Daily Music on Instagram: "I watch this twice a month for emotional stability Nyango Star is the ultimate viral sensation: a cute apple-cat hybrid mascot from Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture in Japan, famous for absolutely shredding heavy metal drums inside the plush costume! The name cleverly combines “nyan” (meow), “ringo” (apple), and Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. Created as a yuru-chara (local mascot) to boost tourism and apple sales in a declining rural town, Nyango Star’s backstory is wild—a ca