Tokyo offers so many surprises that it’s sometimes tough to be taken aback. But, a salesman, sporting a horse’s head, plainly shocks some people.

Tokyo offers so many surprises that it’s sometimes tough to be taken aback. But, a salesman, sporting a horse’s head, plainly shocks some people.

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Bic Camera. Where?
Shinjuku. Just up the road from Studio Alta.
That’s unique lol. What’s he selling?
Telephones.
No, I can’t see the connection there either!
Well, Kurosawa had problems finding horses in Japan for his films Kagemusha and Ran, I guess they must be a rare sight even in the countryside.
They certainly aren’t a common sight. In fact, on a plate is the last time I saw one…
LOL, yeah, I had the horse sashimi too, delicious!
That’s weird and quite scary for me >_<
It’s certainly not something you see everyday, that’s for sure.
Not a reference to ‘gift horses’ I suspect, nor to Mr Ed the talking horse (head?), so I can only think that
it was the only head that was left? At least it has at least got some free advertising on TokyoTimes !
Yeah, I have no idea what it’s a reference to, especially as SoftBank use a dog for lots of its advertising. It does grab people’s attention though, so it certainly serves a purpose.
So funny!! Maybe, the horse head could attract more people to sign contact.
The(expectant?) lady who holding her hubby has the best expression!
Yeah, she does. Attention grabbing for sure!