"Dinosaur Map of Japan" Japanese netizens used refrigerator magnets to get creative and were spotted by government agencies three years later

At the end of last month, the governors (county heads) of Japan's 47 first-level administrative regions gathered together and held a meeting called the "National Governors Meeting" to discuss the possibility of cooperation with each other. Since this year's venue was chosen to be in Fukui Prefecture, which is famous for its dinosaur fossils, the logo of the conference was made up of the shapes of the 47 administrative districts made up of dinosaur patterns. However, the idea of ​​​​making dinosaurs out of administrative district patterns was not actually born for this conference, but came from a netizen's prank idea 3 years ago using refrigerator magnets! ?

"A few years ago, I was playing with a Japanese map magnet on the refrigerator, and the National Governors Association used it as a logo.

#There are only a few days left in 2024, please post the most unexpected things this year. "

A Japanese tabletop game designer named Protocraft (プロトクラフト) recently shared the most unexpected thing he encountered in 2024, triggering an enthusiastic response from netizens!

It all started 3 years ago...

"I made Japan stronger."

On July 29, 2021, Protocraft played with magnets of Japan's first-level administrative regions on his refrigerator, and turned the Japanese map into a dinosaur.

After he shared this gameplay on the Internet, he immediately received praise from a large number of netizens, and many people even rushed to buy this magnet to imitate...

The Japanese first-class administrative district magnet he used at the time

Unexpectedly, just three years later, this creative idea, which was just a whim at the beginning, would be picked up by a government agency!

Japanese governors (county chiefs) gather together to hold the "National Governors Meeting"

On November 25 this year, the "National Governors' Meeting" jointly organized by Japan's 47 governors (prefecture chiefs) was held in Fukui Prefecture.

Since Fukui Prefecture is famous for being rich in dinosaur fossils, dinosaur-related elements can be seen everywhere in the venue layout, including the logo of this conference...

This year's Japan National Governors' Council LOGO

I believe everyone can see that this LOGO is completely based on the design that became popular 3 years ago by netizen Protocraft!

According to him, he received a call from the sponsoring government department six months ago, hoping to discuss whether he could borrow the design of this dinosaur? And he agreed immediately.

Later he received this acrylic stand as a thank you gift

Editor's note: This design is really cute and pleasing to the eye~~