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The Giant Ghibli Clock (2019)

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I randomly happened upon this while traveling in Japan several years back. I didn't know anything about it when I came across it, so it was quite the treat. Honestly, the photos and videos don't do it justice.

Nonetheless, here's a video I took of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF0iYFvkrEU

When I first moved to Seattle I had a similarly serendipitous experience finding this on a neighbor's lawn https://castleintheskyrobot.tumblr.com/

That was some pleasant scrolling.

The video is great, thanks for sharing it, but uhm can't help but mention that shall you ever in the future wish for your username on HN to not be tied to your real identity, you might want to delete the comment after it stops being useful. Thanks for adding to the post!

Video of the clock in action: https://youtu.be/mH4zc3qVYpg?t=35

I stayed in a hotel directly across from this once. Neat piece of art but there's not much else to do in that district unless you really have a fix for Taco Bell while in Japan. Perfectly cromulent hotel, however.

Hey, me too! It's true that there is nothing much to do around the area, it's mostly offices. There is however a Tower Records, which is kind of a rarity nowadays.

I picked Hamamatsucho to stay when I was in Tokyo. Walking distance to the tower one way and Shiodome the other - stopped by for the architecture and the clock. The Christmas lights are supposed to be pretty cool (they need to do those in May as well)

My serendipitous find was the Byron Bay Coffee shop a block up from the hotel for the best coffee I managed to find in Japan.

Never thought I'd hear that name on here, let alone that they were in Japan.

The Zojoji Temple and Shiba park around it are more interesting than you might think from a first glance... just seeing Tokyo Tower there. Lot's of good food towards Shimbashi as well.

history of the word "cromulent": https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-crom...

I stayed near Shiodome some time ago and came by this while it was moving by luck. Stood there in awe for several minutes while the show was on (it starts moving a few minutes before the hour when the clock is supposed to 'perform'). A very nice surprise to our trip.

It is a gorgeous piece, no photo would make it justice.

The article fails to mention that the clock is _not_ at street level but at the pedestrian bridge (road?) one, which is great, especially for picture taking.

The number 8 appears to be on upside-down.

Dude, and if it was sideways it would be infinity.

I’d love to see this

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