Friday, December 10, 2010

Monster Town of Tottori, Japan (1)

Let’s go to ‘Mizuki-shigeru Roda’ of moster town in Tottori!

There are monsters that are loved from all of Japanese.
That is the heroine of the animation ‘GeGeGe-no-Kitaro(ゲゲゲの鬼太郎)!


‘Mizuki-shigeru Road’ was formed to commemorate a writer ‘Mizuki-shigeru’ of  ‘GeGeGe-no-Kitaro(ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) in Sakai-minato, Tottori.

What is ‘GeGeGe-no-Kitaro(ゲゲゲの鬼太郎)?
























He is a writer ‘Mizuki-shigeru’.

The interesting thing is Mizuki-shigeru’s memorial hall.

Always Open.
Hours: 09:30~17:00





















You could feel monster atmosphere from
Sakaiminato St
.
There are many shops and decoration about ‘GeGeGe-no-Kitaro’.






















Here’s taxi is also special!
It is called ‘Medama-Oyazi’.
It means ‘eyeball man’ in English.
Medama-Oyazi is father of Kitaro who is hero in ‘GeGeGe-no-Kitaro’.
Medama-Oyazi is popular in here. :)




















Here is hair shop!
Kitaro is coming with a scissors.
You could feel like you are walking in animation.
GeGeGe-no-Kitaro’s monsters are not scared and cute.



















They have a variety of features in this road.
It is Monster postcard!
That is just for domestic.
Good idea~!
























There are a lot of bronzes of monster.
They made each character that appeared in the film.
I saw that the height of Kitaro is 130cm in his profile, the size of bronze was there.
The height is 130cm and weight is 30kg…
Many characters of Japan have their height, weight, birthday and hometown. :)
That culture shows that Japanese has attachment to animation.























There are not only many pictures but also bronzes about characters.
That is a perfect thing for a picture.
Especially for children!!




















The bronze is Medama-Oyazi who is father of Kitaro.
 He put on the towel.
It looks he is going bathroom~




















You could take a rickshaw and look around the town.
But I recommend you just take a look around by walk if you want to feel Kitaro’s atmosphere thoroughly.





























There is writing ‘Kitaro’s house’ on the sigh but actually here is a phone box. :)






























You can meet not only monster bronze but also real monster that is walking around.
You can touch and take a picture with monsters!
That I met monster that day is ‘Nezumi-Otoko’.
He is a friend of Kitaro and looks like a mouse.
His offensive weapon is right bad breath! Hahahaha
He has brushed his teeth even for 10 years in his profile!
He is 360years old and the height is 160cm, 49kg.
Quite tall!!




























The name of Geta(Japanese traditional shoes) shop is ‘Kitaro Geta’.
The actor who played Kitaro in GeGeGe movie visited that Geta shop.
There were lots of picture here and there in the shop.
Kitaro Geta is selling many cute Geta.





















Stamp booth is provided for tourist.
There are many stamp booths everywhere in GeGeGe road.
If you set a set all of stamps in Kitaro stamp book, you can get a present.
But stamp booth is total 37!!
























Here is a bank.
In GeGeGe road, you can find pictures anywhere.

Medama-Oyazi (eyeball man) is the most popular character.
There are lots of Medama-Oyazi goods anywhere.



























Kuayoshi that I live now is know for pear.
That pear that it is called ‘20century pear’ is many character merchandise.





















If you are the first in lucky dip, you can get a Medama-Oyazi doll.
Many eyes see me!!! Hahaha





















Medama-Oyazi is taking a rest with his eyes closed.
A support thing of chopsticks!
The price is 2310yen. Wow~


























Most of shops are souvenir shop about monster.
Fan, cookies, towel, bread, T-shirts etc..
It is not too much to say that they make all of thing.
I wanted to buy that T-shirt! :)

That is different thing between another country’s monsters.

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