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May 07 2009 10 Comments

Sensationally silly sidecar?

Or rather than silly, is it possibly the cutest drum-cum-Thomas The Tank Engine-cum-sidecar the world, or at least western Tokyo, has ever seen?

Japanese Thomas the Tank Engine sidecar

Categorized: Odd, Photography

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  1. Karasu says

    5/7/2009 at 3:01 pm

    Thomas the, er… oil drum?

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  2. J says

    5/7/2009 at 4:20 pm

    That is adorable. I want one!

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  3. la petite revue says

    5/7/2009 at 5:12 pm

    oh that’s brilliant! i want to go for a ride!!
    xx

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  4. Jonathan says

    5/8/2009 at 1:57 am

    Excellent find Lee!

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  5. Ian says

    5/8/2009 at 9:21 am

    Actually given he is green and has the number “3” on the side, that makes him Henry, not Thomas.

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    • Lee says

      5/8/2009 at 12:09 pm

      Whoops, sorry Ian, been a while since I’ve seen it!

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  6. reesan says

    5/9/2009 at 7:56 pm

    How bizarre! Great find.

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  7. adam says

    5/21/2009 at 10:58 pm

    Lee,

    i started following (and back peddling) your blog recently. excellent stuff sir. when i ‘check my vitals’ on the web each morning your site has become part of the standard rotation.

    this photograph make me laugh really hard since it struck a joyous chord in my heart.

    i was in tokyo about a year ago, and whilst there made the short hike over to the Mt. Fuji & surrounding lakes area.

    i kid you not that i saw public buses, cabbies and rail cars adorned with Thomas the Tank Engine motifs….BIG motifs. i thought may have been an isolated incident or a pocket of die hard Thomas fans occupying public office….but as your photo suggests…the motorcyclists were behind it all.

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    • Lee says

      5/22/2009 at 8:48 am

      Thanks Adam.

      Yeah, I don’t know what it is with Thomas, but he’s very popular to say the least. I’ve seen plenty of the buses and the odd train, but I’ve yet to have the pleasure of seeing a Thomas taxi!

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