Saturday, February 25, 2017

Yokosuka Power Spot No. 1 -- Where Godzilla First Stepped Onto Land

I will provide some more details later, but in the original 1954 film, "Godzilla", the monster (created by the bad effects of a Pacific Ocean nuclear weapon test) emerged from the sea in Tokyo Bay, in an area off-shore Yokosuka.

According to local legend, the actual spot where Godzilla stepped ashore is on Tatara-Hama beach ( 多々良浜 ), which is part of Kannonzaki Prefectural Park ( 県立観音崎公園 ) --- in case you don't believe it, Godzilla left a footprint...

















Here is Godzilla, emerging from Tokyo Bay, off Yokosuka's Kannonzaki Coast...













I also found out that Godzilla fought other monsters in Yokosuka, documented in the 1975 movie: "Terror of MechaGodzilla" ----  When Yokosuka actually became a monster battleground.

Several decades ago, a T-Rex/dinosaur slide was built for kids to play on, along Kannonzaki beach (it has since been removed.)  This soon started being called the "Godzilla" slide, and added to the local legend about the monster coming ashore in that area,  Here is what it looked like...

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