Comments on: Controversial Mascot Chosen for Nara Heijo-Kyo Anniversary http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/ Nick Ramsay blogging from Gifu, Japan. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nick Ramsay http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3478 Nick Ramsay Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:13:40 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3478 Yes, Nara is famous for its deer. Yes, Nara is famous for its deer.

]]> By: Winnie http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3477 Winnie Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:27:23 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3477 Why should all the mascot comes with horn? Does it mean something? Why should all the mascot comes with horn? Does it mean something?

]]> By: Mike http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3471 Mike Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:38:27 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3471 That mascot sucks! What a waste of money! That mascot sucks! What a waste of money!

]]> By: Deas http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3468 Deas Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:36:29 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3468 File this mascot in the same place as the official <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_2012" rel="nofollow">London 2012</a> logo. Yikes. File this mascot in the same place as the official London 2012 logo. Yikes.

]]> By: Brad http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3467 Brad Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:04:52 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3467 Why do they need a mascot anyway? Oh, that's right... this is Japan. Why do they need a mascot anyway? Oh, that’s right… this is Japan.

]]> By: southofreality http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3465 southofreality Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:45:28 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3465 If the good people who were around during the Nara Period had been able to look through a little window in time into present-day Japan and see its abundance of cutesy, annoying characters, they'd have all committed seppuku on the spot. If the good people who were around during the Nara Period had been able to look through a little window in time into present-day Japan and see its abundance of cutesy, annoying characters, they’d have all committed seppuku on the spot.

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3464 Ken Y-N Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:43:45 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3464 The deer with the Buddha on the head is better, but it looks a little tanuki-like. However, the real mascot is AWFUL! The deer with the Buddha on the head is better, but it looks a little tanuki-like. However, the real mascot is AWFUL!

]]> By: www.japansoc.com http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3463 www.japansoc.com Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:33:20 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/03/03/controversial-mascot-chosen-for-nara-heijo-kyo-anniversary/#comment-3463 <strong>Controversial Mascot for Heijo-Kyo 1,300th Anniversary...</strong> We are two years away from the multi-million dollar festival that marks 1300 years since the establishment of Nara's Heijo-kyo as Japan's capital. Such an event needs a mascot, and they couldn't have chosen a funnier one than this. There are thousan... Controversial Mascot for Heijo-Kyo 1,300th Anniversary…

We are two years away from the multi-million dollar festival that marks 1300 years since the establishment of Nara’s Heijo-kyo as Japan’s capital. Such an event needs a mascot, and they couldn’t have chosen a funnier one than this. There are thousan…

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