Annual mascot contest in Japan

Annual mascot contest in Japan

Photo taken at the Nagano prefectural government office on March 29, 2019, shows Arukuma (2nd from R), a mascot character of the central Japan prefecture, promoting the annual national "yuru-chara" mascot contest ahead of the event in Nagano in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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