Hiiragi Family Now Washimiya’s Registered Residents
Submitted by Alafista on Saturday, 1 March 20088 Comments
Washimiya City is so proud of their fictional Lucky☆Star mascots that they have decided to register the Hiiragi family as official residents of the city.
According to Yomiuri news, all 6 members of the Hiiragi family are now registered as residents of Washimiya city.
In fact, Washimiya City will be cashing in on this by selling specially made family certificate of the family at 300 yen each starting from the 7th of April.
The news article also mentioned that apart from the Hiiragi family, Saitama prefecture also have Atom Boy and Crayon Shin-Chan as its official residents. For instance, Crayon Shin-Chan family are official residents of Kasukabe.
Source: 2ch News Navigator
God damn. I knew Japan was ultra gimmicky but this is just takes the cake.
Oh Japan, you never fail to amaze me. But aside from that, where can I find a higher res of that picture? That’s a perfect wallpaper right there, if it was in a higher resolution.
Oddly enough they skipped over Konata.
The Japanese style of cash milking just never fails.
this sorts of indirectly proves they exist.
just started reading the lucky star manga (yeh ino, im a bit behind) and it is good and all but not as great as people make out….
[...] just looks like any plain sake that has a Lucky☆Star label stuck onto the bottle. But since the Hiiragi Family are now registered residents of Washimiya, I guess we should all buy some to celebrate. [...]
[...] Sunday 06th April was the day that the family certificate of Hiiragi Family as Washimiya’s Registered Residents went on sale. Seiyuu Emiri KatŠwho voiced Kagami was there at the event [...]