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Nebutan, Haneton, Aputan, and Hotaten

ねぶたん・ハネトン・あぷたん・ほたてん

Added to this catalog September 5, 2013

CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Nebutan, Haneton, Aputan, and Hotaten

Nebutan, Haneton, Aputan, and Hotaten is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Aomori City, Aomori.

Registered area: Aomori City, Aomori

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.

Aomori City tourism characters Nebutan, Haneton, Aputan, and Hotaten. Nebutan is characterized by a black hairstyle expressing an energetic spirit that does not give in to wind or snow. Red represents the burning hearts of people in summer, and blue represents Aomori's bountiful sea. Its green Happy backpack, expressing the area's abundant nature, apparently contains a happiness-full set of energy, peace, emotion, love, and more. Together with Haneton, who wears a Happy flower hat; Aputan, who wears an Aomori apple; and Hotaten, who wears a scallop produced in Aomori, they appear at events and share information to help more people learn about Aomori's appeal.

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.