Sento-kun
Thanks to Mark for his comment on Sento-kun, the mascot of the 1,300th Anniversary of the Heijo-kyo capital in what is now the city of Nara. Japanese Mascots.com first wrote about Sento-kun here. The Daily Yomiuri reported here on 20 Apr 08 that the unpopularity of the mascot’s design has been worth about 1.5 billion yen in free publicity.
