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Dec 04 2008 5 Comments

No gnomes needed?

For Tokyoites lucky enough to have a garden to tend, the unfathomable need to feature a gnome isn’t necessarily unusual, although the fat little fellas aren’t nearly as multitudinous as they are in middle England.

Masks on the other hand are considerably more common,

Japanese mannequin

along with the rather more mournful mien of a mannequin.

Japanese mannequin

Maybe.

Categorized: Odd, Photography

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  1. Bunny says

    12/4/2008 at 10:12 pm

    The Japanese are aHEAD of their times.

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  2. Kim Laughton says

    12/5/2008 at 1:32 am

    Another: http://www.olivepixel.com/misc/lj/tokyoi23.jpg

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  3. Lee says

    12/5/2008 at 11:10 am

    That’s a much better one Kim. Quite dapper too!

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  4. Mark says

    12/5/2008 at 10:30 pm

    How cute – if the aim’s to scare off evil spirits it should be very effective

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  5. Jason says

    12/6/2008 at 1:05 am

    Ha, that’s a nice find Lee. Maybe hairdressers live there?

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