| Trackable Options |
Found this item? Log in. |
Printable information sheet to attach to Funassyi Travel Bug
Print Info Sheet |
|
Funassyi (ふなっしー ) is a Japanese Pear mascot character, unofficially representing the city of Funabashi, Chiba, Japan.
Normally Japanese local mascot characters move slowly and do not speak. Funassyi, however, speaks and sometimes shrieks, jumps, and makes violent movements like headbanging. When it speaks, it usually ends its sentences with "nassyi" which sounds like the Japanese word for "pear" (nashi).
Funassyi has a lot of Fans, especially in Japan and Taiwan, but isn't so well known in Western Countries.
At a press conference in Japan (see photo below) Funassyi stated: “I started with no fans at all, and they built up one by one,” Funassyi said. “Japanese people have always rooted for the underdog, and I think seeing a solitary pear working hard all by itself really made an impression on people and they empathized with me.”
Funassyi’s future dream is to help carry the Olympic flame at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
“I want to be a torch runner so much that I would even sacrifice the flower on top of my head in the flame,” it said.
|
the Monkey King took it to Fuji Omuro sengen Shrine
|
Yamanashi, Japan
- 58.35 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to THE LIFE-SIZED UNICORN GUNDAM STATUE
|
Tokyo, Japan
- 49.55 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to Seven autumnal flowers temple・Fudouji 七草寺・不動寺／撫子
|
Saitama, Japan
- 56.98 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to The Shadow
|
Chiba, Japan
- 5,115.52 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to Clippity Clop Sand Tracks
|
Victoria, Australia
- .21 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to NWCR #8 - Tree Cave
|
Victoria, Australia
- .17 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to NWCR #7 - Old Grey
|
Victoria, Australia
- .15 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to NWCR #6 - Hollowed
|
Victoria, Australia
- .14 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to NWCR #5 - The Sands
|
Victoria, Australia
- .23 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
the Monkey King took it to NWCR #4 - Westernport View
|
Victoria, Australia
- .14 miles
|
Visit Log
|
|
|
|
data on this page is cached for 3 mins
|