Have you seen the invisible policeman?


Until recently it was only science fiction. The invisible man...
In Ginza it has become reality now. It is an invisible building. Watch the picture above. Do you see a Koban? Far left? No? Far right then? No? Really? Click on the picture for a larger version. Maybe that helps.


Need some help? The koban in close up. You can clearly see the policemen’s bicycles.


From another angle it may be easier. The trick is that the whole koban is built of mirroring glass panels. Therefore you only see fragments of other buildings. And you see people walking where they are not.


Here you see the koban in het center of the picture. Click for a larger version. Do you see the green frog on top? Look that up in the other pictures and you will find out how you were tricked. I think this koban should be mentioned in the architecture guides. Only: how to depict an invisible building?

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