Tire Dinosaurs Stand Guard at Yokohama Rubber Plant

As the scent of rubber increases in intensity, visitors approaching a tire factory here may sense a pair of eyes staring down at them from above the trees.

Made with black gleaming tires, an 8.5-meter-tall dinosaur stands guard near the entrance to Yokohama Rubber Co.’s Onomichi Plant. In fact, three life-sized dinosaur statues made with tires are installed there.

The Apatosaurus, the oldest of the trio and known as “Bikkurie-kun,” is 21 meters long and 8.5 meters tall. It was built by connecting 124 scrap tires…

Source: Asahi Shimbun