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Kanpi-kun

カンピくん

Registered organizationShimotsuke City

Added to this catalog August 24, 2013

Kanpi-kun
CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Kanpi-kun

Kanpi-kun is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Shimotsuke City, Tochigi.

Registered area
Shimotsuke City, Tochigi
Registered organization
Shimotsuke City

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.

Roadside Station Shimotsuke character Kanpi-kun was born in 2011 in Shimotsuke City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan's leading producer of kanpyō. He is modeled on the fukube, the fruit of the bottle gourd used as the raw material for kanpyō. He wears bottle-gourd leaves on his head and also became a Shimotsuke City tourism ambassador, appearing at events inside and outside the city while introducing Shimotsuke City's good points. The source says “bents” for events.

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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