Mondo Mascots on X: The Yakult Swallows mascot, Tsubakuro the swallow, is self-isolating because he got Covid. / X

Mondo Mascots on X: Hesomaru-kun has a bellybutton nose because he's the mascot for the Furano Bellybutton Festival (held each summer in Hokkaido, Japan) where merrymakers paint faces on their tummies and

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Mondo Mascots on X: Nazo no Sakana, the ever-evolving mysterious fish mascot of the Chiba Lotte Marines baseball team, has signed a record deal with Avex, and will release an album next

Mondo Mascots on X: The mascot for the Japanese baseball team, the Tokushima Indigo Socks, is Mr. Indie, a mischievous red-nosed spider (who wears indigo socks). / X

Mondo Mascots on X: Yakult's mascot, Yakult-Man, is here to save everyone's stomachs from bad bacteria. / X

TSUBAME, Japan - Tsubakuro, mascot character of the Yakult Swallows professional baseball club, shows off packages for the boxed lunch using the Tsubakuro brand of rice in Tsubame, Niigata Prefecture, on May

Two Japanese baseball mascots meet in the outfield for a kick to the face and shot to the head

Mondo Mascotsστο X: At Yakult-Man's welcome party, baseball mascot Tsubakura was jealous and refused to shake the new mascot's hand. / X

Mondo Mascots on X: Tsubakuro, the mascot for baseball team The Yakult Swallows, wears a black mask to avoid Covid-19. / X

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Two Japanese baseball mascots meet in the outfield for a kick to the face and shot to the head

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Mondo Mascots on X: A pile of harvested rice named Nejiri Honyo is the mascot of Kurihara City, Japan. / X

Mondo Mascots on X: Tsubakuro the swallow, mascot for the Yakult Swallows, opens his new “nest” near Jingu Stadium to the public from tomorrow. / X