"The well that Okiku was thrown down is in Himeji Castle. Another horror story ... In photos, I saw a cute fox mascot join the sacred ceremony. It is interesting how frightening stories from ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan's first four UNESCO World Heritage sites, is pictured in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2023. (Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A ticket to the famously ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Visitors to the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 can try Himeji’s specialty usually served at train stations (“eki”) for commuters on the run. The “ekisoba” noodle dish ...

Crime! Drama! Intrigue! What has happened to Michi? Michi, a disgraced yakuza lieutenant, is exiled to a cursed town to turn a bankrupt mascot agency into a profitable enterprise. As he struggles ...

Duo the Owl, Duolingo's make-believe mascot, is alive. The language-learning app announced on Monday that the mascot had faked his death. Duolingo announced two weeks ago that the mascot was ...

It's fair to say that Mario will likely always sit on the throne as the most iconic video game mascot of all time, but Sonic the Hedgehog certainly gave him a run for his money back in the '90s.

I knew going in to Promise Mascot Agency's Steam Next Fest demo that there was a high probability it would be absolutely my bag. Made by the same developers behind the excellent Paradise Killer ...

Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the owl, is dead. Okay, Duo isn’t really dead (we think), but the language learning app committed so hard to this bit that its CEO, Luis von Ahn, read a eulogy for this ...

Thinking back to my Shadows demo, I have to give a lot of praise to the designers for effectively using so much of the real estate afforded by Himeji Castle. Thanks to the game’s less ‘hand-holdy’ ...

Instead, Smith’s latest ESPN contract is a product of a new moment in sports media. The mascot era is here. All the highest-paid sports personalities are not only talented but living ...