Japan is famous for its anime and manga characters, movies, cartoons, video games and what not. The difference between the two is that anime is animated (motion picture), and manga is a still image (in a form of a comic book). Manga originated back in 19th century, whereas anime in early 20th century. Today, manga and anime themes are all over Japan. Even serious institutions like banks, post offices, etc., have their cartoon-ish logo marks. I shot this photo in front of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu (鶴岡八幡宮) Shinto shrine in Kamakura. Those are masks sold for kids, and they represent famous anime characters, like Ultraman, pokemons, and, not surprisingly, the multi-billion dollar marketing phenomenon Hello Kitty, which, believe it or not, was originally used by a Japanese company for promoting their rubber sandals.
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