Monday 22 September 2008

New face at Tower English

What on Earth is this? Well, unlike recent posts, I actually know the answer. This is Noppon, the official mascot of Tokyo Tower, the largest iron structure in Japan (it's about one thousand feet high, I think). Helpfully, if you unscrew his head, there is a ball-point pen underneath. Worryingly for a tall building mascot though, he is not very stable on his feet, a little top heavy, and, as can be seen from the second picture, he is a little, well, little. Yoshie thinks he looks strange and I can't decide if he is cute or sinister, but Emma has taken a shine to him and he was a present from a student who lives across the road, so he will be staying.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

'Worryingly for a tall building mascot though, he is not very stable on his feet'

every now and then paddy you deliver a sublime line.this cahp

http://www.agentsdiary.blogspot.com/

has a similar talent.he's an estate agent somewhere in England who blogs.

Our Man in Abiko said...

Hey, he's pretty good, and proves the adage that if you want honest writing it has to be written posthumously or anonymously.