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The “Seal Kindergarten” boom, with “over 5 million yen thrown away per day,” has not cooled off… Why seals are loved so much

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The book also contains a wealth of photos from the Pieterburen Seal Center, aka “Seal Kindergarten” (from the “Seal Marugoto Book”).
Playing with an octopus toy. When this toy, called “Takoniki” by fans, was introduced, the chat room erupted.
Japanese version of “Adoption Certificate. A seal adopted by donating a portion of the book’s proceeds was named “Tatsumi” by fan voting through SNS.
Seals at the Okhotsk Tokkari Center in Hokkaido, the only seal sanctuary in Japan (photo by Shunsuke Minamibaba, from “Seal Marugoto BOOK”)
The standing swimming pose called “chabashira” by fans (Photo by Shunsuke Minamibaba, from “Seal Marugoto Book”)
Banana pose. (Photo by Shunsuke Minami-Width, from “Marugoto Book of Seals”)
The seals on land are so relaxed that it is soothing to watch them on land.
(Photo by Shunsuke Minamibana, from “The Whole Seal Book”)
Protection and treatment at the “Tokkari Center. (Photo by Shunsuke Minamibana, from “The Seal Book”)
A divine shot in which the spray of water looks like a crown! Seals at the Otaru Aquarium in Hokkaido (photo by Shunsuke Minamibasa, from “Seal Marugoto Book”)
The seal from “Seal Kindergarten” is on the cover.

The seal from “Seal Kindergarten” is on the cover of “Seal Marugoto Book” (Supervisor: Tadaaki Imaizumi / Editor: Shunsuke Namban / Tatsumi Shuppan).

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