Kumamon bike sharing in China to promote Japan's Kumamoto Pref.

A total of 50,000 bicycles bearing images of Kumamoto's black bear mascot Kumamon will be available for a month in a bike-sharing service in China to promote the quake-hit prefecture in southwestern Japan.The plan was unveiled Thursday by the Kumamoto prefectural government and Cyber Sourcing, a company that partners with the local government in selling Kumamon merchandise in China, ahead of the scheduled launch on Tuesday of the Kumamon bikes by the "ofo" bike-sharing service.Steve Chang, president of Kumamoto-based Cyber Sourcing, visited Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima at the prefectural go…READ FULL ARTICLE