Gunma-chan wins local mascot contest

TOKONAME, Japan - Gunma prefectural mascot Gunma-chan (L), the 2014 winner of an annual local mascot popularity contest, receives the gold medal from the previous winner, Sanomaru, a mascot of the city of Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, during an event in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2014.

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