Leanne shared that wonderful video yesterday, Kumamon is constantly in the news, and tourists are flooding in. Kumamoto is becoming a brand.
Kumanichi has an interesting once-monthly series on castle reconstruction. I mention this for two reasons. One is the series’ elegant logo, shaped like the castle but reminiscent of Kumamon - and with a heart. The other is the kanji used to delineate each article - they are written in what is called “daiji” (大字), alternative kanji used for numbers. For example, 一 can easily be counterfeited as 二 or 三, but try forging this character: 壹, which equals 一, while 貮 equals 二 and 參 三. A full list can be found at the Wikipedia link below. - William
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%97_(%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97)