The giant "tanuki" figurine, which is popular as a symbol of the town of Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, where Shigaraki ware is produced, is dressed in a chocolate-colored costume with a Valentine's Day motif.
In front of Shigaraki Station on the Shigaraki Kogen Railway, which runs through Koka City, there is a huge raccoon dog figurine with a height of 5.3 meters and a waist circumference of 6.6 meters, and locals wear it six times a year according to the season. ..
Every winter, I wore snowman-style costumes, but because the costumes are out of date, a new costume designed by a local high school student with the motif of Valentine's Day was unveiled.
On the 19th, local tourist associations wrapped a brown cloth with the image of a chocolate cake around a huge chocolate cake, put an apron-like pink ribbon on the waist, and held a bowl and a spatula in their hands. I transformed it into a lovely figure that looks like a mixture of chocolate cake cream.
Ryuji Okuda, director of the Shigaraki Town Tourism Association, said, "The number of people infected with corona is increasing, which makes it a complicated feeling for a tourist destination, but I hope you will feel warm when you see this raccoon dog."
This Valentine's costume will be enjoyable until the 20th of next month.