many municipalities have mascots, which are known as Yuru-chara (Japanese: ゆるキャラ Hepburn: yuru kyara). Yuru-chara is also used to refer to mascots created
O-Lex Japanese–English Dictionary, Obunsha, 2008. pp. 1681—2. "てるみん・ふ~みん". ゆるキャラグランプリ2020 (in Japanese). 2020-09-25. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17
Before the Main Event - Yamaguchi Shimbun 13 August 2011)(in Japanese) 山口ゆるキャラ「ちょるる」、ネット人気投票2位快走 「ぜひグランプリを」知事も期待 Archived 2013-05-02 at archive.today -