Ah, the ineffable natural beauty of the Japanese concrete park. I always find the best way to contemplate our unique four seasons - we have four seasons in Japan, you know? - is to sprawl on concrete slab in a mass of flat grey concrete and have the boiling heat of summertime reflected and magnified by our traditional Japanese concrete.
Really - where else in the world would this be called a park?
used to be true but not anymore, and causing a huge problem recently as people don`t take adequate protective measures because of this very assumption (according to my Japanese dermatologist who specialises in skin cancers)
Planker, plonker, whatever. Is this one for the ladies then? BTW, it's a park because there aren't any buildings on it. Ebina used to have a nice park right next to the station, and now it's a shopping center. Sigh!
Maitake -- agreed. Nothing like parks that probably contribute to the Heat Island effect, rather than provide relief from it. Green space in Tokyo/Yokohama is basically an oxymoron.
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paulinusa
Doesn't look very comfortable for sure.
Ivan Coughanoffalot
Ah, the ineffable natural beauty of the Japanese concrete park. I always find the best way to contemplate our unique four seasons - we have four seasons in Japan, you know? - is to sprawl on concrete slab in a mass of flat grey concrete and have the boiling heat of summertime reflected and magnified by our traditional Japanese concrete.
Really - where else in the world would this be called a park?
JeffLee
Too bad Yokohama is not Singapore, where the water is actually clean enough to swim in.
tokyotom
this plonker looks like one of those trendy plankers
Maitake
Ivan couldn't have said it any better.
Foxie
He must be burning his hands on the warm concrete. Very strange pose. Concrete parks have the advantage of not having so many mosquitos/bugs.
MrDog
Ivan, mate, it's got trees! It has to be a park! ;)
daisan
That's the Rinko Park, just google it, plenty of green out there.
yokomoc
It's not Rinko Park. It's NEAR the park but the lack of green should give you a clue.
smithinjapan
This guy is planking... not sunbathing.
tkoind2
Does the phrase "skin cancer" ring any bells here?
Noripinhead
Somehow it reminds me of a scene from "Apocalypto".
cactusJack
"Kanagawa Police, assume the position! ..oh, never mind."
Foxie
Asians rarely get skin cancer, tkoin2.
Gurukun
LOL!!!
anglootaku
That picture looks like a good painting to paint lol
Dennis Bauer
Sure he is not passed out after a night of drinking beer and sake?
Kaptankichigai
his wife thinks he has been going to work for the last 2 months.
littlebird
People worry about getting radiation from Fukushima, then they go and do this? ...DUH!...
OK, probably not the same people.
tkoind2
Foxie. pull the other one mate.
oikawa
"This damn doll always deflates suddenly!"
Nicky Washida
used to be true but not anymore, and causing a huge problem recently as people don`t take adequate protective measures because of this very assumption (according to my Japanese dermatologist who specialises in skin cancers)
Nicky Washida
Wonder if this guy actually knows he is now pic of the day? Did they ask him before taking the pic?
malfupete
planker
Ayler
but are 10 times more likely to get esophageal cancer. some trade-off....
Eric Schneider
Planker, plonker, whatever. Is this one for the ladies then? BTW, it's a park because there aren't any buildings on it. Ebina used to have a nice park right next to the station, and now it's a shopping center. Sigh!
herefornow
Maitake -- agreed. Nothing like parks that probably contribute to the Heat Island effect, rather than provide relief from it. Green space in Tokyo/Yokohama is basically an oxymoron.