{"id":737,"date":"2025-09-09T18:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/?page_id=737"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:33:07","slug":"mascot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/igp\/mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"Geomaru &#038; Nuna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <h2>Geomaru &amp; Nuna<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/charactermain_visual02.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tGeomaru\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/geomaru-waku.png\" alt=\"geomaru-waku.png\" title=\"geomaru-waku.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n    <h4>Inspiration<\/h4>\n    <p><b>Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line &amp; Jade<br \/>Body: The Geopark<br \/>Colors: New and Old Geology<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Geomaru&#8217;s forehead and back are lined with jade <em>magatama<\/em>. Despite his cute appearance and youthful energy, he is actually millions of years old. He loves everything about the Geopark, but is especially interested in its rocks, landscapes and nature.<br \/>He&#8217;s not really sure what he is, but he knows for sure that he&#8217;s <b>not a dinosaur<\/b> and gets annoyed when people mistake him for one.<\/p>\n    <h4>Inspiration<\/h4>\n    <p><b>Itoigawa&#8217;s Legendary Ruler, Princess Nunakawa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nuna is very gentle, caring and kind to animals, but can be stern when she needs to be. She is also very wise and has studied a lot about Itoigawa, especially about its jade and its culture and traditions.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>Seeing them together, you would think she is a big sister to Geomaru, but she is actually much, much younger. Just don&#8217;t dare ask her how much younger!<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tNuna\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nuna-waku.png\" alt=\"nuna-waku.png\" title=\"nuna-waku.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tColoring Sheets\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Download and print out these free coloring sheets of Geomaru and Nuna! Children and adults alike can enjoy coloring in these cute pictures of our mascot characters.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_coloring-page01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeomaru &amp; Nuna 1 (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_coloring-page01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeomaru &amp; Nuna 2 (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_coloring-page02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeomaru (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_coloring-page03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNuna (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/coloring-page.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPapercraft\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Download and print out these full color papercraft projects and make your own Geomaru or Nuna! We recommend using card stock for best results.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_paper01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeomaru (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_paper02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNuna (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_paper01s.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeomaru Simple Version (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/character_paper02s.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNuna Simple Version (PDF)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/paper.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tClay Figure Painting\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Paint your own Geomaru or Nuna clay figurine. You can paint them realistically or let your imagination go wild!<\/p>\n<p>You can try it at Tanimura Art Museum or Chojagahara Archaeological Museum.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/doll.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t <a href=\"#\">\n    <h5>Geomaru &amp; Nuna<\/h5>\n<\/a>\n\t <a href=\"\/en\/igp\/character\/brandguide\/\">\n   <h5>Branding Guidelines<\/h5>\n<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"\/en\/igp\/character\/usage\/\">\n    <h5>Usage Examples<\/h5>\n<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geomaru &amp; Nuna Geomaru Inspiration Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line &amp; JadeBody: The GeoparkColors: New  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737\/revisions\/1387"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-itoigawa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}