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I ran across an interesting article on the Web about Japanese cute culture. You can see a list of 30 most popular corporate mascots in Japan here:
http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/05/11/top-thirty-cutest-corporate-mascots-in-japan/
I’ll pick out some cuties from the list.
The left picture is Morinaga Chocoball’s Kyoro-chan(森永チョコボールのキョロちゃん), the No.1 cute mascot in the list. Yes, he’s absolutely cute! I was using a Kyo-chan alarm clock when I was young in my parents’ house. Every weekday morning, it went “Kue kue kue...asagohan...Itadakimaaaasu!”, translated: “ Eat eat eat ...breakfast...itadakimasu(a phrase Japanese say right before having meals)!” with fun music.
The middle one is the No.2 in the list. It’s KDDI (a tele communication company, know for its au mobile phones)'s Lismo. I wonder why this squirrel is that popular because it’s face is blank. There seems nothing giving off cuteness in it...
The cute, round-faced penguin in the right picture is my favorite! It placed No. 15 in the list, but in my own list, it’s No.1! You can see the penguin at the JR train stations across Kanto region if you’re living in Japan. Every time I walk past the cute faces of this penguin in train stations, it put a smile on my face. I like round-shaped things. Some of you may have noticed that it’s mouth(or nose?) looks like a coffee bean. =p I believe that’s what makes the penguin even cuter! Though I love this penguin so much and it’s been my favorite for at least a year, I learned the penguin’s name just a little while ago. It’s called Suippi. How sweet!
http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/05/11/top-thirty-cutest-corporate-mascots-in-japan/
I’ll pick out some cuties from the list.
The left picture is Morinaga Chocoball’s Kyoro-chan(森永チョコボールのキョロちゃん), the No.1 cute mascot in the list. Yes, he’s absolutely cute! I was using a Kyo-chan alarm clock when I was young in my parents’ house. Every weekday morning, it went “Kue kue kue...asagohan...Itadakimaaaasu!”, translated: “ Eat eat eat ...breakfast...itadakimasu(a phrase Japanese say right before having meals)!” with fun music.
The middle one is the No.2 in the list. It’s KDDI (a tele communication company, know for its au mobile phones)'s Lismo. I wonder why this squirrel is that popular because it’s face is blank. There seems nothing giving off cuteness in it...
The cute, round-faced penguin in the right picture is my favorite! It placed No. 15 in the list, but in my own list, it’s No.1! You can see the penguin at the JR train stations across Kanto region if you’re living in Japan. Every time I walk past the cute faces of this penguin in train stations, it put a smile on my face. I like round-shaped things. Some of you may have noticed that it’s mouth(or nose?) looks like a coffee bean. =p I believe that’s what makes the penguin even cuter! Though I love this penguin so much and it’s been my favorite for at least a year, I learned the penguin’s name just a little while ago. It’s called Suippi. How sweet!
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How've you been?
I found that this entry is very interesting though I'm a Japanese.
Thank you so much for a nice journal.
I bookmarked the URL. ^__~
I was using a Kyo-chan alarm clock when I was young in my parents’ house.
It’s KDDI's (a tele communication company, know for its au mobile phones)'s Lismo.
There seems to be nothing giving off cuteness in it...
Though I've loved this penguin so much and it’s been my favorite for at least a year, I just learned the penguin’s name just a little while ago.
lol,that squirrel isn't cute!It doesn't have a face,it's just a silhouette.
That's a penguin?I thought it was an octopus.lol...suippi that makes me think of sweeping...That'd be something I'd say while sweeping the floor if I was hyper probably lol.suippi suippi suippi!
I'm fairly picky when it comes to cuteness,lol,I only like hiko-nyan out of that list.
Hi Rose. I'm gooood ^o^ You're welcome. Your journals are so much fun, too. I liked your last year's funny T-shirt series! And you're simply amazing....I mean, I admire your persistence in writing English journals.
ましまろ、thanks for correcting my EngRish. lol You thought the penguin was an octopus? That's hilarious XD I think you thought so because there's only it's head in this picture. Actually it has a penguin-like body in other pics.
Suippi...sweeping...floor...broom...dust....... No cute at all! lol
lol,yeah,you know how there's those old movies where a giant squid attacks a sub and they always make the squid have a beak for some reason...So I thought it was an octopus with a beak like the squid lol.
I'm speaking in Engrish too lol
suippi...just say it repeatedly in song form next time you sweep,it'll be great!lol
Good morning!
Yeah! I think the T-shirts entries are one of my excellent entries. haha
Thank you so much again for those nice links plus the links via e-mail.
Please enjoy macha sweets. ^_^
こんばんは～♪
キョロちゃんが１位。
lang-8の自分の画像につかっているので自分のことのようにうれしいです。
単に、プロフィールの画像をどうしようか悩んだときに、チョコボールの箱を見ただけなんですけどね。
いろいろなマスコットがありますよね。今気になるのは、リストにはありませんが、地デジカです。「シカ」が進化すると「地デジカ」になるそうです。では、奈良公園の鹿もいずれは地デジカに！？
ましまろ、an octopus with a beak... lol Yeah, I'll try singing "Suippi, suippi....." while sweeping the floor. I don't want to do that in public though. lol It sounds like the magic spells witches use...
Rose, wow...there's two more yummies! You're a big fan of Maccha, right? I generally don't really like sweets but the Maccha cake in your picture looks so delicious! Thanks☆ I'm a bit jealous of girls who love sweets like you cause enjoying sweets is a feminine thing.
Queちゃん、こんばんは＾＾ キョロちゃんが特に好きだったわけじゃないんですね～。う～ん、でもやっぱりキョロちゃんはかわいい！憎めない顔ですよね。地デジカ・・・また新しいキャラの登場ですね・・・。
suippi!it sounds fun to me...lol...I'll sing it next time I sweep lol.
You can see a list of the 30 most popular corporate mascots in Japan here:
Yes, he’s absolutely cute!
or, to shake up your vocab, "He's absolutely adorable!"
I wonder why this squirrel is that popular-- because after all, it’s face is blank.
You can see the penguin at the JR train stations across the Kanto region if you’re living in Japan.
Every time I walk past the cute faces of this penguin in train stations, it put a smile on my face.Ꮤ
Some of you may have noticed that it’s mouth (or nose?) looks like a coffee bean.
Hehe, I also love the cute mascots of Japan! I used to live in a town in Aichi Prefecture where the mascot was a very cute, cartoon Tokugawa Ieyasu. Only in Japan...