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Kurikaba

くりカバ

Registered organizationKyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters, Crime Prevention...

Added to this catalog November 23, 2013

Kurikaba
CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Kurikaba

Kurikaba is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Kyoto.

Registered area
Kyoto
Registered organization
Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters, Crime Prevention...

From the recorded profile

This is a translation of the source description. Dates, affiliations and plans refer to the source’s publication context, not a guarantee of current activity.

Kurikaba was created in 2012 to promote the anti-bag-snatching cover and encourage everyone to learn about and use it. He represents a hippo wearing a chestnut hat, combining kuri (chestnut, as in hittakuri, bag snatching), bōshi (prevention), and kaba (hippo, as in kabā, cover). He appears at events mainly in Kyoto and the Kansai area and works hard on promotion.

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1 recorded appearance