Japan has a fascination with mascots, and there are thousands of them representing everything from cities to prisons.

In Japan, there is a festival where people carry portable shrines and then throw them at each other.

Shonen Jump, a weekly manga magazine published by Shueisha, has been a major influence on the development of anime and manga culture in Japan, and has produced many popular anime series such as Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto.