The tourism ambassador was a horseSourced
Tomakomai appointed a tourism ambassador.
He was a racehorse.
Hokko Tarumae won Japan's 2014 Best Dirt Horse award. The Tomakomai Tourism Association then appointed the thoroughbred as the city's tourism ambassador. His name comes from Mount Tarumae, a local volcano.
A local celebrity
with four legs.
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