The Godzilla head is a landmark and tourist attraction in Kabukichō,

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, Japan. The sculpture is accessible from Hotel Gracery Shinjuku's Godzilla Terrace, on the

Shinjuku Toho Building is a building in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It features , a theater run Toho's subsidiary by Toho Cinemas and the Godzilla head on the terrace of its Hotel Gracery. See also * Godzilla head * Godzilla Street Godzilla Street is a s ...

. It depicts

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, occasionally with "glowing eyes and smoky breath". The 80-ton head, based on Godzilla's appearance in ''

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'' (1992), was unveiled in 2015. Its placement on the Hotel Gracery's terrace matches Godzilla's 50 meter height seen during the Showa era films in the franchise.

Reception

Editors of '' Time Out Tokyo'' included the Godzilla head in their 2019 list of the city's "best public art sculptures".

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