Japanese Mascots

February 28, 2018

Tokyo- In this file photo taken on October 17, 2014, 51-year-old mother Kazumi Kaminaga smiles with a large Hello Kitty doll at a Sanrio shop in Tokyo.

Representing everything from prisons to safe sex, Japan has literally thousands of mascots, ranging from the uber-cute to the frankly disturbing. Jiji Press