Meet Wakatama-kun

Wakura's onsen egg mascot

Alena Eckelmann Jan 23, 2016 - ใช้เวลาอ่าน 1 นาที

<p>I am waiting for kids and the young-at-heart who like mascots</p>

<p>Wakatama-kun has fun in Yuttari Park</p>

<p>Do you want to join me on this bench?</p>

<p>You can find me everywhere in Wakura Onsen, even by the public hot spring</p>

<p>There are so many of me in Yuttari Park, and we are all very photogenic</p>

<p>Here I am, right by the station welcoming guests to Wakura Onsen</p>

If you come to Wakura Hot Spring with kids, or you are an adult who enjoys Japan’s cute mascots, then Wakatama-kun, Wakura’s onsen egg mascot is waiting for you everywhere: at the station, in Yuttari Park, at the public onsen, and even by the roadside. Have a walk around and see how many of them you can find. Wakatama-kun likes to be photographed, and he has his own blog: http://blog.livedoor.jp/wakuraonsen/

Alena Eckelmann @alena.eckelmann

Founder of Kii Monogatari, my story and the story of the Kii Peninsula of Japan. Originally from East Germany, I came to Tokyo, via Berlin and London, in 2005. In summer 2011 I moved by choice to remote Kumano in the south of the Kii Peninsula where I live, work and play now, and explore every da...