Updated for 2012! It's that time of year again... When Godzilla-shaped Christmas trees start to appear! Here's a round-up of a few from the last few years.
Godzilla in Shinjuku.... Just kidding! It's actually only a little bigger than human-sized. You can spot this one most years among the Christmas illuminaton behind Takashimaya Times Square.
This pic of a smoke-breathing 'zilla-tree has been popping up a lot over the last few days, but the tree hasn't actually been sighted since its appearance in a November 2000 Godzilla festival held in the Odaiba Aqua City mall.
This one also appeared in front of Odaiba Aqua City in 2007. (What is it with these guys and monsters? Then again, they have a scaled-down Statue of Liberty right outside, too.) Love the pro-wrestling style tree take-down.
This rather chubby-looking one hails from the distant year of 2004, when it appeared in the Osaka Business Park.
And last but not least, a totally unoffical neighborhood Godzilla light-o-rama from 2007, which gets points for having awesome taste if not exactly awesome execution. Then again, the fact it looks like a kid's drawing really "makes" it.
The airwaves are silent with regards to Godzilla Christmas sightings this year so far, but I do have one report from the far-flung city of Hekinan (碧南市) in Kansai....
Baltan Seijin from Ultraman! (See the big red-and-silver guy himself here!)
And speaking of which...
Will 2012 turn into a Very Kaiju Christmas too? Stay tuned for updates as more lights go up!
LOBSTERMAN DIED FOR MY SINS.
Posted by: KINGOFNIGERIA | December 08, 2011 at 12:36 PM
I hope the big G is still up when I hit the mall on the 29th (1st day of Comiket).
Posted by: Gilles Poitras | December 14, 2012 at 11:45 PM