Well, it is time of the year again in Japan. A time where harvested rice’s by-product, rice straws, are put to good use as material for mind-blowing sculptures and one of them was this 23 feet (7 m) tall, 32 feet (10 m) long Godzilla which reportedly took a group of over 150 volunteers four months to built. Like the rice straw sculptures we saw last year, wooden frames were constructed and rice straws added to form this amazingly realistic Gojira and as if the realism wasn’t enough, LEDs were thrown in for good measures to make the eyes, mouth and part of the tail, chest and neck area glows – just like the monster did in the recent Shin Godzilla flick.
But don’t be alarmed cos’ unlike the “real” Godzilla, there’s nothing radioactive with those glows. So it is perfectly safe to pose next to it, or even hug it. The glowing mouth is particularly menacing though and it looks as if it was about to spit out fire, but luckily, it won’t and it was probably for its best interest, or else it will just go up in flame as if it is part of the Burning Man festival. Anyways, speaking of Shin Godzilla, this majestic sculpture appeared to be modelled after the latest incarnation of the iconic Japanese kaiju and hence, the uncanny resemblance.
And here’s a few more look:
シン・ゴジラ笑、いや藁
近くに自衛隊の方々がいるという最高の組み合わせでした。 pic.twitter.com/WA9Q4hZIm7
— シンフルタニ?合言葉は#OneTeam (@ShinFurutani) November 2, 2016
宣伝
ど～んとかがし祭りの一環として、筑前町ふるさと応援寄附金を活用して
巨大わらゴジラを、作りました。祭りの日程
前夜祭
１１月５日（土）１８時～２０時３０分
本祭１１月６日（日）１０時～１６時
◆開催場所 安の里公園一帯
住所：福岡県朝倉郡筑前町篠隈６７３－１ pic.twitter.com/hIvqfmaLtL— シン・SAKIMORI (@oculal) October 31, 2016
Images: Jcast [JP].
via Technabob
