Last year, some members of a Japanese comedy site decided to troll Google Street View with pigeon masks. That was just the beginning.
This weekend, the same site, Daily Portal Z, held a “Hato Event” at Osaka’s Grand Front shopping center. (In Japanese, “hato” means pigeon.) For the event, people could wear a pigeon mask and get their photo taken at the fashionable shopping complex.
Last year, Daily Portal Z also held a “Hato Night” event — which was filled with people wearing pigeon masks at, well, night.
Grand Front. [Photo: yaginome]
Kid pigeons. [Photo: Tokyo26]
Sitting in an audience. [Photo: tokyo26]
Using a mobile phone. [Photo: yaginome]
Over the past few months, Twitter users (including Daily Portal Z writers and fans) have uploaded their own pigeon mask pics — and there seems to be a few hardcore pigeon mask Twitter users!
At home. [Photo: Hero_Chaman]
Being lazy. [Photo: hato_nichijo]
Eating sushi. [Photo: twcc98man]
At work. [Photo: hato_nichijo]
Out to eat. [Photo: nanakote_s]
Mmm, pasta. [Photo: mietanpekeponpo]
Feeding the… pigeons. [Photo: hato_nichijo]
At the hot springs. [Photo: twcc98man]
On the train. [Photo: hato_nichijo]
Bowling. [Photo: Kokusan_Guppy]
With a Hato Bus. [Photo: PigeonMaskJp]
Buying beer. [Photo: hato_nichijo]
Drinking beer. [Photo: Right_Error]
Movie night. [Photo: hato_nichijo]
Um… Evangelion? [Photo: deresukeminoP]
Enjoying fall. [Photo: hero_chaman]
Good think pigeons aren’t creepy, huh?
Pigeon mask are a thing outside of Japan, too, but I don’t think they have run their course yet. That being said, I also eagerly await a proliferation of Crow Masks! Photos via Hato_Nichijo:
Top photo: yaginome
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2 responses to “Japan Is Good At Pigeon Masks”
Hatoful Boyfriend fans can finally live out their fantasy.
Beats the horse mask, these are much more interesting!
So where can we actually source one of these masks from?