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Nov 27 2007 5 Comments

Poor Japanese playground

With the Japanese population shrinking, and the current crop of kids weaned on games and gadgets, playgrounds possessing simple things like swings and sandpits are probably not all that popular anymore.

But to be honest, if they all contain such dismal and decidedly disquieting ‘playthings’ as this,

Japanese playground

then all in all, it’s probably for the best.

Japanese playground

(click image for higher-res head)

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  1. an englishman in osaka says

    11/28/2007 at 12:17 am

    And it looks as if it’s cried an acid tear at the sadness of it all….

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  2. Hunty says

    11/28/2007 at 12:23 am

    OMG! It’s just like the end of “Planet of the Humans”!!

    You blew it all up! Damn you!!!

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  3. OsakaGuy says

    11/28/2007 at 3:12 am

    Hunty gets my “best blog comment of the day award”. Bravo, I lolled.

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  4. Shane Sakata says

    11/28/2007 at 3:22 am

    Awesome photo with a very insightful comment!

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  5. Adam says

    11/28/2007 at 10:59 am

    Damn, Hunty beat me to it! OK, since I can’t lampoon, “Planet,” how about: hey, is that leftover from TV’s “Time of the Apes”? Sandy Frank ahoy!

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