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The Owl Police Box

Mon, January 9, 2012, by Muza-chan

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:

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Police box (koban), Chiba
Police box (koban), Chiba
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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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