Mascot Overload: Japan’s Obsession with Mascots
| April 9, 2018
9. Sanomaru
Falling under the cute and cuddly spectrum, Sanomaru is a sweet black and white doggy samurai, with a French fry sword in one hand and a ramen bowl over his head. He also happens to be the 2013 Grand Prix Yuru-Chara winner. Really, who wouldn’t vote the cutest and clearly the most well-fed puppy in Japan (with flip flops and all)?
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