On our drive down from Mount Aso we stopped at this peculiar site to get a cup of hot coffee out of the vending machine, then were barked at by two little dogs. We petted a goat, and I had to ask our son about this roadside character. . It is
DORAEMON
perched in front of a souvenir shop on a less traveled winding road down the mountain side.
Doraemon has been a popular cartoon character in Japan.