When commuting, I often pass through part of the underground walkway that runs under Harumi dori and stretches from Ginza station towards Higashi Ginza. There’s a kind of gallery along the way that displays art from various groups who apply to display their work there. (Technically, it’s called the “Promenade Gallery”, but I wouldn’t want to get anyone excited about rushing to visit it.)

I don’t usually pay a tremendous amount of attention to what’s there, as I am usually just passing through and it never really looks that intriguing. However, a few weeks ago, I noticed this one piece of work that jumped out at me because it just seemed a bit out of place and, by extension, quite bizarre and funny.

The other day, I finally decided I had to take a photo with my keitai as I passed through, but, before I insert the photo, you should read the text in the image below – the mandate, if you will, of the gallery (which I’ve underlined in red). After reading that, I laughed even harder as I walked by the piece in question:

the apparent mandate of "the gallery"

Walk about 20 metres and you’ll see this “bright” and “pleasant” work:

Cracks me up every time…