There’s a manga-related reason Inunakin is so buff. A lot of towns in Japan have official mascot characters, so it’s no surprise that the city of Izumosano in Osaka Prefecture has one too. Also not a shock is that Izumosano’s mascot is an anthropomorphized animal, in this case a dog named Inunakin. What is startling, though, is that Inunakin is ripped. Our introduction to this muscular mascot came as we were passing through Izumisano’s Riku Town…
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