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Yamacchi

やまっち

Registered organizationYamagata Village Tourism Association

Added to this catalog December 18, 2013

Yamacchi
CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Yamacchi

Yamacchi is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Yamagata Village, Nagano.

Registered area
Yamagata Village, Nagano
Registered organization
Yamagata Village Tourism Association

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.

Yamagata Village image character, Yamacchi. She is a girl who is “an apprentice god of abundant harvests who dearly loves Yamagata Village.” Her hat is modeled on the roof of Kiyomizu-dera Temple and decorated with satsuki, the village flower, while her body is made of Japanese yew, the village tree. She was born after being selected from more than 300 entries submitted from across Japan and works hard to promote Yamagata Village.

English translation of the source profile. Names are display translations, not necessarily official English names. Original Japanese names are retained for identification; check official sources for current activity.

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