Photos of giant cement octopi posing as playground equipment in Japan...
UPDATE: Here's a huge, wonderful photo gallery of octopus slides (Thanks, Alexander!). According to the site, there are no accurate records showing how many of these giant cement creatures exist in Japan, but they are believed to number in the hundreds. Many of these octopi, if not all, were constructed by Maeda Environmental Art Co., Ltd., who says each one has a unique design.
For more photos, check out this page by D-one, a photographer with an eye for the octopoid playscapes (the links that include pink text (??) are the ones you want to see). Also, a lot of the links on this page are to photos of octopus slides.
annie
Is it wrong to want a small scale one of those for my desk? I think it'd make an excellent paperweight... or even better, aquarium fixture.
[]Alexander
Very nice, thanks!
Found more Octopi here:
[]http://www1.raidway.ne.jp/~iharay/suberidai/tako.htm
Richard Berry
I thought this would be right up Pink Tentacles ink sack.
A giant squid, estimated to be the largest ever found, has washed up on the shore of Tasmania.
He's the link to the story on my Aussie blog http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/richardberry/index.php
Thanks guys
[]Alex
Let's not try to imagine what they are preparing the children for..
[]Elit Alice
another lsd fueled stuff for kids. love it, check this as well: http://www.elitalice.com/2006/05/12/jo-a-gyerekeknek/
[]Behan
Holy Octopi!
There's one of them in my town!
[]playmap.jp
a big collection of octopus tower slides in japanese playgrounds can be found at http://www.playmap.jp/tags/octopus%20tower
each playground also has the map coordinates in case you want to visit them
playmap.jp - map of playgrounds in japan
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