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Tantan

たんたん

Registered organizationMatsuyama City Okaido 3-chome Community Development Committee

Added to this catalog August 23, 2026

Tantan
CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Tantan

Tantan is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Matsuyama City, Ehime.

Registered area
Matsuyama City, Ehime
Registered organization
Matsuyama City Okaido 3-chome Community Development Committee

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.

I'm Tantan, the Madonna tanuki of the Ropeway Shopping Street in Matsuyama City~! My name is a play on “dandan,” which means “thank you” in the Matsuyama dialect♪ I sometimes walk around the shopping street on weekends for promotional activities, so please come meet me!

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