The Owl Police Box

Mon, January 9, 2012, by
I wrote before about kōban, the typical Japanese police stations and their sometimes unusual architecture. Some of them are just unusual, others are made to match the surrounding architecture, while a few of them are just... cute!

After the "owl" kōban from Ikebukuro, here's a better owl representation discovered these days in Chiba, nearby Chiba JR Station. I simply have no other word for this building than... cute. The large pillars surrounding it are the rails of the Chiba Urban Monorail, the world longest suspended monorail system:

Police box (koban), Chiba
EXIF info:

Nikon D90
Lens: 8-16mm F/4.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 8mm
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1250s
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200


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