Godzilla Attacks Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

May 3, 2024 June 1, 2024

Godzilla attacks Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Source: NHK)

At night during Golden Week, Godzilla took over the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Fortunately, however, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office is safe and continues to operate as usual today.

In fact, this was planned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to create a new tourist attraction and Godzilla was merely a projection mapping. The TMG projected scene of Godzilla's sudden appearance and confrontation with TMG's interceptor. Many tourists and families stopped to watch this projection performance.

This performance lasts 6 minutes and will be projected three times an hour starting at 7:00 p.m. until May 6th and at 7:30 p.m. after May 11th.

The projection mapping at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is the largest in the world and has been recognized by the Guinness Book of Records.

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Japanese (日本語)

東京とうきょう都庁とちょうにゴジラが襲来しゅうらい

ゴールデンウィークの夜よる、東京とうきょう都庁とちょうをゴジラが占拠せんきょました。しかし、幸さいわいなことに都庁とちょうは無事ぶじで、現在げんざいも通常つうじょう通どおり営業えいぎょうしています。
というのも実じつは、これは東京都とうきょうとが新あらたな観光かんこう名所めいしょを作つくるために企画きかくしたもので、ゴジラはプロジェクションマッピングに過すぎなかったのです。都庁とちょうでは、ゴジラが突如とつじょ出現しゅつげんし、都庁とちょうの迎撃げいげきミサイルと対決たいけつするシーンを投影とうえいしました。この日ひは多おおくの観光客かんこうきゃくや家族かぞく連づれが足あしを止とめて、このプロジェクションマッピングに見入みいっていました。
このパフォーマンスは1回かい6分間ぷんかんで、5月がつ6日かまでは19時じから1時間じかんに3回かい、 5月がつ11日にち以降いこうは19時じ30分ぷんからの投影とうえいとなります。
都庁とちょうのプロジェクションマッピングは世界せかい最大級さいだいきゅうで、ギネスブックにも認定にんていされているとのことです。

是非ぜひ東京とうきょうに遊あそびに来きてください！

Sentence Quiz (文章問題)

When I was a child, I believed that Godzilla really existed.

子供の頃はゴジラが本当に存在すると信じていた。

Of all the Godzilla movies, “Shin Godzilla” is my favorite!

ゴジラ映画の中では「シン・ゴジラ」が一番好き！

Why was Hideki Matsui's nickname "Godzilla"?

松井秀喜の愛称が「ゴジラ」だったのはなぜだろう。

What would happen if a really giant monster came?

本当に巨大怪獣がやってきたらどうなるんだろう。

Related Words (関連ワード)

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Japanese	Hiragana	English
ゴールデンウィーク	ごーるでんうぃーく	Golden Week
夜	よる	Night
東京都庁	とうきょうとちょう	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
ゴジラ	ごじら	Godzilla
占拠	せんきょ	Occupation
幸い	さいわい	Fortunately
無事	ぶじ	Safely
今日	きょう	Today
運営	うんえい	Operation
続けて	つづけて	Continuously
計画	けいかく	Plan
観光資源	かんこうしげん	Tourist resources
プロジェクションマッピング	ぷろじぇくしょんまっぴんぐ	Projection mapping
開発	かいはつ	Development
迎撃機	げいげきき	Interception aircraft
出現	しゅつげん	Appearance
描かれて	えがかれて	Depicted
観光客	かんこうきゃく	Tourists
家族連れ	かぞくづれ	Family
映像	えいぞう	Image
分間	ふんかん	Minutes
5月6日	ごがつむいか	May 6th
午後7時	ごごしちじ	7:00 PM
5月11日	ごがつじゅういちにち	May 11th
午後7時半	ごごしちじはん	7:30 PM
1時間	いちじかん	1 hour
世界最大規模	せかいさいだいきぼ	World's largest scale
ギネス記録	ぎねすきろく	Guinness record
認定	にんてい	Certification

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