Mayumaro is a mascot character of the 26th National Cultural Festival in Kyoto.
[2] Mayumaro is associated with a song written by Kumiko Takeshita, a singer and songwriter born in Kyoto.
Their motif is a cocoon because silkworm cocoons are used to make silk, which is then used to make cloth, for example tangotime, nishijin ori, or kyouyuu zenn.
The design was chosen by the public from over 2,000 candidates from Japan and other countries.
[4] On November 1, 2010, Mayumaro entered the year's kanji ceremony with Tawawachan.