Which One Is the Nishinomiya Fire Station Mascot? [Nishinomiya Quiz]

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This is the “Nishinomiya Quiz” corner, where knowing the answer proves you’re a true Nishinomiya expert.

Here’s this time’s quiz↓

Q. Which one is the mascot of the Nishinomiya Fire Station?
If you haven’t seen the answer yet, give it a try♪
西宮消防署のマスコットはどれでしょう?
  • a
    1.5%(1票)
  • b
    3%(2票)
  • c
    92.4%(61票)
  • d
    3%(2票)
66票
So, how was it? Did you know?
a is the familiar official Nishinomiya Tsushin character, “Nishitsu-dori” from Nishitsu〜.
b is Nishinomiya City’s character, Miyatan.
d is the new mascot characters of the Koshien Police Station, “Koushi-kun” and “En-chan”〜.
So the correct answer was c, “U-chan and Kan-chan”〜.

Screenshot from PRTIMES
It turns out that these “U-chan and Kan-chan” were recreated as a derivative work by students from Otemae University, and they even received an award〜.

Screenshot from PRTIMES

They also created an awareness video↓

Amazing〜♡

Finally

Having characters for each group really makes them feel more approachable, doesn’t it〜? It’s also really nice that students from a university in Nishinomiya were the ones who recreated them〜.