Copies of the Manneken Pis in Japan



Achinohe

This little boy who urinates in public is a copy of the famous Manneken Pis, but it is not a true copy, as the model is not quite identical. This statue is in the city of Achinohe, Japan.



Kobe

This statue, which dates from 1962, is, for once, not very faithful to the original. The little boy is less chubby, more realistic, and his hair is rather stiff. It is white stone and is perched on a structure that is similar to a succulent plant.

This seems normal since it is at the center of a pond in the Botanical Garden of Mount Rokko.



Kurumé

The city of Kurume also has a copy of the Manneken Pis. Here too it is not a perfectly identical copy, it is this little boy who urinates in public still looks good to the Belgian statue.



Moriya

The city of Moriya is in the prefecture of Ibaraki, Japan. It's more like a village that has got a city status. It houses a Manneken Pis whose originality is that it is larger than the original.



Nagoya

The official copy of Nagoya is relatively recent, it dates from 2015. It is located in one of the busiest streets of the city, in the center.



Odawara

It is at Odawara station that we can find this strange Manneken Pis. He is in the hall of the station. Odawara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.



Osaka

The official copy of Osaka dates from 1928. Japan is a country that has received a large number of replicas of the Manneken Pis. There are even two official copies, which is rare!



Tokyo

This small statue of Manneken Pis is quite original since it is ... on the platform of a Tokyo station!

This is the Hamamatsucho station. The statue is located between lanes 3 and 4. It is not alone, it is perched on a tall pedestal end, at the end of a small monument-fountain flower. There is a plaque accompanying it is written all in Japanese. And the height of curiosity, this statue is smaller than the original: 46cm only, instead of 55.5 standard!