I don't know if you've felt it but it's been surreal lately and speaking of surreal I saw this one day when walking to the mall in Tokyo. From a distance it just looked like a dog sitting on a bench. Of course when I noticed it wasn't moving I knew something was up. I was pretty weirded out when I came up close to it. I had to look around to make sure I wasn't on one of those TV shows before quickly crossing the street to go inside.
This is my entry for Show Me Japan.
hahaha! I've seen one like that (except a different breed) tied up in front of some store in Tokyo, too. The one I saw even had a bowl of water in front of it and a dog toy next to it. :-)
ReplyDeleteReally? So maybe not so unusual. Someone needs to get this dog a toy too!
ReplyDeleteSure looks like a dog sitting on a bench until you are right up next to it!!
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That's a real, breathing dog there?
ReplyDeleteIsn't the leash too short, though?
Ah no it's not alive! I was thinking that the leash was too short when I was walking towards it too.
ReplyDeleteReal ones are better. I bet a lot of pets displaced by the disaster could use a good home :)
ReplyDeleteChris, I totally agree!
ReplyDeleteHaha, cute!! I've never seen such a realistic fake one before, love the fact that it's tied up "proper-like".
ReplyDeleteNot as in love with the fact that he's taking up valuable bench space, a rare commodity in Japan! ;)
@Sarah,
ReplyDeleteAny idea on the point of it being there?
But yeah, it is so realistic.
Wow, that's creepy! There was a stuffed cat in a bookshop window in Jimbocho that I used to pass every day. It took me a few days to realize that it hadn't moved in a while...gah!
ReplyDelete@Lina, I'm not sure why it was there. I thought that was a strange place for it! Maybe they put it outside for the same reason they hang the futons outside?
ReplyDelete@Ri, yea I agree! Less stuffed dogs and more bench space!!!
@superhappyawesome, it was creepy!!! Seems like this isn't so unusual though.
kind of spooky!
ReplyDeleteI guess someone wanted to protect that bench.
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