Cheap O Air's "Tokyo's Beautiful City Parks"

Above, the Godzilla statue in Hibiya.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

One of the attractions Godzilla fans flock to is the Godzilla statue in Hibiya, Tokyo.

Following the end of the second series (known among fans as the "Heisei Series") with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1985), the statue was erected to celebrate the "King of the Monsters."

Cheap O Air Travel Blog post an article on "Tokyo's Beautiful City Parks." Included in the article are Ueno Park (used in Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster in 1964), Tokyo Tower and Shiba Park. The article ends with "Paying Homage To Godzilla" at the Godzilla statue in Hibiya.

The article begins with:

It is astonishing that Tokyo, a busy cacophony of a city, which is home to 13 million people, has some of the most pristine, immaculately-kept city parks. The Japanese dedication to efficiency and cleanliness is on full-display when walking its city parks. With flights to Tokyo, visitors can find themselves in one of the world's most visually enticing, culturally dynamic capitals, and with Tokyo's parks offering green patches of respite where you can enjoy museums, sweet potato ice cream, cherry blossoms – of course – and pay respect to Godzilla.

Above, yours truly with the Godzilla statue in the Daily Yomiuri. 

I've been to the Godzilla statue in Hibiya several times. The first was in 2001 where I met up there with fellow G-fan Richard Pusateri and most recently in 2010 when I was interviewed and photographed with the statue for The Daily Yomiuri article about The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan (the guide spotlights the statue in the Tokyo section). There's a man-sized Godzilla statue at the entrance to Toho Studios in Setagaya.

To read the Cheap O Air Travel Blog's story, go here.