An anthropomorphic Earth in Tokyo, as seen from space

January 13th, 2007 by Adamu
Adamu

Shibaura Water Recycling Center.JPG

O, the joys of Google Maps! Picture above is the roof of the Shibaura Water Recycling Center, located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, courtesy of the municipal Bureau of Sewerage (click the image to see the Google Maps representation). Why they decided to make their mascot, an anthropomorphic planet Earth wearing a manhole cover and Japan highlighted in red (see below), visible from above I have no idea, but it’s pretty sweet.

Earthy main07.gif

Related Posts

  • Tokyo From Space
  • 2030 Japanese Prime Minster early prediction
  • Google Earth: leading cause of aircraft collisions
  • Memories of Thailand: The Sylvanian Hedgehog
  • Deconstructing the Japanese housing statistics
  • 10 Responses to 'An anthropomorphic Earth in Tokyo, as seen from space'

    1. Sibil Ator Says:

      Oh good, I see you are somewhat tuned into odd representational imagery atm; farm-porn attacks notwithstanding. I’m now highly expectant of a more concrete visual of your enthusiastic Japanese Frankenstein.

    2. Adamu Says:

      I just found this at random and don’t really know what you’re getting at.

    3. Sibil Ator Says:

      Really? My post at Neomarxisme is sandwiched between two posts there from you:

      “Frankenstein monster of Japan enthusiasts”... any chance of visual/s of that intriguing imagery?

      The quote is yours. Likewise, I don’t really know what’s so random or confusing about my post on your site. Particularly when our posts are something like five minutes apart on Neomarxisme.

    4. Adamu Says:

      OK so I did say that. But this isn’t what it looks like. Maybe you can draw something.

    5. Adamu Says:

      The image you see there was found by a random search of Google Maps.

    6. Sibil Ator Says:

      You’re funny :) I know that. I know the image on your site is not a visual of the ‘Frankenstein monster of Japan enthusiasts’ you mention on Marxy’s site. I think I’ll just forget about it, you’re obviously having difficulty, or, it’s just not your thing, and it doesnt really matter anyway :)

    7. Aceface Says:

      The map of Japan is red;Meaning special.
      Notice Mr.Earth’s right hand,one finger.Meaning No1.
      Answer;Japan as No,1.
      This could be a coded message to some secret society of Japan enthusiasts who
      seek the global supremacy of the rising sun.Adamu!
      And you exposed their existence by an accident.The Animal orgy attack is only a beggining.Maybe we’ve created a some kind of a monster, Leave your belonging and take Mrs.Adamu to the American Embassy,Quick!

      I confess I just saw “Da Vinci Code”.

    8. Adamu Says:

      BTW, I think Earthy is actually making the “L” sign for “loser” which would turn your kooky little theory right on its head.

    9. Aceface Says:

      But,But….That doesn’t make any sense Adamu!
      After all It’s been more than 60 Years…
      We even forgot that had ever happened!

    10. M-Bone Says:

      That is “L” for “Latino”. Notice that the earth is looking across the Pacific at Japan? It is a harbinger of a great immigration influx. Or not.

      Come to think of it, he also looks like he wants to punch something.

    Leave a Reply

    We are currently using the Akismet spam filter, which sometimes eats legitimate comments, particularly those containing URLs. If you are having trouble getting a comment up, try splitting the URL into two parts, or failing that, email one of us. Note that we only deliberately block comments that appear to be spam.