On 4 June 2015 at 15:35, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > This was in the lobby of our hotel in Kyoto. > Some things in Japan simply defy explanation: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18033024&size=md > K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are invited.
Nice. It's sento-kun, the city mascot of the ancient captial Nara, about half an hour south of Kyoto. Nara being famous for its deer, hence the antlers. It seems to be an advertising campaign to get tourists to go there. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sento-kun&tbm=isch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sento-kun There are odder mascots; Funabashi (Chiba prefecture nr Tokyo) has a banana called Funasshi. http://www.japancrush.com/2013/pictures/unofficial-mascot-funasshii-elected-as-japans-no-1-mascot.html -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
