A Walk around Hibiya / 日比谷の散歩

A couple of months ago I was reading a book by a French illustrator Florent Chavouet titles "Tokyo on Foot".  Its a graphic memoir and sketchbook of his time spent in Japan.  What caught my attention was his illustrations of Hibiya and in particular, an illustration of Godzilla!  This I must go see for myself.

二ヶ月前フランス人イラストレーターフロランシャヴエの本「Tokyo on Foot」を読んだだら、気になることを発見。日比谷のイラストを見たら、ゴジラの像があると描いてた！これは自分の目で見るしかないと思い、自分の休日に日比谷の散歩を実行。

Oh no!  Is it because of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster?  Godzilla really is in Tokyo!!

え～！福島原発事故のせい？ ゴジラが東京に現れるよ！！

Godzilla is about to attack something or someone!

ゴジラが何か誰か襲うかも！

I think Godzilla is hungry for salarymen!!

ゴジラがサラリマンを食べるのか？

Bigger than Bigfoot!  It's Godzilla!

ビッグフットよりデッカイ！ ゴジラだ！

Okay okay, the Godzilla in Hibiya is not the giant monster you see on tv.  I don't know what I was expecting, but as you can see from the picture below, you might be surprised as well.

わかった、わかった、日比谷にあるゴジラの正体を暴かす。 下記の写真見れば、がっかりするかも知りません。

Its a tiny little Godzilla!

ゴジラが超ちっちゃい！

It was so cold outside though, I continued my walk inside the Imperial Hotel where they were having a Sweets Exhibition (which I wrote about a while ago).

外が寒くて、散歩の続きは帝国ホテルの中。ちょうどその時帝国ホテルアーケードにスイーツ展が開催してた（以前そのネタを書いてた）。