Aichi World Exposition 2005
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Japanese Ghost House
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Here is a traditional Japanese ghost house. It
was in the kids' play area, but it was fun for me as well. |
These... things pop their heads off and into the
soup bowls they're holding. |
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A kindly old lady. Truly scary! |
A ghost girl pops out of a barrel. |
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Satan reads Harlequin romance novels while waiting
for souls to steal. |
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Outside, these are demonically-possessed Japanese
umbrellas. Eerie! |
The French Pavillion was the most impressive for me. They had a short film basically showing us, unflinchingly, how we are killing our planet. The destruction of our forests & oceans, towns in garbage dumps, the 10-year-old boy in the shantytown who calls himself a dog because he certainly can't be leading the life of a human; it was enough to make one want to cry by the end. |
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I didn't go into the Spanish Pavillion, but they
had a lovely mosaic wall going all the way around. |
An Austrian musician played the accordion, while
his compatriot in lederhosen danced for the audience. |
The Greek Pavillion
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It was very beautiful and colourful inside. |
A beautiful Greek relief mural named "ƒ¿ƒÎƒÍƒÉƒÒƒÊƒ¿ƒËƒÐƒÅ
ƒÕƒÃƒÇƒÏƒÖƒË", or "cootie-picking" in English. |
The Ukrainian Pavillion
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I see that they have used the colours of the "Orange
Revolution." |
Funnily enough, I couldn't find any painted eggs
anywhere. |
The Egyptian Pavillion
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Egypt's pavillion was of course very interesting.
However, the line to get in was very, very long. |
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| This looks like King Tut's mask. And it looks
like he was a Starbucks employee... |
Yes, I think that was a real mummy inside. If
not, a very convincing movie prop. |
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Don't laugh. Could you balance a giant
gold cookie on your head? |
I don't know who they were, but they sure brought
life into a stodgy old mural, eh? |
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This would be the ultimate fun way to take out
your anger: write insults onto paper for tourists thinking they're
getting their names in hieroglyphics. |
Ladies and gentlemen, come buy, come buy! They've
lasted 3500 years; they won't last another! |