japanese "geta" wooden sandals as possible in one minute on Nov. 8, 2015, in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture. The western Japan city is the hometown of Shigeru Mizuki, author of the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" ghost comic series, which features its lead character Kitaro in signature geta clogs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A-bomb survivor exhibits photos at Pugwash confab in Nagasaki

Yoshitoshi Fukahori, an 86-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, explains on Oct. 30, 2015, about a photo exhibition he is hosting at the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs venue in the southwestern Japanese city to highlight the A-bomb's impact on human beings. He urged scientists to learn from history and uphold their good conscience when conducting research for the sake of mankind. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Saitama Pref. holds tourism, product promotion event in Sydney

The government of Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo holds an event in Sydney on Oct. 26, 2015, to promote local specialties and tourism. At L is a doll based on "Crayon Shin-chan," a leading character in a Japanese comic series depicting a family in the prefectural city of Kasukabe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ehime's "Mikyan" leads in online vote for most popular local mascot

Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura (C) pretends to protect "Mikyan" (R), the southwestern Japanese prefecture's mascot, from "Dark Mikyan," a villain character devised by Nakamura, during a promotion event at the prefectural government office on Oct. 8, 2015. Mikyan was leading in an online vote for the year's most popular local mascot as of midnight on Oct. 24. Vote count is set for Nov. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Renowned soprano Te Kanawa performs in Fukushima with schoolchildren

World-renowned soprano Kiri Te Kanawa (far R) of New Zealand offers advice to students during her visit to a senior high school in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2015. Te Kanawa, hoping survivors of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in Fukushima will have a bright future, performed a concert in the northeastern Japanese city on Oct. 12, including singing with a choir of 213 local junior and senior high school students. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Scarecrow contest held in Kochi Pref., western Japan

Visitors take photos at a scarecrow contest in Kami in the western Japanese prefecture of Kochi on Oct. 17, 2015. A set of small wooden dinosaurs made by a local resident won the top prize. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man wins scarecrow contest with small dinosaurs

Toshinobu Takashiba poses for photos on Oct. 17, 2015, with wooden dinosaurs that won the top prize in a handmade scarecrow contest in Kami, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. Takashiba, a resident of the city, spent a month creating his "World of Dinosaurs" with about 220 dinosaurs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo