Sorry for the wait! "Yokai Bench Gachapy 2nd Edition" is finally here | Fukusaki Town

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The New Yokai Bench Gachapy, which was first unveiled at the Gajirou 10th anniversary event, will be on sale at the Tsujikawa Tourist Exchange Center from Saturday, May 25th. If you weren't able to get it back then, we look forward to your revenge!

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Fukusaki Town Hall, Hyogo Prefecture

Fukusaki Town is located in the southwest of Hyogo Prefecture, formerly known as "Banshu" or "Harima Province." In the past, it flourished as a key transportation hub where roads linking the east and west and the north and south intersected. On May 3, 1956, Tahara Village, Yachikusa Village, and the former Fukusaki Town merged to form the town we see today. Even today, the town remains an important transportation hub, with the JR Bantan Line, Bantan Link Road, and National Route 312 running north to south, and the Chugoku Expressway and Prefectural Route Miki-Shiso Line running east to west. Furthermore, Fukusaki Town is a rural city surrounded by lush green mountains, with the Ichikawa River flowing through the center of town, and is a region rich in history and cultural heritage.

[Release date] Saturday, May 25, 2024
[Place of sale] Tsujikawa Tourism Exchange Center [Price] 500 yen/time [Type] 5 types in total + green raincoat [Target age] 15 years old and over [Caution] Please handle and store with care to avoid accidental ingestion and injury. *Please check the above manual for details.

What is the Yokai Bench Gachapy?

The Yokai Bench from Fukusaki Town is now available as a capsule toy called "Yokai Bench Gachapy."

The second series includes six types of characters, including the five official Fukusaki town characters "Fuku-chan," "Saki-chan," "Abubo," "Senkekitsune," and "Umibozu," as well as the extremely rare "Green Kappa."

Yokai Bench Gachapy 2nd Edition "Yokai Bench"

"Fuku-chan" "Saki-chan"

The official mascots of Fukusaki Town. Brother Fuku-chan and sister Saki-chan. Saki-chan has a mochi barley pasta on her head.

In his book "Seventy Years in My Hometown," the folklorist Kunio Yanagita, who was born in Fukusaki Town, there is an anecdote about how as a child he was playing at Komagaiwa in Ichikawa when a kappa ripped his bottom off, and this kappa is the motif of the costume.

"Aburabo"

It is said that if no matter how hard one rows the boat, it does not move forward, this is because a umibōzu has appeared. When this umibōzu appears and asks to borrow a ladle, if one does not hand over a ladle with the bottom removed, seawater will be poured into the boat, turning it into a water boat.

"Choice Fox"

A monster that appears on the water's shore at night and makes the sound of washing things.

At night, foxes come out and you can hear the sound of washing clothes in the river. This is called the laundry fox.

"Umibozu"

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Fukusaki Town Hall, Hyogo Prefecture

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