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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn statue, 24 metres high outside a shopping centre.
A kid's drawing in a subway tunnel, with the text in pink letters "I LOVE YOU", and lots of weapons.
You can never go wrong with showing a kid’s love in an underground pedestrian walkway.
It means throwing stars and knives.
A glass shelf of perfumes.
My Hero Academia-themed perfumes.
Because why not?
It seems like this place is famous for its eels, I think? It’s up in the mountain pass between Kyoto and Ōtsu.
A sign on the ground showing a panda with what looks like two heads, looking in both directions. It is supposed to show that is turning its head.
“I promise you, deformed mutant two-headed panda that I’ll cross the street safely. Please don’t devour my family.”
Store display of luxury cookies and desserts. A sign says "Goncharoff, since 1923"
This idiot hasn’t tasted Goncharoff.
(Shout-out to to all you Tumblerinas reading this.)
The building of a company called "Halfbuild service"
“I asked you to build me a new house, but it’s missing two walls and the roof!”
“The work of Halfbuild service is never done!”
A deserted country road amidst green trees. There is a plastic snowman hidden in some bushes beside the road.
IT’S FOLLOWING ME!
A plastic snowman is hiding amongst the bushes.
IT’S GETTING NEARER!
A sign on a train telling people how much Japan Rail cares, with pictures of employees pointing at things.
JR (Japan Rail) helps the community by pointing at things.
A large outdoors poster of Akira, against a concrete background.
The local fire fighters know that Akira is the true hero.
A life-size Monkey D. Luffy mannequin (from One Piece).
Me (left) and Monkey D. Luffy.

The featured photo up above shows the 24 metres tall Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn statue that stands in front of the DiverCity shopping mall on Odaiba, in Tokyo. It will be taken down some time after the summer of ’26.

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