Hikonyan
Hikonyan is the mascot of the 400th aniversary celebrations at Hikone Castle in Shiga prefecture. His hobby is walking and he likes eating meat and fish. Hikonyan’s profile is here and there are lots of photos here. His name in Japanese is ひこにゃん. The Yahoo Japan News site reported in April 2008 that visitor numbers at Hikone Castle are 60% higher than they were ten years ago, with the very popular Hikonyan believed to be largely responsible for the increase.
