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At the Mahoroba Stage, the Sento-kun show was held to a full house. (Standing room only.)
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And here's Sento-kun, the official mascot of the 1300th anniversary of the Heijo-kyo Capital. When he was first introduced a few years ago, some people lambasted the design as insulting to priests.
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Deer antlers on the head of a boy priest was funny. But he has proven to be a major hit among the masses and critics are silent now. The deer antlers come from the famous deer of Nara Park where they wander around with tourists.
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Sento-kun first made various poses for picture-taking by the audience.
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"Sento" means "Capital relocation" in this case, and not public bath. Japan's capital was relocated to Nara Heijo-kyo in 710, 1,300 years ago.
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Sento-kun also danced to his silly-sounding theme song. Also see my video at YouTube.
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