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Dali Totoro Bus Stop
大里龍貓公車站

Dali Totoro Bus Stop

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Taiwan loves Totoro, the iconic star of Miyazaki’s animated classic My Neighbor Totoro. Known locally to Chinese speakers as either Duōduōlóng (多多龍 or 豆豆龍) or Lóngmāo (龍貓, literally “dragon cat”), Totoro recently appeared on the streets of Taichung alongside Chibi and Chu Totoro, numerous makkuro kurosuke (soot sprites) and No-Face (who appeared in Spirited Away). These life-sized, fan-made sculptures have drawn so much interest that the site even appears on Google Maps.

Totoro and No-Face at a bus stop in Taichung
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/200 sec
Focal Length
22.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
12.6 EV
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Totoro, No-Face, and the gang at a bus stop in Taichung.
No-Face at a bus stop in Taichung
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 6.3
Shutter Speed
1/250 sec
Focal Length
20.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
13.3 EV
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1800 × 1200
No-Face kindly reminding visitors to keep the noise down and watch out for passing cars.
Totoro in Taichung
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/125 sec
Focal Length
55.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
11.9 EV
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1800 × 1800
A life-sized Totoro waits for the bus in Taichung.
Soot on the wall
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
40.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
10.6 EV
Download
1800 × 1800
One of the soot balls on the wall.
Chibi and Chu Totoro in Taichung
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/200 sec
Focal Length
23.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
12.6 EV
Download
1800 × 1200
Chibi and Chu Totoro look like they’ve had a rough time of it.

The original report on Taiwanese news can be found here. Many more photos alongside commentary in Chinese can be found here, here, here, here, and here.

Unfortunately it seems as if the site was cleared around 2021, and these sculptures are no more.

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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.

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