Mannertee is a manatee who teaches driving manners in East Japan.

Tour Monster, the fluffy pink mascot for travel company Tobu Tours, can take you around Japan in his big front pocket.

Tenny & Teo & T.T, a trio of flamboyantly dressed llamas, are mascots for the Japanese family website, Teniteo.

Noginon, a bright and energetic sunflower girl whose hat is a historic local brick kiln, is the mascot of Nogi, a town in Tochigi, Japan.

Merusuke, a yellow alien kappa, is the brand mascot for contact lens company Menicon.

Inoppi, the suicide prevention mascot of Kazuno City, who has wings for hugging and a head shaped like a teardrop.

Hato-san and Hatocchi, a pair of pigeons, are the mascots for the property rental site, Hatosan.

Assorted mascots in Sangenjaya, Tokyo, today

Konyudo-kun is the mascot of Yokkaichi City and is based on a giant, 200-year-old mechanical doll that appears at festivals there. Shiromochi-kun is a rice cake from Tsu-City with a historical helmet.

Miyagi-Sendai tourism mascot Musubimaru, a samurai whose head is a rice ball (pictured here in sporting attire), meets Kitekero-kun, mascot of Yamagata Prefecture, who is shaped like the outline of Yamagata.