Hikonyan on St. Valentine's Day

Hikonyan on St. Valentine's Day

OTSU, Japan - Hikonyan, a popular feline mascot of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, poses at the municipal government office on Feb. 14, 2012, among more than 160 chocolate and other gifts sent from around the nation for St. Valentine's Day.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001166626
  • Registered date
  • 2012/2/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2197 × 1586 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 520.82(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Hikone city mascot Hikonyan turns nine

    Hikone city mascot Hikonyan turns nine

    OTSU, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - Hikonyan (C), a mascot character of the western Japanese city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, receives a birthday cake during a celebration ceremony for its ninth birthday at Hikone Castle on April 13, 2015.
      World record set in Takarazuka for longest single line of dancers

      World record set in Takarazuka for longest single line of dancers

      TAKARAZUKA, Japan - People in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, the city famous for the Takarazuka Revue, dance together in a line on Nov. 1, 2014, as they attempt to set a world record for the longest single line of dancers. They set a record recognized by the Guinness World Records when 4,395 people danced for more than 5 minutes in a line, beating the previous record set in 2012 in the United States with 2,569 dancers. Takarazuka Grand Theater, a theater dedicated to the all-female troupe, is seen in the background.
        World record set in Takarazuka for longest single line of dancers

        World record set in Takarazuka for longest single line of dancers

        TAKARAZUKA, Japan - People in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, the city famous for the Takarazuka Revue, dance together in a line on the bank of the Muko River on Nov. 1, 2014, as they attempt to set a world record for the longest single line of dancers. They set a record recognized by the Guinness World Records when 4,395 people danced for more than 5 minutes in a line, beating the previous record set in 2012 in the United States with 2,569 dancers.
          Awa dance festival

          Awa dance festival

          TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa dance festival begins in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2014. The organizers of one of Japan's most famous festivals expect more than 1.2 million people to visit the Tokushima Prefecture capital for the four-day festival until Aug. 15.
            Penguin in Matsue gets 'White Day' treat

            Penguin in Matsue gets 'White Day' treat

            MATSUE, Japan - Takeshi Notsu, a zookeeper at Matsue Vogel Park, feeds horse mackerel from a heart-shaped bowl to 10-year-old female penguin Sakura as a present for "White Day" on March 12, 2014, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture in western Japan. In Japan, women send gifts to men on Valentine's Day and men return the favor on White Day on March 14. Sakura has been frequently chasing and staying close to Notsu in apparent courtship behaviors.
              Mascot surrounded by chocolate gifts on St. Valentine's Day

              Mascot surrounded by chocolate gifts on St. Valentine's Day

              OTSU, Japan - Hikonyan, a mascot character created by the municipal government of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is swarmed with chocolate gifts at the city hall on St. Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, 2014.
                Decorations hung at poet Hakushu's birthplace in Fukuoka

                Decorations hung at poet Hakushu's birthplace in Fukuoka

                FUKUOKA, Japan - Numerous traditional hanging decorations of Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are placed in a room of the house where Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942) was born, as part of a festival on Feb. 10, 2014. The festival, featuring colorful decorations at more than 40 locations in Yanagawa, runs through April 3. (Photo taken with fisheye lens)
                  Kamakura festival

                  Kamakura festival

                  YOKOTE, Japan - A couple pose for a photo inside an igloo-like snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance during the Kamakura festival in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, or Valentine's Day.
                    'Hikonyan' mascot gets 305 Valentine chocolate packs

                    'Hikonyan' mascot gets 305 Valentine chocolate packs

                    OTSU, Japan - "Hikonyan," the official mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, poses with 305 packs of chocolate on Feb. 14, 2014, received as St. Valentine's Day gifts from fans across Japan as well as from Germany.
                      'Unpopular' mascots get an earful from Osaka Gov.

                      'Unpopular' mascots get an earful from Osaka Gov.

                      OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui gives Fururu (L) and other mascot characters representing municipalities in the western Japan prefecture an earful regarding their apparent low popularity on Feb. 12, 2014, during a PR mascot appointment ceremony at the Osaka prefectural government office.