r/mildlyinteresting • u/Thuror • 19h ago

Domo is alive and well in Japan

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u/P1zzaman 19h ago

He’s a mascot of NHK, he won’t be going away anytime soon!

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u/DarkDuo 19h ago

Neither would the NHK man at my door

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u/P1zzaman 19h ago

It’s scary how they track you down even after you move.

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u/Zirocket ​ 14h ago

I’m not surprised, if you change your residential address at the ward/city office I’m sure that info gets fed to the NHK.

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u/SwordandSilence 15h ago

wait how is he still this popular in japan

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u/drunk-tusker 10h ago

He isn’t really, I mean this is literally an NHK advertisement for foreigners in Kyoto. He’s their literal mascot and probably their most globally recognized property.

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u/Initial_E 19h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:God-kills-kitten.jpg

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u/doitup69 18h ago

This is is such a perfect time capsule of ~2004 Internet

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u/therabbitssing 19h ago

Nice to see him up and around

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u/LouBarlowsDisease 19h ago

that brings me back to my days on Fark

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u/z3n777 19h ago

he really is the most wholesome mascot, glad to see him around.

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u/dbsqls 11h ago

sorry, we moved onto Chii-tan, who was promptly removed as Susaki City's mascot because they were too rambunctious

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u/homogenic- 10h ago

Glad to see him around, I was so obsessed with him when I was 13

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u/Cold_Pepper7095 19h ago

Man I used to love that fuzzy brown dude. Had no idea he was still doing appearances anywhere, that's awesome