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Giant Rubber Ducky at Osaka

Written by: zenical on 13 September 2009 at 6:11 am 11 Comments

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Over at Osaka, Japan, there is a duck floating. It’s huge, it’s yellow, and it’s made of rubber XD. It’s 10m tall! I want to see it in Singapore! I guess many people would flock there just to see a giant rubber ducky ;)

Giant Rubber Ducky at Osaka

The prosaically named Suito Osaka Rubber Duck Project, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, has seen a 9.5m tall by 11m long rubber duck statue floated on the city’s waterways, for no particular reason. The duck has previously menaced other cities, but this is its first appearance in Japan.

Giant Rubber Ducky at Osaka

Giant Rubber Ducky at Osaka

Giant Rubber Ducky at Osaka

You can view the youtube video below to see how Ducky got inflated with air XD. It’s not the one in Japan though, sadly :(

Have you seen this ducky before?

Source: Sankaku Complex

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11 Comments »

  • kodomut said:

    I recall Singapore having some duck charity thing long time ago on Singapore river where you purchased a duck serial number for a $1 donation and if your duck crosses the finish line first, you win something.

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  • M said:

    Yeah. Purchase a small rubber duck, float it down the Singapore River or something and the 1st to cross the finishing line wins a huge amount.

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  • nekosasu said:

    Kind of reminds me of Ar Tonelico 2…

    Were any cute girls Dualstalling? :3

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  • loneotaku said:

    Funny… I suddenly start thinking about Ernie from Sesame Street singing “Rubber Ducky… your the one…” while he’s taking his bath…

    Where I live, we also have a similar event… purchase a rubber duck for a $1 and race it down the creek. Winner gets a prize.

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  • loneotaku said:

    Oops the link didn’t work…

    Ernie and his Rubber Duckie

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  • zenical (author) said:

    @ Kodomut @ M: Sadly I fail, I don’t remember of such an event.. But I remember something about ducks floating.. lol

    @ nekosasu: What’s dualstalling? o.o

    @ loneotaku: I think it’s the same here, according to Kodomu and M. Lol.

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  • guuzen said:

    Aww it’s kinda cute =). And zenical, I thought that charity thing was quite a big news in Singapore O.o oh well at least you remember the important thing! Ducks floating! XD

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  • zenical (author) said:

    @ guuzen: age is catching up. LOL.

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