Key chains with penguin feathers! Available in limited quantities from Tuesday, March 24 (Umitari, Joetsu City Aquatic Museum Umigatari)

2024.12.23

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Umigatari, a municipal aquatic museum in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, will sell a limited number of key holders with real feathers of the Magellanic penguins it keeps, starting on Tuesday, December 24.

This is a “penguin feather key chain. The feathers are collected during the annual “feather change” season, washed and processed by Joetsu Working Network, an organization that supports the independence of disabled people in Joetsu City, and produced by M.A.C. Co.

Outside of key holder is made of wood

The theme is “love. Like the Magellanic penguin, which is said to have the deepest pair bond among penguins, the key chain was created in the hope that it will be a tool to foster attachment to “Joetsu.

。Inside the keychain is a pair of missing Magellanic penguin feathers that have been cleaned and processed one by one. The feathers come in two colors: black and white. The pattern of the feathers changes depending on the position of the penguin’s body, which means that there is also the fun of imagining which part of the body the feather is from.

This is the first time that Umitagari will sell products using penguin feathers. Sales will begin on December 24 (Tuesday), and in addition to web ticket sales with penguin feather key chains and limited sales to Annual Passport holders, the product will also be available as a return gift for Joetsu City’s hometown tax payment.

 

※For more information, please visit the Umigatari website.

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