...this is Musubimaru (むすび丸), the mascot of the whole Miyagi Prefecture. His head is made of an onigiri, the triangular half-wrapped in a strip of nori seaweed rice ball that is the ultimate Japanese soul food (Miyagi is famous for its rice) and he is wearing the armor of the feudal lord and general Date Masamune (伊達 政宗, 1567-1636), Miyagi's hero and the man who made its capital, Sendai, one of Japan's most important cities. Here as a plush toy, in public works' fencing and on a vending machine.
(For a bigger version of these pictures both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).
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