MEET THIS CHARACTERKashihara City, Nara

Sarara-chan

さららちゃん

Added to this catalog December 26, 2013

CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Sarara-chan

Sarara-chan is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Kashihara City, Nara.

Registered area: Kashihara City, Nara

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.

Sarara-chan is Kashihara City's tourism promotion character. As the new Kashihara City tourism promotion character, she was named Sarara-chan in May 2012 after Uno no Sarara, the childhood name of Empress Jito, who created Fujiwara-kyo. She is a girl who debuted with a design by a manga artist from Kashihara City and works hard to promote tourism together with Kodaichan, another Kashihara City character.

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.

English page updated: September 8, 2026. Source-check dates are shown separately.