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A man relaxes in front of the "Roots" sculpture at Toranomon Hills in Tokyo on Friday. The sculpture, by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, depicts the form of a seated person. Constructed with letters and characters of eight languages -. Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Helvetic, Hindi, Japanese and Russian - the sculpture expresses the universal nature of global culture and the bonds that tie humanity together.
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Tamarama
I love that!
SenseNotSoCommon
So that's what it's like up close. Viewed from parts of Toranomon, Tokyo Tower sticks out of the top of the person's head.
Evan Hayden
That's a neat sculpture! Living in Nagasaki, I'm sort of envious, since most of our public parks are just dirt (no grass) and no public art.
nath
I was just visiting a new client there yesterday and saw/admired that sculpture. It's nice to get a little more information on it.
Utrack
I admire how the artist used characters from different languages to make this sculpture is gives it more depth and meaning to me. To bad I can not see it up close. I, myself fear the thought of radioisotope contamination that will linger for generations to come in Japan if nothing is done about it.
tinawatanabe
They look in need of chairs than a sculpture.