Tetrapod home invasion
Embrace Japan’s
national fetish*!
View photos of the tetrapod home invasion via flickr…
More photos and purchasing information about the stuffed pillow tetrapods, the “Teto-gurumi,” via blog.livedoor.jp/sohsai.
Footnote on Japan’s concrete fetish:
Concrete — modern Japan’s blockhead obsession
Japan Times…fetish for concrete reaches truly insane levels. Some 60 percent of Japan’s coastline is plastered with retaining walls and festooned with millions of giant concrete tetrapods — some weighing as much as 50 tons — despite the fact that the ugly monsters actually contribute to the erosion of the shoreline…Japan is about one-twentieth the size of the U.S. is taken into consideration, that means some 30 times as much concrete per square foot (30 cm) was poured in Japan as in the U.S.…more...
Also refer to the previous 3Yen report:
Japanese defend their right to litter the beach
Also for sale, the rare
“Taro Tetra-Tete”!
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