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August 5, 2016 — The return of the popular Japanese Go Torch mascots brought lots of smiles, laughter, and dancing to this year’s J-Pop Summit. The Japanese pop-culture festival brought a record 20,000 attendees to San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center July 22-24, teaming the Go Torch (“Yuru-Kyara”) characters with pop music artists Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, World Order, GARNiDELiA, Silent Siren, and YANAKIKU.