ひこにゃん
ひこにゃん (Hikonyan) is the famous official [[mascot]] character of "Hikone city":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga and "Hikone Castle":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone_Castle.
He(gender undetermined) is a white cat with a horned red [[kabuto (helmet)|]] and is meant to be modeled after Ii Naotaka, the daimyo who completed Hikone Castle.

h4.See also

* "Hikonyan official site":http://hikonyan.hikone-150th.jp/
* "Wikipedia article(Japanese)":http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%B2%E3%81%93%E3%81%AB%E3%82%83%E3%82%93
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