I had to include some pictures of the Pissing Boy or "Shi Shi" Boy as I liked to call him. Here's Rei and Kurt having a little too much fun if you ask me. Our hotel was was very near the Hamamatsucho train station. This was extremely convenient for us as the Hamamatsucho station was part of the Yamanote line which gave us quick and easy access to places like
Akihabara and
Ueno. Located at the end very end of the platform at
Hamamatsucho was the
Shi Shi boy.
(For those of you from Hawaii you know that shi shi refers to urinating or pissing.)
The Japanese Pissing Boy was patterned after a famous statue in Brussels called the
Manneken Pis. Literally translated as "
Pissing Boy", the statue is only 60cm high and on any given day may be wearing one of his 600 costumes. (See above picture)
The Japanese Pissing Boy is also dressed in different costumes. During our visit in November 2006, he was wearing a firefighters uniform. Everyone took a turn standing in front of the statue to take a picture.
I had to include some pictures of the Pissing Boy or "Shi Shi" Boy as I liked to call him. Here's Rei and Kurt having a little too much fun if you ask me. Our hotel was was very near the Hamamatsucho train station. This was extremely convenient for us as the Hamamatsucho station was part of the Yamanote line which gave us quick and easy access to places like Akihabara and Ueno. Located at the end very end of the platform at Hamamatsucho was the Shi Shi boy. (For those of you from Hawaii you know that shi shi refers to urinating or pissing.)
