For decades Japan has been crawling with headhunters!
That is, thousands of tourist destinations in Japan have these signboards with face cut-outs for taking pictures called Kaodashi(3Yen 2009-09-11).
However, the krazy Kumamon*, Japan’s No. 1 loose-character† mascot has taken these ‘face-in-hole’ boards to a higher level.
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Read more about the Japanese Culture of Kaohame-Kaodashi (alicegordenker.wordpress.com | 2012/09/19).
† {lit. ‘loose character’ or ‘floppy mascot’}
WOT!? That Kumamon isn’t wacky enough for you?
Check out the previous post on the 3Yen:
This Kumamon snapshot is better!
Via: All for the Glory of Satan
This one of Kumamon is even better.
Kumamon fondles a breast.
kenY/N — http://imgur.com/a/QjoGL/
The Kumamon hype just gets bigger and bigger…
brandchannel.com | 2013 July 08
…Japan’s Kumamon is taking the rest of the world by storm.
The mascot of the high speed train of Kumamoto City (“kumamon” means “bear thing” in Japanese) was launched in 2010 and is now a fixture of Japanese culture as well as an increasing number of branding and marketing campaigns. It’s only the most popular anthropomorphized mascot in Japan’s robust history of anthropomorphized mascots. But don’t confuse Kumamon for Pedobear, another of Japan’s popular kuma exports. Japan has a rich history of cartoon mascots that seems partial to bears...more…
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Kumamon, don’t do it!
a fucking Baccarat crystal Kumamon
—ryulongd’s tumblr
— 11cm tall 39,900 yen…more via Kumamon’s official Facebook page
Didn’t you notice the similarity between Kumamon and Buddy Christ?
Kumamon vs Buddy Christ
‘Kumamon effect’ generates ¥124.4 bil.
December 27, 2013 | Jiji Press
“Kumamon,” the black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, generated economic effects worth ¥124.4 billion in the two years through October, the Bank of Japan’s Kumamoto branch estimated…
…The effects of Kumamon’s popularity on the prefecture’s economy have proved substantial in terms of their extent and cost-effectiveness, the branch said…more…
Run Kumamon, run!
—Kumamon FAN | 29 March 2014
via くまモンFAN
The battle of mecha-Titans….
Funasshii vs Kumamon
•Krazy Kumamon, Japan’s No. 1 loose-character mascot
(3Yen / 2013-07-07)
•Funasshii elected as Japan’s № 1 mascot
(Japancrush.com / 2013-07-07)
Ubiquitous YADA!
Mo’ betta Kumamon than just “crazy”…
What would the “Kumamon Diet” be like?
Just can’t hide!
BOW DOWN!
PREPARE FOR DEATH ALL YOU UNWORTHY SLIME!
Pervy Peeping Peerless Leader: President for Life, Kinky Kumamon!
via @55_kumamon
Run kids, run!