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Carrion Luggage #1094554 added August 2, 2025 at 11:30am
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Go Go Godzilla
Well, if I'd known the random numbers would serve up a softball article like this one from Atlas Obscura yesterday, I'd have posted it then. But that would defeat the whole purpose of the surprise of random picking.
Hibiya Godzilla Square 
Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.
Of course, you need to go to that link to see pictures, which you definitely want to, because it's Godzilla.
Or, you know, Gojira, depending on how accurately you want to render the Japanese name in English.
Hibiya Godzilla Square is home to the largest Godzilla statue in the country, a monumental tribute to Japan’s most famous kaiju (“strange beast” or “monster”).
Looking at the pictures, though, might lead to some disappointment. It may be the largest Godzilla statue in the country, but it's not even close to Godzilla's actual size. Well, I mean what would be his actual size if he could exist without violating most of the known laws of physics and probably a few as-yet-unknown ones as well.
Two statues have occupied the square over this time, the first of which was installed to commemorate Godzilla’s demise in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. The present statue replaced it in 2018.
To my shame, I have not seen that particular Godzilla movie. I did, however, see a remastered original Godzilla from 1954 at the local drafthouse theater a few years ago.
An unmistakable representation of Godzilla as seen in the 2016 film Shin Godzilla, the centerpiece of Hibiya Godzilla Square rises above a crashing wave at an impressive height of 9.8 feet...
Fuck's sake, it's in Japan. Use meters. (It's almost exactly 3m.)
And yes, that's taller than a puny human, but actual Godzilla started out at about 50m and only got bigger from there.
Look, I like Godzilla, okay? It's not a guilty pleasure, because I don't believe in guilty pleasures, but I realize it's completely unrealistic. That's fine. So is Superman, and I never pass up a chance to see a Superman movie. Including this latest one, which I absolutely enjoyed. (I used to do one-sentence movie reviews, but that was more of a "previous blog" thing.)
Clearly, though, Superman would beat Godzilla in a fight. Unless the kaiju somehow swallowed some kryptonite, and then it'll depend on whether it's an American movie or a Japanese one. |
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