{"id":2872,"date":"2012-11-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/2012\/11\/12\/_kumamon\/"},"modified":"2012-11-12T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T08:00:00","slug":"kumamon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/2012\/11\/kumamon\/","title":{"rendered":"\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3 Kumamon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3\u3063\u3066\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304b\u3002 Have you heard of <i>Kumamon<\/i>?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"269\" alt=\"121024_0734~01\u304f\u307e\u3082\u3093\u5f01\u5f53 resized for web.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/121024_073401E3818FE381BEE38282E38293E5BC81E5BD9320resized20for20web.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/>(c) Meg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><cite><br \/><\/cite><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3\u306f\u3001\u718a\u672c\u770c<small>[\u304f\u307e\u3082\u3068\u3051\u3093]<\/small>(= Kumamoto Prefecture)\u306ePR\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u3067\u3059\u3002\u6700\u8fd1<small>[\u3055\u3044\u304d\u3093]<\/small>\u3001\u65e5\u672c<small>[\u306b\u307b\u3093]<\/small>\u3067\u306f\u3001\u3044\u308d\u3044\u308d\u306a\u770c<small>[\u3051\u3093]<\/small>(= prefecture)\u304c\u770c<small>[\u3051\u3093]<\/small>\u306e\u5ba3\u4f1d<small>[\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3093]<\/small>\u3092\u3059\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3001\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u3092\u4f5c<small>[\u3064\u304f]<\/small>\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u718a\u672c\u770c<small>[\u304f\u307e\u3082\u3068\u3051\u3093]<\/small>\u306f\u3001\u540d\u524d<small>[\u306a\u307e\u3048]<\/small>\u306b\u300c\u718a<small>[\u304f\u307e]<\/small>(= bear)\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u5b57<small>[\u3058]<\/small>(= letter)\u304c\u3042\u308b\u306e\u3067\u3001\u718a<small>[\u304f\u307e]<\/small>\u3092\u4f7f<small>[\u3064\u304b]<\/small>\u3063\u305f\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u3001\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3\u3092\u4f5c<small>[\u3064\u304f]<\/small>\u3063\u305f\u3093\u3060\u3068\u601d<small>[\u304a\u3082]<\/small>\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u3053\u306e\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3\u3001\u3068\u3066\u3082\u4eba\u6c17<small>[\u306b\u3093\u304d]<\/small>\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5b50<small>[\u3053]<\/small>\u3069\u3082\u3082\u5927\u4eba<small>[\u304a\u3068\u306a]<\/small>\u3082\u5927\u597d<small>[\u3060\u3044\u3059]<\/small>\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u4e0a<small>[\u3046\u3048]<\/small>\u306e\u5199\u771f<small>[\u3057\u3083\u3057\u3093]<\/small>\u306f\u3001\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3\u306e\u304a\u3080\u3059\u3073\u304c\u5165\u3063\u305f\u304a\u5f01\u5f53<small>[\u3079\u3093\u3068\u3046]<\/small>\u3067\u3059\u3002\u304a\u3044\u3057\u305d\u3046\u3060\u3057\u3001\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3082\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046?\u3000\u3088\u304f\u898b<small>[\u307f]<\/small>\u308b\u3068\u3001\u304f\u307e\u578b<small>[\u304c\u305f]<\/small>\u306e(= bear-shaped)\u306b\u3093\u3058\u3093\u3082\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3088\u3002\u898b<small>[\u307f]<\/small>\u3064\u3051\u3089\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u3053\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\u304a\u5f01\u5f53<small>[\u3079\u3093\u3068\u3046]<\/small>\u3001\u65e5\u672c<small>[\u306b\u307b\u3093]<\/small>\u3067\u306f\u304a\u6bcd<small>[\u304b\u3042]<\/small>\u3055\u3093\u3084\u304a\u7236<small>[\u3068\u3046]<\/small>\u3055\u3093\u304c\u5b50<small>[\u3053]<\/small>\u3069\u3082\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u4f5c<small>[\u3064\u304f]<\/small>\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3053\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u3082<a href=\"https:\/\/www.waikato.ac.nz\/fass\/soba\/2012\/04\/-japanese-bento.shtml\">\u524d<small>[\u307e\u3048]<\/small>\u306b<\/a>\u66f8<small>[\u304b]<\/small>\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u8a73<small>[\u304f\u308f]<\/small>\u3057\u304f\u3057\u308a\u305f\u3044\u4eba\u306f\u3001\u516c\u5f0f<small>[\u3053\u3046\u3057\u304d]<\/small>\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8(= official site)\u306b<a href=\"http:\/\/kumamon-official.jp\/\">\u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30b9<\/a>\u3092!<\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;Kumamon<\/i> is a PR character for Kumamoto prefecture. Recently many prefectures in Japan have created cute characters like <i>Kumamon <\/i>to get attention from people. &quot;Kuma&quot; in the name of Kumamoto Prefecture means &quot;bear&quot;; so that&#8217;s why the council decided to create a bear-looking character for their PR, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>Kumamon is actually very popular among children and adults. The above photo is Kumamon-lunch box created by Meg, my friend who lives in Kumamoto Prefecture. It looks cute and delicious, don&#8217;t you think? That bear-looking face is Kumamon-rice ball; I am sure you can recognise which one I am talking about. But have you also found a piece of bear-shaped carrot as well?<\/p>\n<p>By the way, Japanese mums and dads often make such cute lunch box. I wrote about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waikato.ac.nz\/fass\/soba\/2012\/04\/-japanese-bento.shtml\">before<\/a> in this blog page.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about Kumamon, please access to<a href=\"http:\/\/kumamon-official.jp\/\"> its official site<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u304f\u307e\u30e2\u30f3\u3063\u3066\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304b\u3002 Have you heard of Kumamon? 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