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Aug 06 2021 9 Comments

A sacrificial Japanese scarecrow?

Or simply the hell of Japanese summer?

A sacrificial and very scary Japanese scarecrow

A sacrificial and very scary Japanese scarecrow

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Sep 18 2020 4 Comments

Tokyo scarecrows photographed at night

These two scarecrows were stood silently protecting a couple of rice fields in west Tokyo. One of them, even when suddenly appearing out of the darkness, seemed more serene than scary.

tokyo scarecrow at night

His colleague, on the other hand, was suitably sinister.

tokyo scarecrow at night

Categorized: Photography

Oct 25 2017 4 Comments

Empty Japanese scarecrow eyes

Stare, if you dare, into the empty eyes of a Japanese scarecrow.

scary Japanese scarecrow

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Sep 18 2017 8 Comments

The zen-like calm of a Japanese scarecrow?

Or contentment perhaps due to the impending harvest and the sense of a job very competently done.

Japanese scarecrow

Categorized: Photography

Sep 07 2016 10 Comments

Japanese scarecrows: A series

Earlier in the summer, a machine wielding mannequin head scarecrow made a solitary appearance. But now, with Tokyo grown rice almost ready to harvest, the main crew have moved in. A somewhat disheveled rabble it has to be said, but their realistic features and vacant stares are as striking as they are unsettling.

japanese scarecrow

japanese scarecrow

japanese scarecrow

japanese scarecrow

japanese scarecrow

japanese scarecrow

japanese scarecrow

japanese scarecrow

Categorized: Photography

Aug 10 2016 8 Comments

Mannequin scarecrow doing manual labour

Much is often made of Japan’s advances in robot technology. Plus of course the work such automatons may eventually do. But way out in west Tokyo, far more basic non-humans are already hard at work.

Japanese scarecrow

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