Shinagawa Station's Resident Dinosaur Strikes Back!

Shinagawa Station's resident dinosaur. Photo by Brett Homenick.

During today's hustle and bustle, I happened to find myself in Shinagawa Station, which should be fairly well known among Godzilla fans for its connection with the kaiju classic Godzilla (1954). In fact, the above tile on Platform 1 of the JR Yamanote Line seems to commemorate that fact, though the creature depicted looks different enough from the Big G to avoid scrutiny from Toho's lawyers. Nevertheless, I think we can agree that this creature is, as Forrest J Ackerman might say, monsterrific! Kaiju fans around the world ought to thank him for keeping a small piece of monster movie history alive.

Shinagawa Station's Familar Face

Does that creature look like anyone you know? Photo by Brett Homenick.

While out and about today, I ended up in Shinagawa Station. Shinagawa Station is fairly well known among Godzilla fans for its association with Godzilla (1954). In fact, this interesting tile on Platform 1 of the JR Yamanote Line seems to commemorate that fact, though the creature depicted looks different enough from the Big G to avoid scrutiny from Toho's lawyers. Anyway, regardless of its real identity, it is certainly of interest for Godzilla fans to see it for themselves when in Shinagawa Station.