Osakan icons at Dotonbori have not fared too well this year.
Earlier, the pufferfish lantern had been taken down after 100 years.
Here is the sight of the giant fish being towed away.
ほな!さいなら 大阪のシンボル「づぼらや」ふぐちょうちんが撤去 閉店準備で オリジナル版→https://t.co/hyiwSHgMwh pic.twitter.com/ObL45qrpPM
— 毎日新聞映像グループ (@eizo_desk) September 3, 2020
Its undersea chum has caused a bit of a worry recently as well.
Here is the crab in case you forgot.
It's been looking a bit worse for wear recently.
https://twitter.com/kanibong/status/1318428238750773249
https://twitter.com/RayosakaGin/status/1318561904223088640
Fewer legs to stand on.
According to SoraNews, the crab's legless days are just temporary, though.
The note on the crab playfully explains away the legs' disappearance due to exhaustion.
As translated by SoraNews:
“Oops – snapped off due to exhaustion from continuous service?”
A Yahoo Japan article clarified that the legs have been taken off to be repaired, and will be reattached when the business opens later this month.
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