Tokyo Nugget #13: Some construction personnel are not human

Found this along Aoyama-dori in Omotesando:

It was too cute so I had to take a picture. You can’t see it in the photo but the balloon bobbed like it was bowing and seemed to be saying,”Sumimasen (excuse me)” especially since its eyes were cast down.

Usually, I see cardboard cut-outs in the shape of a friendly construction worker complete with a moving arm. Bizarre, right? If you don’t look carefully, you might think he’s human…

I always have an inward chuckle whenever I spot these mechanized cut-outs at roadwork sites — I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this elsewhere.

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