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Takuzaemon

宅左衛門

Registered organizationSumoto Downtown Revitalization Center

Added to this catalog August 23, 2026

Takuzaemon
CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Takuzaemon

Takuzaemon is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Sumoto City, Hyogo.

Registered area
Sumoto City, Hyogo
Registered organization
Sumoto Downtown Revitalization Center

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.

As the elder of Sumoto’s tanuki, he lamented that the tanuki lived from day to day and began a mutual-aid association in which they lent each other money in times of trouble. He is the god of finance.

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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