"Yuru-kyara" local mascot festival

HIKONE, Japan - The annual festival of cute-looking local mascots, collectively known as "yuru-kyara" (loose characters), opens in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2012, with a record number of 244 characters participating, including one from Saipan.

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