Godzilla Gets Legless in Tokyo

Something monstrous is stirring in the heart of Tokyo.  Godzilla!  However, you don’t have to worry too much about the future of this great Asian metropolis.  Even if this very cool twenty five foot replica of the movie monster were to spring to life, he wouldn’t get very far.  Someone forgot to give him legs.

Image Credit Flickr User Hector  Garcia

Not that it detracts from the general awesomeness of this temporary installation (well, OK, it does a bit) which celebrates both Godzilla’s sixtieth birthday and also the release of the new(ish) Godzilla movie in Japan (a bit tardy…).

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It still took the best part of a day to get the monster positioned in the park.

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As much as I would like to, I will resist the temptation to crack a joke or two about rampaging nuclear-age monsters getting legless – I think the title of the post is best as the first and last attempt at humor for today. Godzilla will be in Tokyo Midtown until the end of August.

First Image Credit Hector Garcia

Godzilla Rocks

Do you see what I see? Utoro is a minor working fishing port on Japan’s second largest island, Hokkaido. It attracts a number of a tourists in its own right but for travellers it is best known as the principle access point for the beautiful Shiretoko Peninsula National Park.  However, as you can see from these pictures there is a rather large rock formation in the town which bears a close resemblance to an even larger creature of modern Japanese mythology – Godzilla.

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Over time the elements have weathered away this natural sandstone outcrop so that it forms the shape and form of the legendary monster.  If this proves only one thing (other than I like gawping at big rocks that look like something else) it is this – Godzilla rocks!

First Image Credit Flickr User Yuichi Sakuraba

Because Sometimes it Takes Planning

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