Need a million people to show up to your mall? That’s easy! Build a 60 Foot Robot that moves and talks. This got me and my wife to go check out the Diver City Mall in Tokyo, Japan.
To show you how big it is, above is a picture of me next to the Robot’s foot. Along with being massive, every few hours their is a show where he moves and talks. It was amazing and I was really glad I fell into this marketing tourist trap.
This reminds me of a small town called Soap Lake in Washington, USA. The town of Soap Lake was dying and they had to come up with something quick to attract people.
So, They decided to build the worlds largest Lava Lamp as a tourist attraction. It is 52,000 pounds in size!
What was your favorite tourist trap and how did you get suckered in? Let me know in the comments.
I’ve never been to Japan but would love to go! That Robot looks intense
Hey Jane – the Robot was intense! You must go to Japan I swear it is the future over there.
Wall Drug off of I-90 in South Dakota. I took a road trip out west a while back with Nissa and they put up these quirky advertisements all along the highway hours before you actually reach the exit. We were so fascinated by the place before even knowing what exactly it was, by the time we got there it felt like a kitschy paradise, even though it really wasn’t much more than a charming tourist trap. Granted we were a bit loopy from all the driving. Nonetheless, I slapped a Wall Drug bumper sticker on my car that day and on the way back home we spent a night in town.
haha is this the bumper sticker you got?
I went to the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. It is a huge convention center covered in corn and corn husks. We drove 30 miles out of our way to see it, bought a magnet, and left. It was quite a sight. http://www.cornpalace.org/
Hey Sarang,
I went to the Photo’s on that website and the place looks awesome. How can you not want to go?