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Jun 05 2020 17 Comments

Tokyo’s least practical parking space?

Sometimes, some things simply don’t make any sense whatsoever.

Tokyo’s least practical parking space?

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  1. Mark Williams says

    6/5/2020 at 8:59 am

    Did they put the pole there after the van parked there? It reminds me of when a road crew in Detroit once painted street lines over a dead beaver.

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    • Lee says

      6/5/2020 at 11:31 am

      That’s the big question. If it was after parking, I’d loved to have seen the owner’s face when they returned.

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  2. john says

    6/5/2020 at 9:34 am

    The sound of one van parking.

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    • Lee says

      6/5/2020 at 11:33 am

      And the sound of one owner cursing.

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      • john says

        6/6/2020 at 8:41 am

        unless they have a fork lift! :O)

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        • Lee says

          6/6/2020 at 9:36 am

          That could explain the cone. Perhaps placed there to ensure the fork lift can get in and out. But of course that throws up a whole host of other questions…

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  3. DavidT says

    6/5/2020 at 12:25 pm

    Such an awesome find! I so wanna see it being parked! 🙂

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    • grassjelly says

      6/5/2020 at 4:04 pm

      Video of the owner parking their van.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGiQOCX9UbM

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      • Lee says

        6/5/2020 at 7:36 pm

        Haha, that looks about right!

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  4. Jenn says

    6/5/2020 at 1:18 pm

    Ha I would NOT be able to park there! 😮

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    • Lee says

      6/5/2020 at 7:37 pm

      You and me both!

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  5. WP says

    6/5/2020 at 8:47 pm

    It is to ensure lots of practice at parallel-parking? 😛

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    • Lee says

      6/6/2020 at 9:29 am

      Practice makes perfect, and if you can park your car there, you can park it anywhere!

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  6. cdilla says

    6/5/2020 at 10:53 pm

    Brilliant. An excellent Friday afternoon photograph.
    From the H28.11 sticker, my guess is that the pole has been there since november 2016 ( or maybe was last inspected) anyway, the car does not look to have been there that long, so it must be elite parking skills.

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    • Lee says

      6/6/2020 at 9:33 am

      Thank you.

      My first thought was the car had simply been there ages. Something that’s not uncommon in Tokyo. But no flat tires or general signs of non-movement suggest that yes, the owner really is a parking master.

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  7. LAObserver says

    6/14/2020 at 1:32 pm

    Thank you Lee. Humor is the best way to escape the craziness of our world at present.

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    • Lee says

      6/14/2020 at 5:28 pm

      You are very welcome. This cheered me up no end too. Exactly what was needed.

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