Tatsuya Tanaka Turns Totoro Bus Stop Into a Sushi Piece
The daily 'MINIATURE CALENDAR' project continues to translate familiar cultural images into everyday objects, and this time a beloved Ghibli scene becomes a sushi pun that resonates with viewers online.
Reporting from 1 source: Magmix.
Miniature photographer Tatsuya Tanaka recreated the bus stop scene from Studio Ghibli's 'My Neighbor Totoro' using sushi, with fatty tuna standing in for Totoro. The piece, titled 'Tonari no Otoro,' shows Satsuki and Mei holding umbrellas with Totoro at an Inari-mae bus stop on a sushi geta. Tanaka shared the work on Instagram and X, and social media users responded with praise for the playful take on the film.
Tatsuya Tanaka's daily miniature project found a natural target in the bus stop scene from 'My Neighbor Totoro.' He placed the Inari-mae stop, Satsuki and Mei with umbrellas, and a fatty tuna sushi standing in for Totoro on a sushi geta, and titled the piece 'Tonari no Otoro,' a pun on the film's Japanese title.
The post went up around the August 21 airing of the film on the Friday Roadshow program. Comments on social media played along with the joke, with one user noting they would remember the scene at a sushi restaurant and another saying they would ride the Catbus without eating the Totoro.
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