And to finish with Chiba Prefecture's mascots (yeah, right) here's two of the previous ones, Chiba-kun and Echoken, together with Fukura Tamako (ふっくらたまこ), the mascot of the town of Tako (多古) famous for its rice since the Yayoi (弥生) Period (300 BC-300 AD), hence that Ms. Tamako herself is a grain of rice. In her page in the town's website you can see her in many, many variations.
(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr)
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