Still standing

Just get rid all of these throughout Japan. They're dumb.

Ah, Lady Liberty...

"They're dumb"

They are not.

Great symbolism here. Not even a tsunami can kill freedom and democracy in Japan!

A lot of places it would have been torn down due to panic about it falling over. In some aspects, Japanese don't over-react, and I am grateful.

You just gotta love originality. (sarcasm)

"You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! "

Planet of the Apes.

Japan does kitsch better than anyone else.

I do think that these replicas are corny and kitschy, but now THIS one serves as a poignant reminder of what occurred last year.

CactusJack: Nice reference!

What a bad replica. They could have at least looked at the real one before building this and the thousands of others that are all over this country.

Ask a little kid up and through junior high and they will all tell you it is soft cream. Give it a try.

I wonder what it says on the plaque.

The statue of Liberty is meant as welcoming to immigrants, surprise japan has a replica . Very interesting.

True. On the first floor of the actual Statue of Liberty is a sonnet written in 1883 by Emma Lazarus. The sonnet reads:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Up until now Japan could be accused of rejecting these beliefs. Perhaps that will change in the light of what's happened. Time will tell.