Hokkaido Marimokkori

November 30, 2006 on 2:10 pm | In Crazy Consumers, Humor | | Email This Post

Thanks to a friend at school I was introduced to this interesting mascot from Hokkaido.

Marimokkori!

The name is a play on words. A Marimo, is a weird algae ball found in Hokkaido.

A mokkori, is another word for, well, a mound. However, it can also be used in a way described by our favorite dictionary, ALC. If you check that definition, you can understand why the figure is… shaped… the way it is.

It’s Hokkaido’s famous marimokkori! If you pull the mokkori, he’ll shake!

You can see the wonderful marimokkori and his round mokkori displayed over the Japanese homework.

Instead of studying Japanese, pull the makkori with your fingers. Upon release, marimokkori will vibrate as his mokkori slowly returns to its initial state.

Go Hokkaido!

- Harvey

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    Oh good lord! I am couting the moments until Darryl stops ripping up the carpet in what will one day be our bedroom so I can show him this craziness!

    Comment by Jessica — November 30, 2006 #

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    LOL!

    No wonder he’s smiling.

    Comment by Clive — December 1, 2006 #

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    Am I the only one who thinks it weird you have to pull his wee wee to get him to vibrate??!!

    Comment by zen — December 1, 2006 #

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    Half of me is laughing. The other half is a bit disturbed. I need to get one of these.

    Comment by FifthDream — February 1, 2007 #

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    Zen - did you read the dictionary link?

    Comment by V — February 2, 2007 #

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