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Yokai Jinja shrine, in Sakaiminato. | Photo: Dao-hui Chen. Creative Commons |
City seeks to trademark ‘Gegege no Kitaro’ shrine
Sakaiminato municipal government in Tottori Prefecture–hometown of Shigeru Mizuki, a cartoonist known for the “Gegege no Kitaro” series–has applied to register the trademark of Yokai Jinja shrine, a privately run tourist attraction featuring characters from the series, with the government’s Patent Office.
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