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Giant inflatable woman spotted taking photos in Shinjuku

Giant inflatable woman spotted taking photos in Shinjuku

Panasonic inflates a lady to promote its latest Lumix camera

Visitors to Shinjuku might have thought they'd stepped into a set of "Gulliver's Travel's" this week with a very big woman greeting them outside the station.

The inflated lady was there to 'snap' shots of the tiny pedestrians with her new Panasonic Lumix FX700 camera.

When Ayase Haruka was chosen as spokeswoman for the product, one wonders if she knew Panasonic planned to remodel her as a giant so big that people can barely touch her knee (as we are sure they would want to).

On the ground, Japanator reported that; "Spectators were kind of scared and confused by the balloon, and who wouldn't be? It is kind of horrifying. But you know what they say, everything's bigger in Texa....I mean, Tokyo."

Meanwhile, Panasonic have sent a tiny robot to walk form Kyoto to Tokyo to publicize another product, Evolta batteries.

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Electronics store Bic Camera is visited by a lady with, well, a really BIG camera.

Photo courtesy of Derric at Tsubayaku

Robert Michael Poole is a specialist on the Japanese music and entertainment scene.

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