Mascot Onokun mingles with fans in Higashi-matsushima

Mascot Onokun mingles with fans in Higashi-matsushima

SENDAI, Japan - The mascot Onokun mingles with his ardent fans in Higashi-matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on April 20, 2014, commemorating the two-year anniversary of the birth of the character for craftwork in the form of a monkey made in the hope of the recovery of the 2011 disaster-hit city.

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