I'me certain you are correct, Eric. The display next to the lad had railroad brochures, but other than the word "railroad" I could not discern any meaning in them. Nara is the most popular day trip from Kyoto, and we considered going there but ran out of time.
Why not a deer for a mascot, instead of a boy with deer antlers? I guess that would not be "kawaii" enough. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Eric Featherstone <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
