Category: Dolls and Sculpture

The Green Tokyo Gundam Project

Posted by Kame | Last updated Aug 27, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Pop Culture, Technology, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 22 |

Tanuki Statues

Posted by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Animals, Dolls and Sculpture, Traditional Japan | 6 |

Gogatsu Ningyo, the Dolls of Boys’ Day

Posted by Ed | Last updated Aug 21, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Festivals, Kids and Toys, Traditional Japan | 4 |

Sasakawa Ryoichi Statues

Posted by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture | 2 |

Jomyo-in, the Jizo Temple

Posted by Ed | Last updated Oct 3, 2017 | Death, Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 3 |

Nokogiri-yama

Posted by Ed | Last updated Oct 3, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 2 |

Sasakawa Ryoichi Statues

by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture | 2 |

I’ve seen these slightly-creepy statues of a guy carrying his mother in various places in...

Yokohama Doll Museum

by Ed | Last updated Feb 21, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture, Kids and Toys, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Travel Destinations | 1 |

You don’t have to be a doll aficionado to enjoy the Yokohama Doll Museum. It starts with...

Cute Buddhas

by Ed | Last updated Feb 16, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 0 |

During Golden Week this year, I went back to what I consider to be the best temple in all of...

Folk Tale Miniature

by Ed | Last updated Jan 24, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture, Kids and Toys | 0 |

Folk tale miniature _

Dog and Boy

by Ed | Last updated Jan 2, 2018 | Animals, Dolls and Sculpture, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region | 1 |

Cute statue outside shop in Kyoto. _

Great Buddha of Kamakura

by Ed | Last updated Dec 19, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 0 |

The Great Buddha of Kamakura. _

Kentucky Fried Maid

by Ed | Last updated Dec 19, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Food, Pop Culture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 1 |

All the KFCs in Japan have life-size statues of the Colonel in front of them, and at Christmas he...

Nokogiri-yama

by Ed | Last updated Oct 3, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 2 |

If Nokogiri-yama was in Kyoto, it would almost certainly be an A-list tourist attraction. It has a...

Jomyo-in, the Jizo Temple

by Ed | Last updated Oct 3, 2017 | Death, Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 3 |

I rode my bicycle past Jomyo-in Temple hundreds of times on my way to work, never suspecting that...

Shinsengumi Action Figure

by Ed | Last updated Sep 27, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Kids and Toys | 1 |

Shinsengumi action figure.

Edo Period Diorama

by Ed | Last updated Sep 9, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 2 |

Diorama from the excellent Edo-Tokyo Museum. Located in the Ryogoku area of Tokyo, this museum...

Ninomiya Kinjiro

by Ed | Last updated Sep 7, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Street Scenes, Traditional Japan | 0 |

If you’ve ever been to the Yaesu Book Center near Tokyo station, you may have noticed this...

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