A note from the Kumamoto International Sunday and There’s Nothing Else to Do Desk (dishes washed, laundry done, floor swept): To celebrate Kumamon’s tenth anniversary (hasn’t grayed a bit!), he took his show to Tokyo, the Big Mikan. I couldn’t find the video of this particular performance but imagine it was not quite different from the attached.
As a personal note, I used to work at Disneyland and gained great respect for the costumed characters: limited eyesight, intense heat, the shear weight of the costume, and people tugging at you from all directions - you can bet the people inside are not exactly smiling.. Otsukaresama, Kumamon (more specifically, to the talented folk stuffed into the costume). - William
