January 09, 2025 Hikonyan, the popular mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, poses with New Year greeting cards addressed to the cat mascot at the city government ...

even though the theater is struggling financially especially during the harsh winter of Japan's northernmost prefecture. The Daikokuza theater in the town of Urakawa welcomed its first mascot cat ...

HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture—The city government here plans to register a trademark for Hikonyan, its samurai cat mascot ... and regions. The mascot has official names in Japanese, English, Chinese ...