Oideyasu! Please take off your shoes.
Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine. Maybe we could wrap it in pink plastic or crimson velour or something, drum up a little more tourism, don'tcha think? Also noted by Robert Brady.
This is the very FIRST thing I thought of when I heard what Cristo was up to. Seeing pictures just confirmed my suspicions.
Posted by: Jerry on February 28, 2005 10:35 AMYou are so right! I have been TRYING to tell people this but they think I'm being overly critical or anti-New York. Cristo is a total rip off if you ask me. He doesn't even reference the Kyoto temple as an inspiration in his book about his "red gates". It's a lame copy of the real thing.
Posted by: Jeanna Chavetta on March 18, 2005 12:24 AMSo you admit being "anti-New York"? Where do you live? California?!? I suppose you think Cristo "ripped off" the Golden Gate bridge, too? That color seems awefully familiar!
Posted by: Mike Romano on March 18, 2005 05:09 AMSo you admit being "anti-New York"? Where do you live? California?!? I suppose you think Cristo "ripped off" the Golden Gate bridge, too? That color seems awfully familiar!
Posted by: Mike Romano on March 18, 2005 05:09 AMdudes... the guy's name is christo, not cristo... but yeah, he's ripping off the fushimi-inari shrine in kyoto.. check out these pictures that show the two side by side...
who's red gates are done better? you be the judge.
http://archidose.blogspot.com/2005/02/torii-at-central-park.html
