The miniature Godzilla and life size whale of Tokyo
The Godzilla statue is hidden deep inside the heart of Ginza, hard to find. Espezially when you keep looking up at the sky for a cosmic edition…
A bit more eye catching though, the life size blue whale located outside the national science museum..
Did not even fit trough the lense of my miniature digital compact camera…
Sumida River fireworks festival, the epitome of excellence
Last Saturday of July, Tokyo sky turn into a sparkling showdown between two rivaling firework companies.
Starting with just a slight `puff ´at sunset…
Then later, darkness and people conquer the streets…the unbelievably clean streets. No need for sofas..
Rooftops, for photo ops…
Eating off the floor is for people with low standards cornering cleanness. Eating off the road on the other hand…broom and shovel, just wont cut it!
The brave & proud street sweepers must be exhausted…that’s for sure.
Fat people vs. skinny people
An “unusual” classification of people. The concept though is universal, everyone entering a public lavatory must be separated and classified. If not, there would be total caos and confusion…right?
And for people who are not too fond of their apperance (in the sharp revealing fitting room light), a tool to tackle the obstacles of life in the modern beauty oriented world is provided. Very convenient!
Host boy caught in the headlights
NHK Studio Park
NHK-studio park presents you with a taste of “a life in the dazzling spotlight”. All information delivered in Japanese only, hence a little inaccessible for the non-Japanese person, but definitely worth the effort.
This brave lady tossed all shyness aside, and delivered the news like a pro.
Got to love here perfecly cut, edgy bob. Nice hands too!
Later on, finding myself in my natural habitat; The vivid clouds abov…
The real world is such a dull and usless consept. Just cant keep up with fiction….ha!
The enigmatic japanese smile
Mrs. Beckham would not stand a chance.
In Japan, poute is out!
A strange thing though; the japanese smile is not nesseserally a symbol of happiness or acceptance as in western culture. The j-smile can imply everything from sadness, embarrassment, confusion or that they “dont know”.
The j-smile is a powerfull act in the silent culture of japan, where avoiding conflict and confrontations is essential. Practice makes perfect…
They even have developed a camera with smile recognition software, which snaps on the cue of a smile.
That camera would probably not work with me and my gloomy scandinavian partners in karaokecrime, just not that chippy…ha!
Meguro Parasitological Museum, feat love bugs <3
A rear gem of a museum, very hard to find. Displaying over 300 speciments of parasites…
Makes you think twice about the raw fish you ate last night!!!
There is also a small souvenir shop, where you can buy anything parasite. What about a necklace with a parasite charm?
(Image© “borrowed” from Meguro parasitological museum)
The parasite charm is of a Diplozoon, which also happens to be the museums logo. This is the bug that the museums director Dr. Satoru Kamegai spent his whole life studying, a great choice. Diplozoons are very romantic parasites. A man-bug and a lady-bug meet when young and beautiful, then their bodies melt together and stay that way for the rest of their life. Its the only species known to be 100% monogamous, humans on the other hand…exceptionally infidèle!
127 million people…stranded on a desert island!
Fish on a stick – Sushi`s evil twin
In the great land of sushi, some fish still gets grilled….
turning it into a sweet, HOT and salty snack…
Street life – The reckless wander all over the city
No hindrance can keep them on the straight and narrow…
Lets just hope he does not turn into roadkill…
