Leave it to the Japanese to create a 15' model of their world famous monster icon inside a flower park of all places. The funny thing is that people can actually climb inside Godzilla and slide right down his backside, making him look like he just pooped! HAHA Godzilla welcomes guests to a particular section of Flower World that has a huge adventure playground equipped with wooden log bridges, rope ladders, a rollercoster-type slide, zip-line, & look-out towers. So of course Bern and I had to try this out for ourselves!
After all the shenanigans, we did check out all the beautiful flowers that were in full bloom. Thank goodness I took my allergy medicine before coming out here!
The fish streamers that you see in the picture above are called ko-in-o-bori. They are used to celebrate Children's Day in Japan which is part of Golden Week (a full week of public holidays in early May). As the koinobori are waving in the wind, they represent the carp fish as they battle to swim upstream. So it makes sense that these koinobori are flown in hopes that children will grow up strong and healthy. Bern and I have this very same wish going out to all of the children and Godchildren in our lives. We miss you all!
hahah i want to ride the slide coming out of godzilla's hole!
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