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Takibo

たき坊

Registered organizationTakibo Rakuichi

Added to this catalog August 30, 2013

Takibo
CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Takibo

Takibo is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Hachioji City, Tokyo.

Registered area
Hachioji City, Tokyo
Registered organization
Takibo Rakuichi

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.

Hachioji City certified local character Takibo. Takibo is a tanuki yokai born in Hachioji, a city known both as one of Japan's foremost university towns and as one of its foremost temple towns, and is training at a temple. It is said that its yokai powers were sealed by Oshosan. Takibo is 400 years old, equivalent to an eight-year-old boy in human terms, and appears at many events while sharing information about Hachioji on Twitter and elsewhere.

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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